Girl character adventures for 8yr old bookworm.

[jenny77]

My daughter loves reading adventure stories. She has enjoyed all the How to train your dragon series, A series of unfortunate events, Alex Ryder, Ottoline, and some beast quest. Can anyone recommend some other adventure stories with a female protagonist? Thanks!

Carbonel - a condescending talking cat has adventures with a girl called Rosemary who definitely is the protagonist with a sidekick called John.
The Wizard of Oz? The second one (Return to Oz) is a pile of sexist tripe but the other 12 aren't too bad.

Anne of Green Gables? Might at least make a good book to read to her.

Witchworld books by Emma Fischel and Turlingham Academy books by Ellie Boswell are being enjoyed by our 8yo.

Pippi Longstocking

The Lucy Evans InstaExplorer series, a very strong girl heroine, full of adventure

There are go-getting female protagonists Walk-it Willow and Change-it Cho in the Clever Tykes books.

Joan Aiken's books? Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea etc. (These may be for a couple of years' time actually but worth bearing in mind)

The Nina series (there are 3 of them) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008YUNK9G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Mabel Jones books are absolutely hilarious if she fancies something funny - about a girl kidnapped by pirates to another world . We read these at bedtime and DH and I really look forward to reading them as they are so funny!

Swallows and Amazons series

Worst Witch books

Noel Streatfield ballet books

The Edith Nesbit psammead books? (5 children and it/story of the amulet). Second Joan Aitken.

DD1 loved Roman Mysteries and the Joan Aiken ones at that age.
Dd2 was more into classics: What Katie Did, Little Women, Secret Garden etc. Loads out there.

The lost wild trilogy ( dark wild, last wild, wild beyond)
This incorrigible children of Ashton place (5 book series with 6th and last one yet to come)
My 8 yr old loved these

I second the Tiffiny Aching books by Terry Pratchett - Wee Free genetic. His books have very strong female characters.

Wee Free Men...

(How does the word 'men' become 'genetic' in auto correct world? )

Some ideas here www.amightygirl.com

My 8 year old has enjoyed
Pippi longstocking
All the Jacqueline Wilson books, hetty feather etc
What Katy did
The secret garden
The little princess
Mystery of the clockwork sparrow, which I think is now becoming a series
Carries war
Charlottes web
All the roahld Dals
All the David Walliams

The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley are a must read!

The Changeover, Margaret Mahy (kind of about puberty so maybe for a bit later)

The Joan Aiken books with Dido Twite? Black Hearts in Battersea... (Wolves of Willoughby Chase starts the series but DT doesn't appear in it). I loved them at 8 years...

Great, thanks. There are loads there I think she would like. I remembered how much I loved Nancy Drew when I was her age. Time for a visit to the loft...

Check out the books by Marianne Levy.

Jessica day George - The castle on Tuesdays series is youngest, Dragonskin slippers series older & Twelve dancing princesses series oldest. All fantastic.