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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Secrets of Droon (the special editions may be both harder and more intense)
Princess in Black
Cam Jansen
Magic Treehouse
Rainbow Fairies
Magic Treehouse
Flat Stanley[/quote]

Your first grader is reading rainbow fairies and cam jansen? Really? REALLY?[/quote]

PP who suggested the quoted list here.

Rising second graders have a wide variety of reading levels.  My children's reading levels as rising second graders are irrelevant.  I tried to base my suggestions on the books the OP specified, and give a range of selections that I thought was similar.  I was not familiar with the Dragon Masters series, so I downloaded a sample on Kindle and tried to suggest books of a similar level.

Based on your response, I did further research.

Assuming, I've identified the correct Dragon Masters books (Tracey West and Graham Howells), the first book, Rise of the Earth Dragon is leveled as follows:
Lexile 510
Guided Reading Level P
https://www.scholastic.com/branches/dragons.htm

Mia Mayhem is a Superhero is leveled as follows:
Lexile 550
Guided Reading Level N
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/mia-mayhem-mia-mayhem-is-a-superhero-9781338571509.html

Ivy and Bean is leveled as follows:
Lexile 580
Guided Reading Level M
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/ivy-and-bean-9780545002066.html

I couldn't find Kingdom of Wrenly on the Scholastic website, but the Lexile website, lists the Lexile level for the first book, The Lost Stone, as 560.
https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/book-details/9781442496903

The first book in the Cam Jansen series, The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, is leveled as follows:
Lexile 590
Guided Reading Level L
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/cam-jansen-mysteries-the-mystery-of-the-stolen-diamonds-9780590461214.html

I can't find the Rainbow Fairies level information on the Scholastic website, but according to the Lexile website, the Lexile level is 620.  The Guided Reading Level is harder to find, but as best I can tell from a Google search, it's somewhere between L-O.

As you can see, leveling books is very squishy and even well-established systems differ on which books are ranked harder.  These seem to me to be in the general ballpark, especially considering that a lot of reading level depends on motivation, and that a child at this level can make dramatic progress with practice.

I do apologize for listing the Magic Treehouse series twice.  I was probably thinking of another series at approximately the same general level, but I can't remember which.  Seeing as there are complaints that this level is too challenging, I'm not going to try to suggest more at this level.

I'm not suggesting these books for all rising second graders.  Some will want books that are less challenging, others will want books that are more challenging.  I suggest you follow OP's example, and list books that your child likes, and then we can tailor suggestions to their level, which is really independent of grade.
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