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Interesting books for 8 years old girl?

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sonamay · 14/08/2010 00:25

Can anyone recommend a nice and interesting books for a girl (age 8), but a very confident reader. Thanks

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onimolap · 14/08/2010 00:45

I loved The Little White Horse at about that age. Also the Chalet School books, and the Pullein-Thompson and Joanna Canaan pony books. DS preferred the earlier Alex Rider books, Varjak Paw and the Guiness Book of Records.

NickOfTime · 14/08/2010 00:38

oh, ok. you might need to scale it back a bit then.

stuff in a similar vein that dd2 likes - all the animal hospital/ animal rescue stuff - magic ponies. judy blume (not the teen one Shock, ramona books.

(i love the junie b. jones series, but it starts with kindergarten/ first grade, so a little younger. goes up though, can't remember how many there are...)

they are all a bit tricksy really though - devoured within 20 minutes so a bit of a waste of money if you're buying. library?

she should be fine with lemony snicket though?

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sonamay · 14/08/2010 00:33

she read Roal Dahl, magic puppies, fairies books.

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NickOfTime · 14/08/2010 00:31

dd1 was well into harry potter at 8. she read the first one and got hooked so read them all except the last one (because she said it was too grown up).

all three of mine are into the percy jackson series at the moment. my 8yo is obsessed by them. (happens to be a boy, but i think the series is fine for girls too - feisty female characters etc - my girls (10 and 6) are reading them too)

but there are shelves and shelves of 'pink' books that girls will devour as well, just i can't think of any that deserve a mention.

oh, the lemony snicket books are good too if she's not quite ready for percy jackson or harry potter.

jacqueline wilson has some books for that age group too, but check content. some are for older readers.

DilysPrice · 14/08/2010 00:28

What does she like? fairies, princesses, dinosaurs, spaceships, explosions, history, geography, animals?
What books has she enjoyed in the past?