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[adrian_turtle]

I've spent quite a lot of the last few weeks pre-reading books to check if they are appropriate for my favorite 8-year-old. Her parents thought the Prydain Chronicles and The Dark Is Rising would be too scary for this year, but that she'd love some of Lloyd Alexander's books for younger kids. So I've been going through as much of Alexander's work

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[hobbitbabe]

I'm going to be visiting my own favourite 8yo in a few weeks, and I hope to find out then what he's reading and what he's having read to him. Last year I found out that So You Want To Be a Wizard was actually scarier than I remembered, so there's no rush on acquiring those sequels.

[adrian_turtle]

I really love So You Want To Be A Wizard, but I agree that it's kind of scary.

[boxofdelights]

Eight-year-olds I know offer two thumbs up for The True Meaning of Smekday.