what books do you recommend for a 10 year old?

Based on her apparent fondness for fantasy, try the Divergent series, The Hunger Games series, Eragon or the Percy Jackson series.

When I was her age I was obsessed with fairytales (still am!) so I read lots of classic, original versions, such as Peter Pan and The Grimm's Fairy Tales.

In the UK, there's an author called Jacqueline Wilson who everyone loved when I was younger. Wilson's books may not be as advanced as those your daughter has already read, but they're great and a really good introduction to life in the "real world".

If you fancy introducing a bit of historical reading, the Scholastic "My Story" collection is fab. All the books are really captivating yet they do have fairly accurate historical information.

Back to her reading level, I can vouch for anything by Michael Morpurgo and Eva Ibbotson. I'd suggest Journey to the River Sea by Ibbotson and War Horse, Private Peaceful and Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea by Morpurgo. Have a look at the blurbs for both author's books to find what suits your daughter, they're brilliant writers.

Definitely Percy Jackson series, divergent is probably a little too grown up for a ten year old. Sex and romance fill the pages of divergent, its mainly pg13 and no worse than what you'll see on tv, but perhaps too much for someone so young.

The Golden Compass is another one, a bit controversial if you're religious, but a very good book.

The Percy Jackson series, by Rick Riordan

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott

Hope that helps.

When I was around your daughter's age in the '70s, their were girls in my class who were practically addicted to reading books by an author named Judy Blume, who was known for writing books aimed at a young female readers.

As a boy, I had never read any of her books myself. But since she was so popular with her target audience, there must have been some quality in her work.

If she's a fantasy fan, try Wings of Fire (a series about dragons) by Tui Sutherland. But beware some descriptive gore.

I've read Erin Hunter since I was 10, highly recommend all of her series (Warriors, Seekers, Survivors).

Also recommend The Familiars and Starbounders by Adam Epstein and Andrew Jacobson.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman if she's feeling in the mood for mild horror.

These are all children's books so no mature content (if you get my drift) to worry about.

Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan, starts with The Ruins of Gorlan.

Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney, starts with Revenge of the Witch.

Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris D'Lacey, starts with The Fire Within

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo, starts with Midnight for Charlie Bone

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, starts with Over Sea, Under Stone

Candymakers by Wendy Mass (and all of her others too, particularly A Mango Shaped Space, my fav)

Erec Rex by Kaza Kingsley, starts with The Dargon's Eye

The Tapestry by Henry Neff, starts with The Hounds of Rowan

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.

A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Try:

Beyonders

Artemis Fowl

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Kane Chronicles

Fablehaven

Wondla

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Black Beauty

The Templeton Twins

Guardians of Gahoole

I read those books around her age. Which was just a couple of years ago. Wish my sisters could be like her. 12 and they haven't touched anything thicker than 50 pages. I wouldn't suggest Hunger Games or Divergent. They aren't really suitable for 10 year olds.

The Hobbit

Good for her! And Here are some book series I like that are good for 10 year olds:

Wolves of the Beyond - 6 books

White Fang - 1 book

Call of the Wild - 1 book

Percy Jackson - a lot of books. xD

Animorphs - 5+ books

Hope this helps. :D

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park.

Clear, elegant prose and a philosophical story in a short volume.