Recommendations for books for 9 year old boy

If you go online you can access a list of books a boy ( or girl) should read before they are 10, or eleven , or twelve etc. My DGD thought the list was amazing when she was 9, Loved tick ing them off.

My son was addicted to the Hundred and One Dalmations for years and read it again and again. The first Harry Potter book is an easy read. I don't think there's anything wrong with David Walliams' writing, my GS has read a lot of his.

Sting of the Dump - will probably be easy to get now as the author has just died.

Thank you all. I have just been chatting to my daughter and he has not yet read any Julian Clary but has read some Tom Gates. I will make notes ready for when I am staying at their house in the holidays and take him to their local library. My daughter said 'good luck with that one, he just sits in a chair staring into space while his sister is choosing her books'. He does sometimes behave differently with me, especially if my OH is there too.

The Goosebumps series RL Stein my boys loved them.
Harry Potter Series J K Rowling is fun for boys, particularly the first one The Philosophers Stone.

There is a fabulous series of books, Murderous Maths, The power of Ten, written by Kjartan Poskitt which would be ideal. My daughter started reading theses at around that age and wore them out, we had to buy replacements. They are funny, contain cheeky jokes and are all about mathematics but written in such a way as to engage the child.
There is a lot of reading in these books, my daughter began with one about arithmetic. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Have a look at this link

www.amazon.co.uk/Murderous-Maths-Box-Set/dp/140713194X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=kjartan+poskitt&tag=gransnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1531661877&sr=8-1

Thank you both. The 11+ is a test taken to see if the child is suitable to go to Grammar School. We all used to sit it when we were younger (in the UK) but it is only in some areas now.

My daughter approves of Roald Dahl but my GS is not too keen. I've not heard of Flat Stanley or Tom Gates. Time to do my homework and maybe download some of their books from the library to my Kobo. He may be better with an electronic reader than paper!

My grandson loves Tom Gates books. His reading age is 8+.

The Flat Stanley books. Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Roald Dahl

Our bookshop recently recommended the books by Julian Clary for my 9 year old grandson's birthday.

These are all fun books which should foster a love of reading, but not sure if that is what the 11+ exam is all about.