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Girl character adventures for 8yr old bookworm.

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jenny77 · 03/06/2016 23:51

My daughter loves reading adventure stories. She has enjoyed all the How to train your dragon series, A series of unfortunate events, Alex Ryder, Ottoline, and some beast quest. Can anyone recommend some other adventure stories with a female protagonist? Thanks!

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BlueChampagne · 06/06/2016 12:44

You could try the Slightly Jones mystery series, or Wings & Co Fairy Detective Agency series.

PigeonPie · 05/06/2016 22:45

Ooh, and I enjoyed Jill Murphy's Worst Witch series when I was that age.

Room101isWhereIUsedToLive · 05/06/2016 22:36

I think Eva Ibbotson's stories are fab! Especially Which Witch, I read that for the first time when I was eight or so.
Another great series which came out quite recently are the Calpurnia Tate books. There are two at the moment but I think a third is due to be punished soon.

NotCitrus · 05/06/2016 22:30

Narnia?
The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones - several of her books have two protagonists, boy and girl.
Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden?

Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett?

Rowanhart · 05/06/2016 21:33

Song of the Lionness series by Tamora Pierce. I still return to them from time to time after reading them as a child. www.google.co.uk/search?q=song+of+the+lioness&sa=X&biw=320&bih=460&tbs=vw:l&tbm=shop&prmd=sivn&srpd=5595277274555206217&prds=epd:4562331783045953961,paur:ClkAsKraXydep9DuMCQX9NxB3g-k5QkNXUhCeQZRZwR-FTBW8qmIj_QhIe2dn1vNgPcOvuVpMI40x34Shq5OT-RTt5IPj-IF59NoTLg_Hyn-SDHSU_3JosfTfBIZAFPVH71RJ2IwxVcTOpnkAmVWpLCdhwLodA,cdl:1,cid:6514904505112487807&ved=0ahUKEwiY3pzH3ZHNAhXLKMAKHc7jBFAQgTYInAMwAA&ei=PYxUV9jLJcvRgAbOx5OABQ

PopGoesTheWeaz · 05/06/2016 21:32

And she may be a little young still but his dark materials if amazing. Pullman also has a bunch of victorian detective novels with a female lead.

I also read Tangewreck by Jeanette Wintereson, but again, she might need to wait a few years for it

PopGoesTheWeaz · 05/06/2016 21:30

Pippi longstocking? The author has a few others as well the DS enjoyed (Ronan the robbers daughter I think was one?)

HopeClearwater · 04/06/2016 23:37

I know it's not fantasy, but the Wells & Wong murder stories are really good. Great protagonists. I think one of them is called First Class Murder.

PinkFluffiUnicorn · 04/06/2016 23:33

My daughter loved Rose & Lili books by Holly Webb, magical, ghosts, mystery & orphanage.

christmasmum · 04/06/2016 23:12

My daughter and some of her friends absolutely love Lari Don's Fabled Beasts series of books - they're sort of mythical creatures mixed in with a modern female lead. She was really hooked and has read them several times over.

Tuiles · 04/06/2016 23:05

Most Eva Ibbotson stories have a female protagonist. My DD especially liked 'The Dragonfly Pool' and 'Journey to the River Sea'

PigeonPie · 04/06/2016 23:01

Charlotte's Web

The Nellie the Monster Sitter series by Kes Gray (the later ones may be a bit 'old' for her), but my DS1 enjoyed them at her age.

SavoyCabbage · 04/06/2016 23:00

The girl who circumnavigated fairyland in a ship of her own making.

rocket74 · 04/06/2016 22:57

The Various trilogy by Stephen Augaerde - or something like that, my SD loved them when about that age.

Leeds2 · 04/06/2016 22:55

Sophie and the Shadow Woods series.

ISaySteadyOn · 04/06/2016 21:03

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones that's more fantasy.

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede.

Alice in Wonderland/Alice Through the Looking Glass

The BFG

Those are the ones I loved at that age except for Howl which I wasn't introduced to until university.

madamginger · 04/06/2016 20:59

www.amightygirl.com
This website has loads of really great book suggestions for girls and grown ups too. We discovered lots of really good books that we'd never heard of before.

strawberrie · 04/06/2016 20:56

The Goth girl stories, also by Chris Riddell?

KERALA1 · 04/06/2016 20:55

My two bookworm girls 9 and 7 love Laura Marlin dead mans cove and Kentucky something. Both gripped.

Also ruby Redfort (a spy) by Lauren child.

schmalex · 04/06/2016 20:49

The Dreamsnatcher by Abi Elphinstone
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

SeemsLegit · 03/06/2016 23:53

If she's fairly mature she might like moondial. It's sort of a ghost story but it's got a gutsy female lead. Maybe read it before her to see if you think she will be OK with it