Victorians in Year 4 - are there any good fiction books that will appeal to dd1?

[PoorOldEnid]

I would like to find a good book that will appeal to 8 year old dd1 that can back up her Victorian topic this term. My mind has gone blank. Thanks.

Secret Garden, Tom Brown's School Days.

oooh ta i had forgotten about secret garden

Oliver Twist?
would help her appreciate modern life

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she is in utter appreciation of modern life anyway as I am reading Little House in the Big Woods to her atm

I thought "secret garden" Edwardian? Was Railway Children Victorian?

The Little Princess- Frances Hodgson Burnett

ooh we love that

Railway children was Edwardian I think.

The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson

Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillippa Pearce

The water babies? all about chimney sweeps and child death and morality. very victorian.

jura dd1 is not a strong reader although loves being read to.

Hans Christian Anderson is quite simple, the Little Match girl etc.

Little Lord Fauntleroy. It's emotionally cloying but children like it I think.

thanks fennel. Think i will do the little match girl tonight

Oh, what about Heidi. If you will accept continental Victorian. I loved it as a child, and now we have a film version which has me in floods of tears every single time we watch it.

they're all quite sad

They're all utterly schmalzy manipulative tear-jerkers. Children will probably love them.

General themes of child victorian literature. death. orphans. disability. poverty. misery. and sickly sweet do-gooders who win through.

I hope my dd1 does the Victorians too this year, she's year 4 too. I am looking forward to it already.

What about the Horrible Histories book on the era? Terry Dreary is doing series of fictional books based in different times (Ancient Egypt and Roman ones are out already). They are short but funny/educational fiction, I am sure he plans a Victorian bunch if they aren't out alrady.

Wikipedia has a section on Victorian childrens literature here
Black Beauty good for an 8 yr old? (Have been wondering lately on rainy days if too sad for a 6 yr old???) Not so sure about Eric/Little by Little!