Recommendations for books for 9 year old boy

It occurs to me that if your DD restricts his reading to books she thinks are ‘well written’ he may end up turned off reading. He should be allowed to sample a wide range of books and build his own reading tastes. All that matters is that he is reading. Take him into a bookshop and see if there is anything that takes his fancy.

Excellent suggestion Greyduster. Luckily my two DGDs read anything and everything. They are 12 and 9 and have been surrounded by books from birth. I have been in many a home with no sign of a book or a magazine even

His mother doesn't restrict his reading Greyduster. She is grateful if he reads anything! She does try to control the time spent on computer games though. Thank you everyone. I now have a list in the back of my diary and will start my homework ready for the school holidays.

My 7 year old granddaughter loves all the Roald Dahl books, as well as the Beatrix Potter ones.

Encourage your grandson to read everything, even menus in restaurants, advertising billboards, things like that, when you're with him.

I apologise if I gave the impression i thought she was trying to control everything he read. Perhaps I misunderstood your OP. Anthony Horowitz’ ‘Diamond Brothers’ series are good reads, my GS tells me.

Another idea might be graphic novels. All sorts of full length stories in comic format. My DGC love them. They even read Shakespeare in graphic novel format.
www.bing.com/images/search?q=classic+graphic+novels+for+kids&qs=SC&form=QBIR&sp=5&pq=classics+graphic+&sk=SC4&sc=8-Here's a link for you to look at

One of my grandsons loved Lemony Snicket and I gradually sent all 13 (?) books to him over time. He is now far too old to bother with them but they have passed down to younger grandchildren who also love them. There are younger grandchildren who might enjoy them in a few years. They are lots of fun but also rooted in a degree of reality. I rate them.

Thank you for the additions to my list Greyduster, MiniMoon and absent. I thought it would be an idea if I read some first and try to think of a way of interesting him in them. I'll start my homework today. He already has all the Beast Quest and David Walliams books.

My other instruction from my daughter is to teach my GD to sew. My GD realised from a very early age that Nana can mend things and every time I visited, she had a pile of mending for me. Her security blanket ended up with more darning than original blanket!

Stig of the Dump by Clive King. A great read for young boys.