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"Books about girls who have adventures"??

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OnYourMarksGetSetBAAAAKE · 24/05/2020 11:55

For an age 7 reader.
Any suggestions???

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Yolande7 · 12/02/2021 11:25

Mine loved the Franny K Stein series at that age.

There is an American series which offers longer, slightly more challenging simplified versions. They are called Classic Starts.

www.amightygirl.com/books/fiction/action-adventure?age_range_filter=4

www.amightygirl.com/books/fiction/action-adventure?age_range_filter=5

WagnerTheWehrWolf · 02/02/2021 17:40

The Wells and Wong series by Robin Stevens.

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Ploughingthrough · 26/11/2020 10:52

Dd8 has recently loved The Trapdoor mysteries by Abie Longstaff and the Violet mysteries by Harriet Whitehorn

Mypathtriedtokillme · 24/11/2020 12:17

Mable Jones series

SimoneLeBone · 19/11/2020 19:26

My DD loved the Adventure Island series when she was about that age.

stodgystollen · 19/11/2020 19:23

Ah, sorry @merryhouse. Great minds and all

stodgystollen · 19/11/2020 19:22

And of course, Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf! How could I forget that one!

merryhouse · 19/11/2020 19:20

Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
Mrs Pepperpot
My Naughty Little Sister series
Chalet School? I was eight, I think - but ahead in reading ability

stodgystollen · 19/11/2020 19:17

A Stitch in Time or The Revenge of Samuel Stokes, both by Penelope Lively
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
The After Dark Princess by Annie Dalton
The Queen's Nose by Dick King-Smith

AiryFairy1 · 19/11/2020 19:04

I’m a bit late to the party but I would save His Dark Materials for MUCH later - I describe it as about Children but not necessarily for (quite young) children.
The How to train your dragon books have a boy main character but there’s a super girl character in the stories ... feisty, brave, loyal 💪
The worst witch is good, my naughty little sister, famous five (ish), Star Friends, Matilda, and agree the blog A mighty girl has oodles of girl options - incl non-fiction.

june2007 · 26/10/2020 18:14

The early harry Potter books.
Chronicles of Narnia.
Secof famouse five and worst witch.
I loved my naughty little sister.

33goingon64 · 26/10/2020 18:12

The incredibly inconvenient adventures of Bronte Mettlestone.

BothersomeChild · 26/10/2020 18:10

Murder Most Unladylike!

Woodifer · 26/10/2020 18:07

@Crustaceans

The Nevermoor books by Jessica Townsend. The Dreamsnatcher and Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone. The Amelia Fang books by Laura Ellen Anderson The Goth Girl books by Chris Riddell
I was going to say Nevermoor!
farmfreshmilk · 13/10/2020 15:01

Helen Moss Adventure Island series. Basically Enid Blyton without the racism/sexism....

powershowerforanhour · 13/10/2020 14:54

In another year or two -Patricia Leitch's Jinny books. Not your average horsey books and they have other strong female characters in. Even some of the occasional "baddie" female characters are written with nuance. Plenty of adventure and danger- the descriptions of walking over the moors alone in a blizzard to find a stricken horse, walking into a wolf's lair and swimming her exhausted horse against the tide to rescue a frenemy have stuck with me for 30 years. She generally does the dangerous bits alone- there are none of the type of moments that Reese Witherspoon calls "What do we do now?". There is a little bit of mythical mystical woo sprinkled through the books but I quite liked it even though woo is not my thing. The male characters are pretty good too, especially Ken who is not a gender stereotype and also not at all a love interest ( in fact bar one crush in one of the later books that is pretty well written including the bucket of cold water moment, I don't think there is any lurrve interest at all).

Beware of the age thing though- The Magic Pony is very good and the death in it is well written but 7 probably too young for that one (She has to get the vet to have a pony shot. I told you it wasn't your average pony book) and the end of Horse of Fire might give her nightmares too young as well.

Jackparlabane · 13/10/2020 14:23

Amelia Fang
Owls of Blossom Wood (both to read herself)

Nevermoor (to read to her)
The new version of What Katy Did, and Four Children and It

TinyTear · 13/10/2020 14:10

Also the baby aliens series by Pamela Butchard

TinyTear · 13/10/2020 14:09

Agatha Odlow
Secret of platform 13 and beyond platform 13
Harper
Amelia Fang
Bad Mermaids
Witch Wars
Adventures on Trains (main character is a boy but there are strong girls and my 8yo girl loves them)

Helendee · 13/10/2020 14:04

I think the Famous Five books are valid and a good opportunity to explain social history and how times and society changes.

CeibaTree · 13/10/2020 07:53

Have a look at Stephanie Burgis' books, particularly The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson series :)

ChittyChittyBoomBoom · 13/10/2020 07:49

Katie morag books are gorgeous and nice if she still wants a picture book.

Solasum · 13/10/2020 07:46

With Enid Blyton and indeed Swallows and amazons, if you are reading to her it is perfectly possible to make it less sexist as you read. Anne and Susan don’t do all the domestic chores in our readings.

GrumblyMumblyisnotJumbly · 13/10/2020 07:41

Pippi Longstocking
Sophie series Dick King Smith
Ottoline mysteries - Young sleuth who lives independently while her adventurer parents send postcards
Mr Gum series

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