Need suggestions for books like lord of the rings for a 9year old please.
Need suggestions for books like lord of the rings for a 9year old please. TIA
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Need suggestions for books like lord of the rings for a 9year old please. TIA
He really likes the movies but I think the lord of the rings books may be a bit to much for him at the moment
How about The Hobbit? Much more kid-focused than the Lord of The Rings books.
I will try it. So far he hates reading 🙁 but he really enjoys the lor movies and I asked him if I can find him books like lor does he think he would read them. He said he might. So I’m really hoping with all the suggestions I can find something to really get him into.
Oh my brother and I absolutely adored this series as kids!
Lloyd Alexander’s series that starts with Tartan Wanderer. Or, the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe series
I discovered Lloyd Alexander’s books at about this age and love love loved them!
The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper. I started out reading it to my son when he was 9 and we both finished the series reading silently because we couldn’t wait to see what would happen next.
the earthsea books, by Ursula Le Guin 🙂
Percy Jackson series
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. Wolf Brothers is the first in the series.
Try books by Bruce Coville.
Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain series.
Eragon series? I’m not sure what age they’re for.
My nine year old niece currently loves that series.
I’m reading that one now and it seems very good
Septimus Heap series maybe!
The Hobbit is a much easier read than LOTR. My son read it when he was 10.
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Bartimeus Trilogy, definitely Eragon and there is a younger reading book by the author of the Game of Thrones series called….the ice dragon that I would reccomend. Also, my daughter really enjoyed the Fablehaven set and the lion, the with and the wardrobe series. And of course Harry Potter. Also…graphic novels of Tolkiens work. Sorry so long
Next year ( from 10 years up) I would recommend the Redwall series – turned my son into a reader
That was one of my son’s favorites, and there are so many!
The chronicles of Narnia
The dark is rising
Anything Ray Bradbury
Wonder and A Winkle in Time…
The Sword of Shannara
Alan Garner books. Think one is called The Weirdstone of Brisingamon. I gave this to a 9 yr old in my class when he had read the hobbit and he loved it. Also Susan Cooper the Dark is rising series.
Fablehaven
100 Cupboards
My neighbor boy (8yo) loved the Percy Jackson series.
Wingfeather saga! There’s 4 books. By Andrew Peterson
Inkheart
Harry Potter series
Lost Horizon…James Hilton
The Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter (and her Survivors series, which features dogs).
Oh those are fantastic books.
Eragon
shattered sea series by joe abercrombie.
Madeline L’Engle’s books. I believe there are four in the series that begins with A Wrinkle in Time.
The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander and The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
The Secret of Platform 13
Thank you so much everyone!!!
Sunwing series
Or the rick riordan books I know they are Greek mythology nevertheless they are still fun
Suzanne Collins, ‘Gregor the Overlander’ series
The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew @Peterson
My 9 year old loves the Forbidden Library series, Iron Trials, and Keeper of the Lost Cities series
The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
The Hobbitis very good. so are the Narnia books by C.S. LEwis.
I read The ancient one religiously as a kid