If your second grader loved the Harry Potter series, what are they reading now?

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Anonymous wrote:What about the Narnia books?

Fine if you like 1950s British-empire social attitudes and a hackneyed writing style.

And Christian overtures. Aslan as Jesus, etc.

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My second grader loves dragons, so he is enjoying the Wings of Fire series.

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Percy Jackson series and Wolf Brother series.

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Anonymous wrote:Mysterious Benedict Society.

+1. My second grader just finished this and loved it

+2. That sounds about right, although both my DD and I found our interest flagging halfway through the third book.

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Try the Prydain books. It's a pentalogy starting with "The Book of Three". The second book, "The Black Cauldron" was turned into a Disney movie. I gave it to one of a pair of 8-yo twins last year and just heard this year at our holiday party that the twins (and their mom) loved the books.

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Anonymous wrote:Try the Prydain books. It's a pentalogy starting with "The Book of Three". The second book, "The Black Cauldron" was turned into a Disney movie. I gave it to one of a pair of 8-yo twins last year and just heard this year at our holiday party that the twins (and their mom) loved the books.

Oops, forgot. These were written by Lloyd Alexander.

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Warrior Cats... my kids love them.

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I am shocked that your second graders can read these books. Are they not too hard for a second grader? I do not think that DS can read them. He is still reading Squish and Magic Tree House.

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It's just the usual bragging. Can't say "my kid just finished HP books, what next?" You have to say "my 1st-grader just finished HP books, what next?"

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Anonymous wrote:It's just the usual bragging. Can't say "my kid just finished HP books, what next?" You have to say "my 1st-grader just finished HP books, what next?"

I'm the OP and that wasn't my intention at all in mentioning her age. The HP series is at the top of her reading level so I wanted to get recommendations that aren't far above her level or maturity. I'd be seeking different recommendations if she was a fifth grader. Kids develop the skill at different rates and a lot probably has to do with how much they enjoy it. Not sure why you are insulted.

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If there is one thing dcum is always certain of, it is that your Harry Potter reading 2d grader is "just decoding." I figure if my 2d grader enjoys decoding enough to do it for hours a day withou prompting, more power to her.

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Anonymous wrote:It's just the usual bragging. Can't say "my kid just finished HP books, what next?" You have to say "my 1st-grader just finished HP books, what next?"

I'm the OP and that wasn't my intention at all in mentioning her age. The HP series is at the top of her reading level so I wanted to get recommendations that aren't far above her level or maturity. I'd be seeking different recommendations if she was a fifth grader. Kids develop the skill at different rates and a lot probably has to do with how much they enjoy it. Not sure why you are insulted.

The "after Harry Potter" DCUM recommendations are pretty much the same regardless of kid's age. Just do a search of the forum, and you will have lots of ideas to choose from.

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Warrior Cat series which are also full of dark drama

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Anonymous wrote:If there is one thing dcum is always certain of, it is that your Harry Potter reading 2d grader is "just decoding." I figure if my 2d grader enjoys decoding enough to do it for hours a day withou prompting, more power to her.

Certain of it because it is accurate. Yes, your child may get the GENERAL IDEA of the story - more so if a parent assists or the child has seen the movie - but much of it will go over the child's head.

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Anonymous wrote:If there is one thing dcum is always certain of, it is that your Harry Potter reading 2d grader is "just decoding." I figure if my 2d grader enjoys decoding enough to do it for hours a day withou prompting, more power to her.

Certain of it because it is accurate. Yes, your child may get the GENERAL IDEA of the story - more so if a parent assists or the child has seen the movie - but much of it will go over the child's head.

It depends on the child. Kids that love to read practice more and understand nuances quicker than kids who don't. And a child who learns to read easily has an advantage over a child who struggles. Frankly, there were several things that I didn't catch the first time I read HP that I caught on the second or third read-through, and that's fine.