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Originally Posted by glowhappy
How young? About 12 or older I'd rec Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Triology. As the title implies its a little dark and scary but kids tend to like that. The main character is a fearless young girl.
The first book in the series, The Golden Compass, was made into a movie. It was really bad as are most books turned movie fodder.
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9, but a precocious 9. she's been through all of Potter, Narnia and Lord of the Rings. those are the ones Mom knows about for sure.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Anything from Anne Mccaffrey should be of the 'right age group' ? - also David (and Leigh) Eddings, and Alan Dean Foster's Flinx series ....
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ah yes! McCaffery! and Flinx is a blast!
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Originally Posted by nashira
What about Nancy Drew? I'd suggest Trixie Belden but apparently you can't get them in ebooks, which is a shame. Hrm.
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Has she read Peter Pan and Wendy, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Heidi, The Secret Garden, The Brothers Grimm Fairytales, The Story of Doctor Dolittle?
Librivox has a list of PD childrens works here: http://librivox.org/childrens-literature/ the pages should have links to the free texts as well as the audiobooks they've made. 
Edit: Also. Black Beauty, A Little Princess... I was little not so long ago, I should be able to remember more. I'll think on it. XD (The benefits of being nineteen ><; you remember the books you read as a kid easily) |
actually Nancy Drew is available. unfortunately they are either 5 or 6 bucks apiece. I remember burning through those in an afternoon as a kid. too bad they aren't selling them as a collection for e-readers. also, I'm not sure why they aren't in the pubblic domain. the others are good suggestions as well thanks!
did you read the original Black Beauty or one of the kinder, gentler ones? I
STILL remember reading that!
