My 11-y.o. DGD1, in 5th grade, is a voracious reader, now reading at a ‘high school level’ (not sure of specifics) but is definitely not ready for the adult themes etc that are often found in books at her reading level. I’m sure many of you have encountered this challenge and will hopefully have some suggestions.
She devoured the Harry Potter books, and is now reading The Hobbit, so the Lord of the Rings books will be next. She recently read A Wrinkle in Time for school and “hated it” (as did one of her parents – the other loves it… ).
She loves fantasy, magical realism, kid spy books. She's still very much a kid, not into romance or other YA topics like ‘finding yourself’ or drugs or suicide. Doesn't like violence or horror. For example, she LOVED Cornelia Funke's DRAGON RIDER, but couldn't deal with the darkness of the INKHEART series.
So, any suggestions?