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My daughter will be 11 next month. She is an advanced reader but chooses to read easier books. She goes through them so fast, like a day or two then she is looking for another book. She is intimidated by thicker books but I am talking her into trying something bigger.

She loves fantasy, humor, fairy tale retellings(brothers Grimm not Disney), and scary books. Her favorite series is The Warriors. She has read some Harry Potter and the first two Hunger Games books. I have recommended Inkheart and Eragon to her. I am looking for more ideas though. Something more challenging but not too tough to read.

is the first in a series that I really enjoyed.

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Classics, like Little Women and The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland
Poetry, ex. anything by Carl Sandburg... also his Rootabaga Stories.

I've got to ask, though, why you see her preference for slimmer books to be a problem. I'm 52, have read many thousands of books, and still have much less interest in door-stoppers than in more concise works.

The best books are those that reward the careful reader and the rereader, not the ones that give one a sense of accomplishment for having turned a whole bunch of pages.

The books I recommended are ones that will have appeal now, to her when she's eleven and on the cusp of puberty, and will have another appeal to her as a teen or young woman, and yet another when (if) she becomes a parent.

I'm not a fan of Diana Wynne Jones but it seems as if your daughter might be. Also The Wee Free Men and sequels, about young Tiffany Aching, by Terry Pratchett. And a book that is both magical and long that I keep meaning to read is The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.

I have reviews of most of these and of many more wonderful books on my account at Leafmarks.

Great suggestions from Cheryl. The Princess Bride is especially wonderful and there's enough depth for multiple rereads.

She picks out super easy books and is done a day or two later and then wanting to make another trip back to the library. She can still chose easy books but I want her to also choose bigger and more challenging books that take longer to read.

These are some great suggestions. She is making a list. She picked up the fourth HP book today.

Ok, I took a look at your shelves, and I'm guessing the one called Paige is hers? If so, she's still reading Magic Treehouse? Some of my suggestions might be a little advanced, then.

Try The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (actually it was developed into a series, and there's a brand new book right now).

How about The Sisters Grimm, starting with The Fairy-Tale Detectives. Or The Frog Princess, which also starts a whole series.

I also loved, at that age, Mr. Popper's Penguins and Half Magic, though those are a bit dated.

Oh, and since she likes Ivy and Bean, she *must* read Clementine and Ramona the Pest, both series.

Oh, and don't forget The Chronicles of Narnia. Those appeal to secular fans of fantastic adventure at least as much as to Christians, imo, so don't be concerned about the "message" in them.

I made that list when she was in first grade. I have not been updating it.

Oh, ok. Then she should be doing just fine with any of the suggestions in this thread. :)

Shay wrote: "My daughter will be 11 next month. She is an advanced reader but chooses to read easier books. She goes through them so fast, like a day or two then she is looking for another book. She is intimida..."

Has she tried the Percy Jackson series? Or Narnia?

Ella Enchanted! Funny, wonderful, plucky main character, great fairy-tale retelling.

Love the suggestions made here . . . a slim story good for an advanced reader: The Midwife's Apprentice.

To get her hooked on longer books . . . The Mysterious Benedict Society series or the funny series by Pseudonymous Bosh beginning with The Name of This Book Is Secret. Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord is always listed as a favorite among fantasy readers, and might inspire her to try some of Funke's longer works.

Oh! I should also recommend our Book of the Month, The City of Ember, a fantasy book that is mid-length.

M.G. wrote: "Oh! I should also recommend our Book of the Month, The City of Ember, a fantasy book that is mid-length."


Have you seen the movie for The City of Ember ?
What did you think about it? I haven't read the book but I was a tad disappointed in the movie.

S.W. wrote: "M.G. wrote: "Oh! I should also recommend our Book of the Month, The City of Ember, a fantasy book that is mid-length."


Have you seen the movie for The City of Ember ?
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I haven't seen the movie! Sorry to hear it wasn't better, because I loved the book. The story has such a great premise, but it was DePrau's beautiful use of language in this book that I loved so much. It was fun to read.

I'd suggest Love, Ruby Lavender and the rest of the trilogy by Deborah Wiles.

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.

I second anything by Terry Pratchett.

Waistcoats & Weaponry - the first is a steampunk series for teenagers by Gail Carriger.

Because of Winn-Dixie and other books by Kate DiCamillo.

Anne of Green Gables and any other books by L.M. Montgomery. If you look at classics also books like A Little Princess.

Also Everything on a Waffle and other books by Polly Horvath.

Eva Ibbotson's books like Journey to the River Sea.

Highly recommend Howl's Moving Castle.

I second Eva Ibbotson.

Natalie wrote:Has she tried the Percy Jackson series? Or Narnia?


No she hasn't yet but they have been on her list for awhile.

I worked in a children's library for ten years. My suggestions for your daughter are the following high interest books:

The Mysterious Benedict Society series
Liar & Spy
When You Reach Me
Counting by 7s
Black Beauty
Little Women
The False Prince Ascendance Trilogy

Sounds like she is doing great. The Black Cauldron was a favorite of mine. The Black Cauldron