I'm a big nerd and I've read a lot of books of all different kinds, and I'm an English teacher.
Tell me what you like or what you're looking for and I'll recommend something I think is good
Also, fun history fact, this comm used to be called c/books until I started posting poetry on main every day in protest of there not being a literature comm. Direct action gets the goods comrades
Your kid that is starting to read on their own might like Gregor the Overlander! The way it describes poverty was spot on for a kids book and had some nice messages.
Its about a boy, Gregor, who finds a way to this underground realm where there are giant talking animals and humans whove adapted to the environment. Its by the same author who wrote the hunger games
Might be too advanced now that I'm thinking about it, I don't interact with kids often so I'm not sure if it would be an appropriate reading level but could make a fun family reading thing