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Figuring out what books are right for your child’s age can feel like negotiating completion dates on a building project. Like when your eight-year-old comes home clutching Artemis Fowl because their best friend’s big brother says it’s the best book ever written, and you’re squinting at the back cover looking for an age, any age, […]
Some children find Jacqueline Wilson at eight and basically move in. I was one of those kids. I devoured the entire catalogue and loved sharing the books with my students when I was teaching. Tracy Beaker. Hetty Feather. Sleepovers. They’ve stood the test of time and kids still tear through them today. She’s written over […]
Camp Half-Blood. Riptide (the pen that turns into a sword). The lift up to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building. Annabeth, Grover (the satyr with serious anger issues). If you’re here looking for what to read after Percy Jackson, your child has probably torn through the five originals, maybe Heroes of Olympus too, […]
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