OK, consulted with the 7th grade avid reader in the household. Mary Claire was glad to help: "It's so nice to see a young person take an interest in reading." (Hands clasped high, head tilted to the side, eyelashes batting, best teacher falsetto.)

Anything by Lloyd Alexander (even I knew this one...she tore through his stuff)

The Poppy series, by Avi (field mouse adventures, but not cutesy field mouse; have other books titled for other characters)

Animorphs series (K. A. Applegate)

Fudge-a-Mania, etc. (Judy blume)

Purro and the Prattleberries (Suzanne Newton)

Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) Sci fi 

Some of these will be for the "advanced" 2nd grade reader, she advises.

Cheers,
Dan


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From:   "Let us not speak foul in folly!" - ][<en Phollit on behalf of J.A. Drew Diaz
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more kid stuff-

John Andrew III- 2nd grade- is bemoaning the lack of interesting reading
material-
liked the Hardy Boys concept however even he was aware of how dated it
was, loves sports books, devoured the whole Matt Christopher ouvre-
any suggestions?

DD

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