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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This book sounds like porn and also sadistic. I would not be okay with it. My daughter is 5 so we aren't there yet, but I think I would read the book also and sit down with her and be specific about what is unhealthy in it.
Then I would direct her to The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope, and also Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones. Both stories engage with the ancient European mythos of the Fae stealing humans, but also are age appropriate, exciting stories, strong heroines, and generally more wholesome.[/quote]

The  Perilous Gard is a really great book from my perspective as an adult, but I didn't read it as a child, and I haven't successfully gotten my kids (9 and 12) to read it yet.[/quote]

I'm the PP and read Perilous Gard over and over and over some more. Such a good story! Same for anything by Diana Wynne Jones. I had free reign of my parents bookshelves, but I don't think reading Fear of Flying and Serenissima at 11 added much to my life (eye opening though it was). But OP's DD is already reading that type of 'stolen by fairies' theme, so Perilous Gard with its smart, brave heroine is likely a good bet. More generally, I also got into Jane Austen at that age, and would recommend it - could start with the movies, then there is a world of regency romances out there. A few even have magic crossover, like Sorcery & Cecelia. Also could be a good age to introduce Agatha Christie books/movies.[/quote]

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