Has your 2nd grader read the Percy Jackson books?

[lovin2shop]

In my librarian opinion, Harry Potter is much more difficult and deals with more difficult topics than Percy Jackson. HP is also a much better series.

Of course, I feel that both should be read with the child in order to discuss the plot as you go along.

I generally agree, but just can't seem to make it happen. My DS is a voracious reader right now and read the entire HP series in less than 2 months. Working full time and having a 3 year old that doesn't let me sleep means that I fall asleep in his books all the time. I concede that he now reads faster than me. So, I've resigned myself to looking to others for opinions!

[hellokitty]

Has he read any Encylopedia Brown or The Great Brain series? Those were favorites of mine when I was a kid and personally, I think that they were geared more toward boys, than girls.

[KCR4]

My 9 year old (who has since turned 10) LOVED the Gregor The Overlander Series by Suzanne Collins after finishing the HP and Percy Jackson series.

[KCR4]

Sorry I forgot another big favorite in third grade (post HP): the Septimus Heap series (starts with the book "Magyk," if I recall correctly).
-Karen