Diary of a whimpy kid alternatives

Diary of a whimpy kid alternatives

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michael_JCWS

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830 posts

255 months

Monday 11th January 2016
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My 8 year old son got the first book for Christmas and its kicked off the reading bug, he has now read all 10 books, can anyone recommend something similarly engaging to try next

Cheers

Michael

MKnight702

3,096 posts

213 months

Monday 11th January 2016
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Given that he has chewed through all 10 books in a few weeks, what about Harry Potter?

Patch1875

4,893 posts

131 months

Wednesday 13th January 2016
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My daughter loves David Walliams books.

StarmistBlue400

3,029 posts

217 months

Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Patch1875 said:
My daughter loves David Walliams books.
Ditto, I have never known a youngster get through books so quickly, she loved reading them.

ben5575

6,221 posts

220 months

Wednesday 13th January 2016
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My boy is nine. When he was eight, he loved reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid as well. He also went through all of the Horrid Henry books, Tom Gates, Dinosaur Cove and David Walliams as suggested above. Not really high brow, but he also enjoyed the Diary of a Minecraft series. Not sure if Minecraft is sooo last year now or whether it's good if you're 8 but not if you're 9, either way he's not interested in it any more.

He is now obsessed with Harry Potter and is currently on his 5th time of reading the series. As such very little else gets a look in. He thought Hunger Games was ok but randomly he really liked Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. Mind, he hasn't touched any of the other MM books I've bought him though!

handpaper

1,290 posts

202 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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ben5575 said:
My boy is nine. When he was eight, he loved reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid as well. He also went through all of the Horrid Henry books, Tom Gates, Dinosaur Cove and David Walliams as suggested above. Not really high brow, but he also enjoyed the Diary of a Minecraft series. Not sure if Minecraft is sooo last year now or whether it's good if you're 8 but not if you're 9, either way he's not interested in it any more.

He is now obsessed with Harry Potter and is currently on his 5th time of reading the series. As such very little else gets a look in. He thought Hunger Games was ok but randomly he really liked Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. Mind, he hasn't touched any of the other MM books I've bought him though!
Pratchett's Wee Free Men series, plus Maurice?

I was reading Tolkein when I was ten...

SGirl

7,918 posts

260 months

Sunday 31st January 2016
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How about Pratchett's Johnny Maxwell series?

5potTurbo

12,482 posts

167 months

Tuesday 16th February 2016
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I was going to suggest the already mentioned Tom Gates, but there's not a lot of text in them, if I recall correctly?