Book recommendations for middle elementary school girls...
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My 9 y.o. DD is a pretty advanced reader, but she LOVES the non-advanced collection of books called Geronimo Stilton. LOVES them.
She also loves the Dork Diaries and Percy Jackson books and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" Lemony Snicket books (but fyi I don't like the Lemony Snicket SoUE books because she loves telling me the plot, and her summaries make the books sound rather dreadful) She asked Santa for nature coloring books (easy to find on amazon.com) |
Anonymous
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The Secret series
Astrid Lindgren: Ronja the Robber's Daughter Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book |
Anonymous
There is also the Theta Stilton books that are pretty popular with grade 3/4 girls. Another series that is quite engaging is the Alice Series by Phyllis Reynold Naylor http://alicemckinley.wordpress.com/the-books-in-order/ |
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Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman
the Trixie Belden series |
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| The Mysterious Benedict Society and its sequels/prequels. |
Anonymous
My DD could not get through the first one, she was incredibly bored. I hear the ones that followed are better but there is a lot of set up in the first one. This from very strong 3rd grade reader, she wakes up early so she can keep reading the Percy Jackson series before school in the morning. I was disappointed she did not love the Mysterious Benedict Society because the reviews were so good. |
Anonymous
My DD is an avid reader and loves the Cornelia Funke too - Dragon Rider. Excellent Book. |
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
In Search of Delicious Tuck Everlasting When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit The Mouse and his Child Time Cat Bridge to Terabithia (spoiler alert--sad, but beautiful story) From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Harriet the Spy The Westing Game Wrinkle in Time Trilogy Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH The Phantom Tollbooth The Great Brain Series Charlotte's Web Anne of Green Gables To Kill a Mocking Bird All Creatures Great and Small Hoot Holes God, this is the golden age for reading! |
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Beezus and Ramona
Katie John Catwings The Invention of Hugo Cabret Catherine Called Birdy Caddie Woodlawn All-of-a-Kind Family The Hundred Dresses The Four Story Mistake Series Thimble Summer Strawberry Girl Roller Skates Alice in Wonderland, Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Wizard of Oz series |
Anonymous
A lot of these are not for that age range... |
Anonymous
Doesnt the four story mistake disclose the truth abt Santa? |
Anonymous
Agreed. A third grader may be able to read them, but that's not the same as understanding them. Especially "To Kill A Mockingbird". And I wonder if PP has read "All Creatures Great and Small" recently, specifically the many, many parts where people getting pie-eyed drunk -- and driving while pie-eyed drunk -- is treated as funny. |
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My ADULT book club real The Phantom Tollbooth...a child would miss way too much... |
Anonymous
My DD loves Cornelia Funke. The Inkhart series got pretty dark (although I enjoyed it). The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider were both excellent and not too dark. |
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20:44 here. Most of the suggestions are on grade level. You can look them up on Scholastic. Holes & Hoot are slightly older--grades 5-8. Those I read as an adult. I did read To Kill a Mocking Bird and All Creatures Great and Small in 4th grade, but yes, "technically" their reading levels are h.s. Harry Potter is pretty graphic in nature, just not as well written so I guess people don't object to that suggestion.
Phantom Tollbooth Reading Level Grade Level 3-5 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/phantom-tollbooth (And PP, stuff it about kids not getting the humor. You've repeated this comment ad nauseam. Some kids won't but lots do.) |