Books for 8 y/o DD that reads at 7/8th grade level?

It is an oldie, but a goodie. The Trixie Belden series. -- Trixie Belden



How about Nancy Drew?

anything by Emily Rodda-Deltora quest series,Rowan of Rin etc
the Children of the Lamp series
Septimus Heap series
The Hobbit

The Bobbsey Twins series. A bunch of the children's classics: Wizard of Oz, The Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, Mark Twain books, Louisa May Alcott books.

Little House on the Prairie series

At that age my dd enjoyed the stories by Brian Jacques.  www.redwallabbey.com/ 

My 8 yr old dd just finished The Meanest Doll in The World which is part of the Doll People series and she loved it.  She also really likes the I Survived books . You might want to check with the children's librarian at your local library for ideas.  A suggestion if you have younger children is to have her read to them.  My dd loves to pass along her love for reading.

When I was reading at that age/level, these were the books I loved:
Anne of Green Gables (and absolutely everything else by L.M. Montgomery)
Girl of the Limberlost
All of the Little House on the Prairie books -- ALL of them. Repeatedly.

Just a forewarning: I read "Gone With the Wind" at age 9. The local librarian laughed when I checked it out. My older sister told her, "Don't laugh. She'll read it."

--Cricket

My daughter is the same way.

I bought most of her books on Ebay. We have the Trixie Belden series, Nancy Drew, even some Hardy Boys. Her favorites: Little House on the Prairie, Little Women, Pride & Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables, Harry Potter, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Judy Blume (I think all of the kids books), Elsie Dinsmore (these are Christian based). Her most loved is Out of My Mind.

I also agree with not always needing to read to level - my daughter absolutely loved the Babysitters Club books even though she could read higher - reading for fun is good too. She still reads them when she is looking for something not so heavy.

Because of Mr. Terupt


Great book with complex characters to keep track of like Wonder.

The Doll People series has a new book coming out later this year.

Hi. Wish our dd's knew each other. I just bought my dd a kindle and she loves it! It is so much better for her then I thought it would be.

I had my dd at the eye dr and he said be very careful of ipad time as it is so bad for the eyes, so that is why I bought the kindle. The kindle is side lit, as opposed to back lit, so there is no eye strain. He told us that kids who read on the ipad are needing glasses much earlier. It appears that dd's generation will have more kids in glasses then any other!  Even when dd reads a book, she puts her bookmark 10 pages ahead so she remembers to look up ever few minutes to reduce eye strain. 

As as a high school English teacher, I'm like some others here who don't always worry about the level. Yes, dd burns through the books in a day, but I'm not interested in books involving sex and other topics (which will be on the way for an advanced reader by the time they hit grade 6) and if I can't always preview a book I'd rather she stuck to lower level ones. There are so many reasons to back this up, including writing development etc., but I think you're a teacher and you're probably on top of it. 

My advanced reader does a mini book report for me after each book. It helps her develop her writing and critical thinking skills, and it teachers her that there are other ways to enjoy reading and the books that she loves. 
P.