What next for my Y7 avid reader?

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TheBobbinIsWoundUp · 11/06/2020 15:11

She’s just finished Brave New World, before that she re-read all the Arthur Ransomes, she’s just starting the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency but after that she’s out of books.

She’s finding lockdown quite anxiety provoking, so I don’t want anything likely to make that worse (so not 1984 or any of the teen angst style novels). She’s read all the children’s classics (Little Women etc).

She likes a story but is happy with non fiction as well, if it’s well written (she loved the Usborne books on politics and economics).

Can anyone recommend anything that might work for her?

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TheBobbinIsWoundUp · 11/06/2020 17:14

Lots of good suggestions, thank you! She’s read Jane Austen and Jeeves and Wooster, and she’s also enjoyed Terry Pratchett, so that’s all definitely the right sort of thing.

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TheTurnOfTheScrew · 11/06/2020 15:40

Oh, and Chocolat was another recent success.

ItchySeveredFoot · 11/06/2020 15:34

I loved Tamora Pierce's books at that age.

TheTurnOfTheScrew · 11/06/2020 15:33

DD2 is a year older but in lockdown has enjoyed both Rebecca and Pride and Prejudice. She also enjoyed Life after Life and Never Let Me Go but those are a bit darker so probably not the right mood for now.

SunnySomer · 11/06/2020 15:24

My son has loved Mythos and Heroes by Stephen Fry.
How about some Jeeves and Wooster or maybe I Capture The Castle, or maybe some Jane Austen?

sleepismysuperpower1 · 11/06/2020 15:21

my dd enjoyed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, I think she read it in year 7 or 8. She also enjoyed the sequel, Leah on the offbeat, and I think that Is recommended for ages 12+.

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