DD7 just started reading chapter books in school this year. It takes her about 3 weeks to read Wimpy Kid. We've been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone for the last few days - it's painfully slow. The sentences are more complex then Wimpy Kid. She'd like to read Harry Potter as everyone else in her class seems to have read it and they play re-enactment on the playground. Should we persevere with Harry Potter (though it's slow) or chose something similar to Wimpy Kid? I find the latter not really age appropriate (as it's about a boy who fancies a girl and my 7 y o can't really relate to it and it's also full of Americanisms - which is fine but breaks the flow with me having to explain the slang). Another book she actually liked a lot was Tom Fletcher's Creakers. We've tried other books by Tom Fletcher but they were not as interesting. Also any tips for slow readers would be greatly appreciated. We've tried reading together, for her to pick up on my speed, reading a paragraph each, and it helped, but she still gets confused and bogged down by long complicated sentences.