What is your 8 yr old or older child reading right now?

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[Post New]03/23/2016 23:39
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Anonymous
Just finished The Cay.
[Post New]03/24/2016 21:02
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Anonymous
My 7 yo (1st grader) is loving all things Roald Dahl - currently reading James and the Giant Peach.
[Post New]03/24/2016 21:06
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Currently reading Harry Potter series, right now Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Also liked Wizard of Oz series
Boxcar series
Non-fiction about dinosaurs, space and solar system, plants, geography, geology etc



Child is only 6...


I think we are supposed to be impressed that's why she ignored OPs request.


+1 (if it was really about relaying book choices, she could have left out the child's age.)


Poor reading comp, just like her kid.
[Post New]03/24/2016 21:35
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Anonymous
11-The Unwanted Series
[Post New]03/24/2016 22:25
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Anonymous wrote:DS (9 in three weeks) just started the first Harry Potter book. Most recently he read “The Magician’s Nephew” by C.S. Lewis and has read most of the Roald Dahl books. Chapter books are a struggle, as his attention span isn’t great. He much rather read a non-fiction book (favorites are the Knowledge Encyclopedia, Weird but True, and Ripley’s Believe it or Not). I appreciate his interested in non-fiction, but I’m trying to push for him to read more novels.


These are really tough books. The syntax and vocabulary in them is quite challenging (also they are both British authors, which makes them even more difficult for an American reader.). Try something a little simpler, like maybe the baseball card time travel books by Dan Gutman, or James Pattersons treasure hunter books. Something contemporary and written by an American will be an easier lift and help him get into fiction.
[Post New]03/25/2016 20:25
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Anonymous
Boy closing in on 8:

Spy school series
City of Ember series
Magic tree house series
[Post New]03/25/2016 21:28
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Anonymous
Reading The Order of the Phoenix, book 4? Harry Potter
[Post New]03/25/2016 22:27
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Anonymous
10 - Christopher Hitchens - He's a genius
[Post New]03/25/2016 22:43
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:10 - Christopher Hitchens - He's a genius


Obviously that's very parent influenced. What does he/she read on his/her own?
[Post New]03/25/2016 22:45
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Anonymous
8 Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
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