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Caitlin Eliza
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Re: Good authors for 10 year olds

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Wendy Mass - When I was that age, I loved everything she wrote. I believe I met her in person once, and she was also very nice. Her writing is definitely more geared towards girls, but I would highly recommend anything by her.
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The Great Brain Series by John Dennis Fitzgerald. It takes place in small town U.S. at the turn of the century, 19th to 20th. The protagonist is the younger brother of the Great Brain and the stories follow how the younger brother is always trying to get the best of his brother, the Great Brain, but he runs into a lot of troubles. Great fun. My ten year old loved it.
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Brandon Mull. His Fablehaven series has been fantastic. Robert Liparulo's Dreamhouse King series is very unique. I have never read anything that comes close to the same story line. He is really amazing. If you decide on these books you might want to read them too. I'm an adult and I loved these stories.
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The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien. This was my favorite book as a child and took me down the epic journey that is Lord of the Rings Trilogy when I got a bit older - a complete classic.
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Post by charlottefreelance »

I support the suggestion of Tamara Pierce, and I loved Tolkien at that age too. I'm also shocked that no-one has suggested Enid Blyton yet. I recently bought The Secret Island for a friend's children - 10 and 8 - as it was a book I read and reread at that age, and they are also loving it.
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How about Louis Sachar's Holes. He can read it first and then watch the movie.
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Anything by Dav Pilkey, Ronald Dahl or Louis Sacher...
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For me it's has to be Enid Blyton. The famous five and the secret seven. These books will never date.
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What about Artemis Fowl - in preparation for the movie
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Yes, yes, seconding the Tamora Pierce. Especially for a son, boys don't read enough books about women as main characters. Also, the Chrestomanci series. Anything by Diana Wynne Jones, really. Just have him read books where he has to identify with women and girls, please. So many boys never do and then they grow up to be assholes to women and we wonder why.
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alamorn wrote:Yes, yes, seconding the Tamora Pierce. Especially for a son, boys don't read enough books about women as main characters. Also, the Chrestomanci series. Anything by Diana Wynne Jones, really. Just have him read books where he has to identify with women and girls, please. So many boys never do and then they grow up to be assholes to women and we wonder why.
I love and support this post. I also loved Tamora Pierce's books. I think that the parents also have a large role to play. If a kid is interested in a subject they usually can read a large range of books. I started reading Harry Potter when I was 10, and my cousin has read the Hunger Games Trilogy at 11.

I would recommend the Warriors series by Erin Hunter.

For an 11-12 y.o. A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzercould be a book that the parents can read with their child. A similar book to A Child Called "It" is They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch which I read as a seventh grader and loved.
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How about the classics?

The Little Prince
Treasure Island
Tarzan (there are several in that series)
Robinson Crusoe
The Swiss Family Robinson
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Post by Jon-Ross »

J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series.
Andy Griffith's 'Just' series.
Rick Riordan possibly. I read his 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' series, and they were repetitive. But he has other series like 'The Heroes of Olympus' which I haven't read.
Morris Gleitzman is another author, his 'Toad' series I hear is good. 'Boy Overboard' was an excellent story.
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Post by VoraciousReader13 »

I would recommend: the Harry Potter series, the Percy Jackson series, the Hobbit, the Little Prince, and the Chronicles of Narnia series. Classics fairy tales are always a good choice.
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J.K Rowling
Cornelia Funke
Micheal Scott (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
Rick Riordan
Phillip Pullman
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