Thread: I need books

Im 10 years old. I am not prone to reading but am trying to. Im going to read the Harry Potter books and Twilight. I like mostly fiction, but not sci-fi like star wars.I like Harry Potter, haven't read any twilight or seen the movie. I read manga like One Piece, and DragonBall Z, Yu Yu Hakoshu (Don't know how to spell it hehe) and medieval fiction but not like Knight George went on an adventure kid books. Teen stuff mostly.



I also like this book.I wish they would make more!!!

Isobelle Carmody does a lot of good teen stuff, Green Monkey Dreams comes to mind
the Obernewtyn Chronicles series is worth looking at and The Gathering
is an excellent read for teenagers, um try Skellig by David Almond
my kids loved it and even some adult friends loved it, too

more about Skellig ...

In 2007 it was selected by judges of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's literature as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years.

that's just off the top of my head, i'll give you more when i think of them, enjoy !

Edit: arh yes, Roald Dahl is a must read for anybody
amongst my favourites would be, The Big Friendly Giant
James and the Giant Peach, Charlie & the Chocolate factory
also, Tales of the Unexpected.

Morris Gleitzman is another great kids author, try Wicked *wink*
which is a collaboratin with Paul Jennings, another fabulous writer

there, i'd say that should keep you out of trouble for quite a while *smile*

Hi. Here are a few books I read when I was your age:

Dog of Flanders
My Side of the Mountain
The Indian In the Cupboard (One of my favorites, and after you read it, you can watch the movie, which is very good also.)

There are more, but that's all I can think of right now. I'll be talking to my mom later, and I'll ask her. My brother's and sisters read most of the same books I did, so she'll probably remember more titles.

I think it's great that want to read. As my mom always said, if you like to read, you'll never be bored!

There's always the classics too.

Try Wind In The Willows ~ Kenneth Grahame

"The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

It was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said `Bother!' and `O blow!' and also `Hang spring-cleaning!' and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat.

Something up above was calling him imperiously, and he made for the steep little tunnel which answered in his case to the gravelled carriage-drive owned by animals whose residences are nearer to the sun and air.

So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged and then he scrooged again and scrabbled and scratched and scraped, working busily with his little paws and muttering to himself, `Up we go! Up we go!' till at last, pop! his snout came out into the sunlight, and he found himself rolling in the warm grass of a great meadow."

Go on Barnes & Noble. I can spend hours searching through their books. You look them up by age and category. Great way to find excellent books.

Toilet Paper Tigers

Superfudge

Wayside School series

I enjoy reading "The spook's apprentice" by Joseph Delaney. It's a fantasy with quite a few books to follow it if you enjoy the first.

Originally Posted by JosephB

Hi. Here are a few books I read when I was your age.

Erm.. I'm not my age if you know what I mean. I'm more mature.Most people don't get that.But I don't know.The first post of reply was kind of what I was looking for.I think I may read The Gathering because, that just looks cool.And some more.Thanks anyways.And The Indian In The Cupboard I've read, I like that.. Oh and I live in the U.S like most of you probably.So I don't have much money to buy books.So I most likely cant read two books at a time.But I find some stuff when I'm bored I go into thrift shops to look around and see some books.Other than that, the library and computer are my friends.I can get some books but not a lot at one time.

Hello and welcome to the community, Willy.

You could also try A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Good stuff, that. Funny, too.

There's also ten tons of stuff on this site. And the best part? It's all free!

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

Bruno and Boot's books

How to Eat Fried Worms

And all the Matt Christopher books are good, although if you're into manga and japanese stuff, you might not be too interested in reading about sports.

Have you tried the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Phillip Pullman starting with Northern Lights (English edition). I think the American edition is called Golden Compas. If you've seen that rubbish film that was made of it don't worry, it's far better than the film.

The Old Kingdom trilogy by Garth Nix is also really good. That one starts off with Sabriel and a lot of it has the medievil setting that you've said you enjoy.

They should be easy enough to find in thed Teenage Reading section of any book shop since they're both still pretty popular and they've been out for a while so you might be able to find second hand copies somewhere.

Edit: I can't believe I forgot these. Goosebumps books are great if you can find them. I was reading them well into my teens even though I probably should have stopped when I got to about 11. They're by R.L. Stien and they're just really good fun. Also The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is a really good fantasy adventure, though I can't comment on the rest of the Narnia series.

The entire Narnia series is top-notch. That's a good recommendation.

I never got around to reading the rest of it. I can't remember why though. I always meant to, just never got around to it.

I always enjoyed 'Judy Blume' books a couple have been mentioned above on posts
'Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing' & 'Superfudge'
I also liked 'The magicians Nephew'
and in my day (oops back to the 70's here! It was Enid Blyton, famous Five / Secret Seven although perhaps things have changed since my day (lol)

Again, it's all kids books mostly.Narnia looks nice.This thread is an epic fail if you ask me.