Dd2 is apparently ahead of her age for reading, has anyone any godod book suggestions please ?

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Dd2 is 8 and has always been a good reader.

Tonight at parents evening, her teacher said that she was not far short of the level they expect yr 6 to have achieved by the time they leave primary.

I have always really just let her read what she likes and have never directed her towards any particular age range, but I wondered if anyone had any reccomendation of anything she could read which was slightly more advanced than her age group ??

I would recommend the Malcolm Saville Lone Pine books and Buckingham series. Really good - I still love reading them!

Also Enid Blyton Adventurous Four and the "of Adventure" series such as the Castle/Mountain/Sea/Ship/Island of Adventure.

Mainly out of print but readily available on Ebay.

Not sure if this suitable but my Dd(6)and her cousin (10)loves to read the 'rainbow magic' storybook collection by Daisy Meadows.
I think most little girl would enjoy reading it.

Catherine Storr's "Marianne Dreams" and "The Mirror Image Ghost" might be ok. Year 6 material, I would guess... not inappropriate, just a bit scary.

Margaret Mahy - we've got a set of short stories, entitled "Crocodile... (something, sorry, can't remember what)"

Richard and Judy's selection for age 9+ ?

HTH

DD is also 8 and a very advanced reader so we also have the problem of finding suitable books.

DD has just devoured the full set of Susan Cooper's 'Dark is Rising' sequence, scarcely coming up for air. And is now reading Northern Lights (Philip Pullman) voraciously. Not sure how she'll cope with the later volumes as there's more philosophy and slightly less action in them.

Here are some others that she recently really enjoyed::
'Wee free men', 'Hatful of sky' and 'Wintersmith' by Terry Pratchett

All the 'Green Knowe' books by LM Boston

'Peter Pan', and 'Peter Pan in Scarlet' by Geraldine McCaughrean (sp?) and 'Peter and the Starcatchers' (by Dave Barry)

All the Edge Chronicles books by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart

'The Phantom Tollbooth' by Norton Juster (not a ghost story at all and very good for children who like playing with words)

All the 'Borrowers' books by Mary Norton

Hope this helps!