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The Hunger Games trilogy
The Maze Runner series
Divergent trilogy
A Series of Unfortunate Events (These were easy reads imo, but I liked them at her age because they were different)
The Giver quartet
I would like to get my daughter a new book series for Christmas. She is in 6th grade (age 12) but is on at least a 9th grade reading level.
She is currently on book 5 of Harry Potter and loves it. She seems to have a taste for fantasy, and definitely prefers a series.
She has read ALL of Warriors, Land of Stories, Mysterious Benedict Society, and the like.
She is too advanced for middle year readers, but probably not at the level of Lord of the Rings.
Language is OK...no sex please.
Any ideas?
I don't want to start any arguments here about Tolkien-v-Rowlings, but if she can handle Harry Potter I don't see Lord of the Rings being a problem. Anyway, she should start with the excellent prelude, The Hobbit. Or you could go with some LotR-lite in the form of The Sword of Shannara (Terry Brooks) - which is nearly the same story, and part of a trilogy. Unoriginal, but an easy read, and entertaining (if you can get past the fact that it's a rip-off).
Then there's Ursula K. Leguin's classic Earthsea trilogy. (actually, I think a fourth book was added decades after the trilogy was finished, but I always think of it as three books) The first book is A Wizard of Earthsea.
I read The Hobbit when I was 13, perhaps she isn't ready for Tolkien though. And by age 12, I was pretty much done with Nancy Drew and the Little House books.
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The "Time" series by Carolyn Cohagan is good.
It's going to be a series of 3 books, there are currently two in print. Time Zero and Time Next. About a teen girl navigating through life in futuristic Manhattan. A little reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale but not so grim and dull. Ms. Cohagan also runs a group called "Girls with Pens", empowering girls to write.
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"Alive", and anything else by Chandler Baker (she has several books written for teen girls).
Written for the "Y" audience, very current.
Alive is about a high school girl heart transplant recipient, whose heart seems to want to be finding it's way home. Teen romance but not sex, a little metaphysical, suspenseful.
I read The Hobbit when I was 13, perhaps she isn't ready for Tolkien though. And by age 12, I was pretty much done with Nancy Drew and the Little House books.
Yes, this exactly.
I need that sweet spot between Tolkien and Little House.
I would like to get my daughter a new book series for Christmas. She is in 6th grade (age 12) but is on at least a 9th grade reading level.
She is currently on book 5 of Harry Potter and loves it. She seems to have a taste for fantasy, and definitely prefers a series.
She has read ALL of Warriors, Land of Stories, Mysterious Benedict Society, and the like.
She is too advanced for middle year readers, but probably not at the level of Lord of the Rings.
Language is OK...no sex please.
Any ideas?
Something to think about - I held my son off from reading Lord of the Rings at that age because I thought he would get more out of the books if he was older, but then when he was a couple of years older he was swamped with school assigned reading, summer reading, high school studies.... and didn't ever seem to have the time and attention to devote to LOTR. I wish I had let him dive in to it when he was younger as he could always go back for a re-read later. Maybe I'll add that to his Christmas list!
I second the suggestion of The Giver quartet. My kids loved those around this age.
Y'all are really making me think twice about LOTR.
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