# What are some good books for 7-8 year old girls?

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**Created:** [June 14, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-books-for-7-8-year-old-girls/360708 "2006-06-14T17:27:00Z")\
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My daughter loved the [Junie B. Jones](http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/index.html) series when she was that age. Not literary but fun.

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**The Black Stallion** and all subsequent sequels.  
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I love my house but I lament the fact that they named the street Black Stallion Place.

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-books-for-7-8-year-old-girls/360708/22 "2006-06-15T14:01:51Z")

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MilliCal is eight. Here are her favorites:

1.) The OZ books  
2.) A Series of Unfortunate Events  
3.) The Magic Tree House series (she’s read all of these)  
4.) The Junie B. Jones series (She’s read all of these, too)  
5.) The Babysitter’s Little Sister series (sort of a junior Baby-Sitter’s Club)  
6.) The Magic School Bus series

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-books-for-7-8-year-old-girls/360708/23 "2006-06-15T14:09:46Z")

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Weird. It’s amazing that no one has mentioned **A Series of Unfortunate Events** by Lemony Snicket or the **Spiderwick Chronicles** by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black. Those books are SO popular with children in that age-group. I’d also reccomend **Coraline** by Neil Gaiman. Oh-- and **The Dark Hills Divide: The Land of Elyon, Book 1** by Patrick Carman.

I’d recommend all of those books for a young girl. Quite easy reads with illustrations too.

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