Dd 8 what to read next?

If she liked the How to Train Your Dragon series she will LOVE the Wizards of Once by the same author

Pippi Longstocking
Journey to the river sea
The Ordinary Princess

Just William they are so funny

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell is fantastic; I’ve read a couple of others by her with children in my class and they’re enthralled by all of them so far. A lot of exploration based stories which have so far prompted research by the kids! I’ve got Year 6 who read The Explorer pre lockdown in Year 5 and a lot are still obsessed with the Amazon Rainforest!

The Tree that sat down by Beverly Nichols. It a series of books which are brilliant and the witches are very clever.

Which witch Eva Ibbotson about matchmaking a warlock to a witch very funny!

Can't agree with Mrs Pepperpot - those books are dull

No to the hunger games for an 8 year old. It's far too violent, disturbing.
Scarlet and Ivy yes - these are great, but be prepared for chats about corporal punishment and sending girls off to the asylum
Spiderwick Chronicles is great

Just an idle thought: has anyone tried giving the Blandings Castle or Jeeves stories to a primary child?

I loved these at 12: just the right kind of book for kids who have grown a bit out of children's lit but not yet ready for adult novels. I'm not sure they would keep the attention of kids younger than that, though.

For some reason the book my friends and I were all reading in my final year of primary school was The Hitchhiker's Guide. Is it really suitable for 10 and 11 year olds in retrospect? We thought it was absolutely uproarious though, and used to quote bits in the playground! Sounds like madness these days, though tbh I can't see how it's any less suitable than lots of current YA lit.

The "Connie Companion" quartet. Magical, and a strong female protagonist.
"The Search for Delicious" by Natalie Babbit is good too, and Beverley Nichols trilogy " The Tree That Sat Down", "The Stream That Stood Still" , and "The Mountain of Magic" have magic and a strong girl. Then "The Worst Witch" stands alone but it's the with from the other three.
Lynne Reid Banks' "The Farthest Away Mountain fits your bill too.
Magical but with a boy as the main character, are "Ludo and the Star Horse" by Mary Stewart , and "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren. They are lovely stories.
Also, Susan Cooper has boys and girls as her main characters, and plenty of Magic in her stories. Not just the "Dark is Rising" series, but her other books are fab too.

Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
Mrs Pepperpot
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe et seq (I remember reading Dawn Treader in Y4)
Think I read The Hobbit aged just 9 no problem. Got bogged down in LoTR two years later, though S1 read it around his 8th birthday

Tiffany Aching series by Sir Pterry - first one is The Wee Free Men

E Nesbit - 5 Children and It, the Enchanted Castle etc
A Little Princess
The Borrowers
Alice in Wonderland/TTLG

The Secret World of Polly Flint
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler
The Family from One End Street
Lizzie Dripping
The Dolls House (Rumer Godden)
The Diddakoi
The Children of Green Knowe
Swallows and Amazons

Just an idle thought: has anyone tried giving the Blandings Castle or Jeeves stories to a primary child?

My DD (8) has loved the Witch series by Kate Umansky.

Also the Lightning Girl series by Alesha Dixon. Both of these are about girls doing magic, which is her favourite thing

Normally i wouldnt recommend Hunger Games for an 8 year old no, but given she’s read the later Harry Potter books, it might be suitable.
Ive known plenty of Year 6 children read Hunger Games

Hunger Games isn't a book I would give either my nearly 8 or nearly 10yo. Nowhere near mature enough to understand it. However it's probably similar to the later Harry Potter books and some people let their young children read them.

I considered hunger games but I'm tempted to say that's a bit old for an 8yr old, especially a newly turned 8, what do others think?

Chronicles of Narnia? My ds was not a reader until he read 'the boy in the back if the class' at 7.

I second the recommendation of the Sophie Anderson books. They absolutely deserve to be classics.

Also if she enjoys horsey books look at the Seaview Stables series.

The Hunger Games has a strong female heroine- she may like that .

What about the Joan Aiken's Dido Twite series?

Nevermoor series is brilliant and just what you are looking for. My family all love this series (adults included). Also enjoyed how to train your dragon, Wizards of once, Jasper ffordes last dragonslayer series and a new book called amari and the night brothers.

A friend sent me here to get ideas as my DD is in a similar position, 8 but a strong reader and v into magic, just finished HP5 too and obsessed with HTTYD.

Her other favourites are the other Cressida Cowell series, Wizards of Once (or sth?) which she now loves even more than dragons.

Another cheer for Land of Roar, also the sequel, and a third is expected this summer.

The other recent success, and bigger books so they keep her busy longer, is the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. She's just read 1-3 and I found 4 in the library available for collection so I'm pleased she'll be kept busy for another 2 days at least!

For an easier read which she still loves, the Beast Quest series have gone down well.

We haven't bought them yet but Train to Impossible Places looked good too, and the Eragon series possibly for a year's time.

And finally the Hobbit! She read a lot of it solo but it was a bit more of a read together one tbh she absolutely loved it and I can't wait to get her free to start reading LOTR.

Rigjt, I'm off to see which of these is available from the library click and collect service!

My DD has just turned 9 and, like yours, she absolutely loves adventure. After reading the HP series she read the Nevermoor trilogy, which she thought was brilliant. She’s recently finished the His Dark Materials trilogy and is currently reading Little Women. My MiL bought her the Land of Stories set by Chris Colfer, which she is also excited to read.