Reddit reviews Fablehaven
We found 4 Reddit comments about Fablehaven. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews FablehavenWe found 4 Reddit comments about Fablehaven. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
9 year old girls
They're old enough to be reading chapter books, but you didn't mention how advanced they were...
Hmm...this might be tricky...
If they like animals:
Summer of the Wolves
A recently orphaned twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother leave a foster home in California to stay with their estranged uncle, a biologist studying a wolf pack in the woods of Minnesota. Heartfelt and informative.
If they like fantasy:
Fablehaven
Kendra and Seth's grandfather has a secret. His woods is a sanctuary for all creatures magical and mystic.
If they like mysteries:
Frightmares: Cat Burglar On the Prowl
Peg Kehret has written a score of mysteries, but the best for middle readers are the Frightmares. Kayo and Rosie run into quite a few mysteries, and quite a bit of danger.
If they want to read about normal kids:
You can't go wrong with Beverly Cleary; I will never not recommend her. If I had to choose a single book of hers to recommend...
Dear Mr. Henshaw
7 year old boy
If he likes fairy tales:
The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales
The best set of fractured fairy tales I can think of. And perfect for a seven year old boy.
If he likes mysteries:
Jigsaw Jones
Encyclopedia Brown and its emphasis on logic and catching people in lies might be a touch too much for him at the moment, so I'm going to recommend Jigsaw Jones, the other elementary sleuth solving mysteries at reasonable rates. There's approximately a bazillion Jigsaw Jones books, so take your pick.
4 year old boy
If he likes little stories:
Mouse Tales
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I may need a little extra time to think of books for the other kids.
Give Fablehaven a try. It's got a similar "discovering a hidden world of magic and wonder" thing going.
Yep, I am a nerd. So I wanna read about some fuckin' fairies.
What of it?
Easy! Fablehaven is great. The whole series is drastically underrated.
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And if into deep brooding with less fantasy (or none): The Book Thief, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, might be worth checking out. I read 'Perks of' when I was almost 20 and it pretty much wrecked me.
And not a book at all. But the piece I think that went the deepest with dark fantasy elements is Pan's Labyrinth lol.
I'm gonna go check out Django Wexler now though.