Context for advanced reading books

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My friend has a daughter aged 6 who is advanced in reading (approx 9.5). She is struggling to find suitable reading material as her daughter is a total sponge and will read and read, the other day she caught her reading The Sun. She laughs at the 'easy' books her primarcy school teacher sends home for her. We are both secondary teachers (science) and we thought we might have a go at writing her some stories that were advanced in reading age but within the context and experience of a 6 year old. So my question is, what kind of things could we write about? We don't want to make it too specific for her daughter so though I'd ask for inspiration here.

no help with writing your own stories (impressive that you want to and have the time!!)
but dd1 - same age - is also v advanced in her reading. she's just starting to read the Little House on the Prairie books. Think they are age 9 - 12. content is fine for her. we struggle to find suitable books as well (she has a fair collection of the rainbow fairy books, cant stand them, but they were the ones that got her hooked onto reading last summer......) so will watch this thread

you need to get onto all the childrens classics. Black beauty. Anne of green gables, does she have any specific interests.? Ponies, sports? That could offer some inspiration? Also factual books. My ds1 was reading Harry Potter, narnia etc age six and never had an issue with context. Also offered him Enid Blyton. But being a boy...

Ahhhhh! forgot about Anne! must tell mum to dig out my old copies and bring them over - thanks piffle

Have heard it said that children like to read stories about children who are slightly (around 2 years) older than them if that helps at all? I also think children like to read about children like themselves a bit too, so maybe make the protagonist a bright 8 year old?

I'm wqatching this one too. Dd is reading Tilly Beany books atm and enjoying them. Alice thro looking glass we've offered but she's not keen.. MAy try Narnia, since you've said - i've been waiting for this day since she was born i read the whole chronicles and loved them

Swallows & Amazons also quite good at that age for advanced readers hana. As piffle says if you stick to older stuff you won't get sex, violence or bad language.

dd loves witches and being in charge of things, perhaps incorporate those?

Depending on the emotional maturity of the little girl, there are lots of books she could read. As somebody said, the classics. An awful lot of them are great for this age. The Narnia books have already been mentioned - both my dcs enjoyed them at this age (though ds needed them read aloud), and Laura Ingalls were dd's favourites (Anne of Green Gables came a little later). Pippi Longstocking. Mary Poppins. Bedknob and Broomstick. And if she is really good at reading, the Borrowers and E. Nesbit's books. IME none of these are difficult for a 6yo to understand as far as the context goes.

And of more modern books, the Animal Ark series was also a favourite with dd.

Lemony Snicket books are great fun if she is mature enough to appreciate the dark humour. In a similar vein, there's good old Roald Dahl!