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Books for a very able 7 year old boy

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umptyflump · 02/04/2018 13:15

We've come to a halt with accelerated reader at school as DS has now reached level 5.6 and there are no 'lower years' books left. We have an agreement with school that he will carry on with his own reading and take those books into school, but he's exhausted his own well-stocked shelves and those from the library. We sometimes struggle with moving on to harder books as the subject matter can often be ahead of him emotionally. Anyone have any inspiration?

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umptyflump · 02/04/2018 13:23

He's read most of the Famous Five now, and all my other old Blytons. We're ordering some more of those from library. He goes through 5+ per week!

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umptyflump · 02/04/2018 13:22

He's read the Wombles and the Moomins. I've not given him Harry Potter as I thought it might be scary, but I could be wrong there. I have the whole Swallows and Amazons series, so we could try that.

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missyB1 · 02/04/2018 13:20

Has he tried Enid Blyton? The famous five are great for his age, she also did several other similar series. Ds enjoyed her mystery books and adventure books.

shouldwestayorshouldwego · 02/04/2018 13:20

At 7 ds was reading Harry Potter (the first three), the Hobbit, Helen Moss series, Ali Sparkes, the Wombles, swallows and amazons. Sometimes classics have more challenging vocab. Mainly we just go with what interests him. Non-fiction can be good too.

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