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Originally Posted by Hitch
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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
What about The Chronicles of Narnia? Or Wrinkle in Time and its sequels?
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I'd mentioned, perhaps in the other thread, that I'd asked the parents if he'd read Narnia. At 11, he's possibly now too old for them--I seem to recall reading them when I was 8-9, but if he hasn't, I might buy them for him. And yes, the same is my question about Wrinkle in Time--there seems to be a general consensus that this is also aimed at 8-9 y.o.'s, isn't it?
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Given that I've only read the first of the Narnia books and my kids started reading the series around 10 or 11 and then were still reading them in their teens, I don't think they're too young for him. In
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe you've got 4 children entering Narnia. The kids are 13, 12, 10, and 8 when the book begins -- so your friend's son will be reading about kids his age and several years older.
And I think I'd say the same thing about
Wrinkle in Time. While the story can be enjoyed by a younger kid (8-10 years old), it's not too young for a tween. In fact, in the first book, Meg Murry is a high-schooler and by the time of
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, the youngest (Charles Wallace) is 15 years old.
One thought is that reading these books as a tween, it's all about the adventure. Re-reading as a teen or even adult, one gets more of the philosophical message.
... and I'm still thinking about how to describe the creepiness I felt with the Golden Compass books.