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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Eleven, huh? Careful that is when Harry Potter found our he is a wizard. Don't let her get into Harry Dresden yet, but maybe Potter won't be too bad for her. 
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Harry Potter starts off OK, but it does get rather darker as it goes along. To be honest, I think it's she's able to read Harry Potter, no reason not to read Dresden Files.
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Potter grew with its audience at a natural pace, since they were published a year apart.
The twins (yes, there are two - my daughter has a twin brother
) would have the opportunity to read the books back to back.
At this point I think my daughter would be able to handle the complete Potter series well, whereas her brother might find books 5 - 7 to be emotionally taxing.
My biggest concern with Dresden would be the level of violence and/or sexual content/innuendo. I don't remember it being very explicit, but then again I wasn't reading it with a middle-schooler in mind.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Have you told her that there is a lot more to the book then there was to the movie? I found the first movie to be a pale imitation of the book.
I've read a number of books where the movie just didn't work in comparison.
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Oh, yes! Thats why I wanted them to at least read the first book before even seeing the second movie.
We watched the first movie two or three times. After one of the repeat viewings both their father and I commented on the pros and cons of the movie vs the book and the series as a whole.
I've only seen the first 4 movies, myself. Every once in while I get curious about the others, but it never really lasts long enough for me to actually follow through.