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Shannon Hale- Princess Academy and Goose Girl and it sequels

Penderwicks series by Jean Birdsall

Jessica Day George also has a spinoff of fairy tales that starts with the 12 dancing princesses called Princess at the Midnight Ball

ED Baker has a number of fairy tale based books similar type content to the Jessica Day George books

Rebecca Stead's books are clever and aimed at early middle school age.

Flora and Ulysses is more a 4th & 5th grade audience but a wonderful book

For more realistic fiction - Wonder, Rules, Counting Sevens and One and Only Ivan, Island of Blue Dolphin, Witch of Blackbird Pond

More adventure/fantasy side - Mysterious Benedict Society, Septemus Heap Series, Inccouragble Children of Ashton Place, Series of Unfortunate Events, Theodosia series, Kronos Chronicles (these are just awsome, one of my favorite)

Mysteries - Enola Holmes Series, Flavia DeLuce books by Bradley, Girl with Silver Eyes 
  
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+1 This is a much more practical list than the one above. Remember, just because an 11-year-old can read a book doesn't mean they truly understand it. I'll eat my hat if your 11-year-old really understood half of what was going on in Fahrenheit 451.

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OP here-  Yes a lot of what happened in Farenheit 451 was lost on her.  She read it when she was 9- I think.  I don't think though that just because some of the story line is lost that a child shouldn't read it.  When I talk with her about some of the advanced books she reads, I'm surprised sometimes by her perspective and what she does pick up.  [/quote]

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