swallows and Amazons series - fantastic - my 9 year old with sky high reading age is loving them

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of good books here but not many that are over an 11-year-old's reading level. Dickens was a good suggestion--I would start with A Tale of Two Cities. Or what about The Scarlet Pimpernel (not by Dickens, obv)?

At some point reading level stops being that important. Just reading good books for the fun of it is what matters. I am sure all of us have read books below our "level" that we enjoyed, right?

I agree with this, especially if one is a voracious reader. I also loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and if she likes that she may also enjoy The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and Cold Sassy Tree.

Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy.

Anonymous wrote:A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Wonderful book. My father recommended it to me, and I to my kids. Everyone should read it

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Wonderful book. My father recommended it to me, and I to my kids. Everyone should read it

Terry Brooks series for fantasy. Sword of Shannara, etc.

Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur's court or puddinhead Wilson are also good Twain books for that age.

Tuck Everlasting

Nope never heard of Harriet the Spy. I think she's read Tom Sawyer but that's it from Mark Twain.

Please tell me she's read Harriet the Spy.

Mark Twain (The Prince and the Pauper for instance) was another one I really enjoyed at that age.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of good books here but not many that are over an 11-year-old's reading level. Dickens was a good suggestion--I would start with A Tale of Two Cities. Or what about The Scarlet Pimpernel (not by Dickens, obv)?

At some point reading level stops being that important. Just reading good books for the fun of it is what matters. I am sure all of us have read books below our "level" that we enjoyed, right?

Has she read anything by Diana Wynne Jones? The Chrestomanci books are a great place to start.

The Diane Duane So You Want to Be a Wizard series is also good.

At that age, I read Little Women and then read all of the Alcott books I could get my hands on. I also really like Caddie Woodlawn.

If she likes fantasy, my favorites at that age were Robin McKinley's "Beauty" and Patrica McKillip's "The Changeling Sea" and "Dragonsong" and "Dragonsinger"

I think the Percy Jackson series is good for girls and boys at this age. I read them with my kids and they have a number of strong female characters.

James Herriot's books
Dickens