My 10 year old son set a New Year’s goal to read a book that is longer than any book he has read before. Hoping to find one that is at over 600 pages. He is an advanced reader for his age and likes historical fiction, fantasy and adventure stories the best.
Thanks for helping him reach his goal!
by wandalouwhos
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Not many books for kids are that length. The later Harry potters. What about a series and count it as 1? his dark materials is great.
Wildwood is around 560 pages.
The Stand by Stephen King. It’s long but I first read it at the age of 12 and it’s written simply enough that even a child can follow it and yet it’s a powerful novel that is about good versus evil and really made me think at that age. I’ve since read it another 7-8 times before Kindle and free books were a thing, and I still had limited access so I used to reread books a lot.
If he’s willing to read the earlier books in the series to get to it, [the paperback edition of Silverborn](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/37235f76-f560-4a4d-9e95-2e73caa9aabc), the fourth book in the [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/80) series by Jessica Townsend has 663 pages. It’s my favorite series even as an adult, so I highly recommend it!
What about the Septimus Heap series? It’s middle grade fantasy, and book one is around 550 pages. I remember reading them as a kid in middle school and liking them.
You could also look into the Inkheart series as well, or Eragon.
The Sharron Messenger books are massive, Keeper of the Lost Cities
The Lord of the Rings is really one book; they originally published it in three volumes because it’s cheaper (they seriously doubted that something like that would sell at the time) but it’s *not* a trilogy; it’s a single narrative.
He’d have to read “The Hobbit” first, though.
The last couple Harry Potter’s probably are over 600 pages.
A series will count – like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings…
I was also a voracious young reader who longed for more involved “big kid books” but wasn’t quite ready for the more mature subject matter of teen books. To that end, I loved German children’s author Cornelia Funke’s fantasy books (*Dragon Rider* and *The Thief Lord* were favorites). Also have to mention Brian Jacques for the Redwall series!
Take a look at Brian Selznick. He writes very long books, 600+, and they are really good. BUT they have illustrations too. They are for middle-graders. Take a look at Wonderstruck or The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
The 4th-7th *Harry Potter* books are all over 600 pages as are the 2nd-4th *Eragon* books.
There may be a Harry Potter later in the series that long? My daughter read all the Twilights at around 12 and there is one sort of separate from the series, I think it’s written entirely from Edward’s point of view, that is quite a tome. (Realizing Twilight is definitely fantasy and adventure, but admittedly some benign teen romance a 10-year-old may not enjoy.)
What about the collected works of “the chronicles of Narnia” by cs Lewis? When I was a kid, they came in one huge book!
The Count of Monte Cristo