Anyone have suggestions for a 10 year old who likes comic mischief? He’s a huge fan of diary of a wimpy kid series but his reading level has moved beyond that. He’s also really enjoyed the wild robot series, Matilda, and the skunk and fox books.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: thank you all for your great recommendations. I’m going to check them all out with him tonight!

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    I’d recommend tje authors Jack London, Joanne Rowling, Rudyard Kipling, Terry Pratchett, Arthur Doyle… in no particular order.

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      I don’t think Terry Pratchett is appropriate for a 10y/o if only because it’s a huge waste; they won’t understand more than 10% of the jokes

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        He wrote a decent number of books aimed at kids. There are the Tiffany Aching books in Discworld for a start, as well as non discworld books like Only You Can Save Mankind or the Bromeliad books.

        I wouldn’t stop a 10yo from reading any of the discworld books if they’re enjoying them, mind. There’s lots to find funny anyway, and we all had to start building our “reference vocabulary” somewhere.

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          I didn’t realize he was a prolific kids author! TIL!

          I’m always torn: I’d never stop someone from reading a book “too early” but I also don’t want someone to, fot example, miss out on a great character romance story because they already read the book for the action when they were 11

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    I’d recommend the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. It’s junior James Bond, my kids loved them.

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    Former (Dutch) teacher here! Diary of a wimpy kid is easy reading for a lot of kids and I always found that the really engrossing books could help them move on to their actual reading level. For my students who liked comic mischief in class, I could always get them hooked to reading with The Saga of Darren Shan.

    Don’t let the ‘horror’ genre fool you: the story is dark and funny. Based on the books you named I think your kid might love it!

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    There is a large selection of Japanese light novels that are being translated into English. This is where a lot of the original source material for anime comes from. The anime is often created to sell the books, in fact.

    There’s a lot of stuff that won’t be appropriate until they hit 13yo or so, but my nephew, a voracious reader, started reading LNs around 10.

    Spice & Wolf is a personal favorite that might be a good fit. They will miss out on the romantic subplot but that’s only a small part of the story

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    Me as an adults just gonna be here taking notes for my own reading list , you all are the best for recommending

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    I enjoyed the Redwall series around his age. Yes , they are formulaic after a while, but good fun pulp adventure for kids.

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    Not sure it fits with what your son like but I think it’s around this age my own son started reading the Harry Potter series.

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      I’ve tried to get him to start those but he hasn’t been interested. When he was younger one of the movies terrified him and I think he’s still scarred from that 😂

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      Maybe also look into Astrid Lindgren’s Bill Bergson books and Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter.