Books for a voracious 8-year-old reader?
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My DS loves funny books but zips through fare like Dog Man, Cat Kid, and Investi-Gators super quickly.
Looking for slightly more advanced books that are equally entertaining but with longer chapters. Thanks! |
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The Faraway Tree
All of the Roald Dahls Dory Fantasmagory series Ellie, Engineer series |
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It might be time for Harry Potter and The Lightning Thief…. Having an early voracious reader is tough because they can handle the length and vocabulary but themes are often too mature. I have felt your pain.
I don’t have a ton of other suggestions because mine were girls and one was heavily into fantasy/science fiction. Oh - kid versions of Shakespeare and also Greek Mythology books were big hits with my girls as well. Good luck and happy reading! |
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Thanks boo |
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some series:
Ranger in Time Wings of Fire I survived |
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The How to Train Your Dragon book series is perfect for an 8-year-old boy because it has the length and vocabulary of a more advanced reader but humor that resonates with little boys. Other books mind loved around that age:
Hazardous Tales series (historical fiction graphic novels) Ender's Game The Giver quartet Wrinkle in Time series Maze Runner series |
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| Kaye dicamilo |
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| Wings of Fire |
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| Mine loves Geronimo Stilton and Mercy the Pig books |
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Misfits by Lisa Yee.
Olive is put in a boarding school with a team of other kids who never quite fit in, and discovers that the academy isn’t what it seems—and neither is she. In fact, it is a cover for an elite group of misfits who fight crime . . . and Olive has arrived just in time. There are more books by this author, really fun reading |
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Wings of fire
Big Nate Heroes in training Diary of an 8-bit warrior I survived |
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| Wayside School, Louis Sachar |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
Captain Underpants books Kate Klise The Golly Sisters books by Betsy Byars Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish Wayside School books by Louis Sachar McBroom books by Sid Fleischman The Princess in Black books Magic School Bus picture books Flat Stanley books Cam Jansen books Frindle by Andrew Clements Beverly Cleary Danny Dunn books Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books Secrets of Droon books by Tony Abbott Magic Treehouse books Time Warp Trio books Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein - quirky poetry My kids are older, so they didn’t read these, but I’ve heard good things about Scholastic’s Branches books, you might want to check them out. https://www.scholastic.com/site/branches.html I tried to offer a range of books. Some of these may be too advanced for him right now, but you can start by reading to him, then gradually transition to taking turns, until he wants to start reading them on his own. |
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I am just realizing with my 8 year old that she's ready for longer books. She keeps asking for Dragon Masters and then finishing multiple a day. I was looking through the lists I had from my older kids for things and came up with:
Chronicles of Narnia Ramona/Henry Huggins Vanderbeekers Penderwicks Gone Away Lake The Borrowers Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH The Pushcart War Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series Marguerite Henry books Black Stallion books (I ripped through those at that age) Boxcar Children (with how many there are he can read those for months!) Fortunately, the Milk Dick King-Smith books The One and Only Ivan series The Candymakers The Lemonade War Escape from Mr. Limoncello's Library E. Nesbit books if he doesn't mind vintage language |
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My kids loved all the bolded around 8! |