Sorry about the clunky title, but can anyone advise on authors, series books etc. for an 8yo girl with a high reading age, a voracious appetite for reading, who just loves a good story - whether it be a school setting, a straightforward adventure - anything ! I'd prefer to steer clear of streetwise "issues" books, and am not keen on the preteen Jacqueline Wilson type stuff.
She has read a lot of Enid Blyton (gets through these v. quickly - in an afternoon - and now finds them a bit thin). We have a lot of the classics already, eg Eleanor Farjeon's Little Bookroom, lots of myths and legends, Noel Streatfield, Philippa Pearce etc.
What else is out there ? Help ! We're going on holiday soon and I need to fill a book bag for her.