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happy to be me

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 12:50 am

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlotte's Web
Harriet the Spy
Polyana
All of a Kind Family

anon for this

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 1:02 am

My son is about the same age as your daughter, and he liked Wonder by R J Palacio. There are also some brief "sequels" to Wonder written from the point of view of some of the other characters. The protagonist's sister does have a boyfriend but their relationship isn't discussed in any detail.

out-of-towner

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 1:10 am

If I remember correctly, the book A School Story by Andrew Clements is also clean. I read it as a kid and love it. The Little House series is also pretty clean, but the books about them when they are older might portray some romance.

Not sure if Betsy Tacy Tib books are still in print but the ones of them as kids might be good too.

June

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 2:09 am

I second (third?) The Boxcar Children. I've always been a huge reader, so I read them much earlier, but they are really captivating and perfectly clean. In fact, I still read them today when I'm at my mom's.

If she's a good reader, the first Harry Potter is great for that age. You can introduce each book as she gets older.

The Doll People
American Girls series - I learned so much from these books. They have a little history section in the back to give background to each story. (I've heard that the newest girl, Rebecca, is problematic for some people because she's a Jewish girl in early 1900s NY who goes OTD. I never read it, so I don't know for sure.)
The Secret of the Attic - it's also a series of historical books that taught me tons, but I remember my mom screening some of them.

She might be past this reading level, but The Magic Tree House is also great and educational.

JMM-uc

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 2:29 am

I absolutely loved the wrinkle in time series!

JMM-uc

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 2:45 am

Best book!

Iymnok

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 2:53 am

Madeleine L'Engle books are great, but some are harder concepts to understand. Some are fine for a fifth grader, some could wait till eighth or so depending on the comprehension level of the child.

tigerwife

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:01 am

The Phantom Tollbooth (Love this one!)
The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles
The Chronicles of Narnia series

These are all fantasy, my favorite genre. What genre does your child like?

The American Girl books are also great (and there are so many!)

Would you get her Cricket Magazine, a lit mag for kids her age?

mommy3b2c

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:06 am

JMM-uc wrote:

I absolutely loved the wrinkle in time series!

I started reading a wrinkle in Time in second grade, and read it many times since. I'm still not sure I quite get it. I feel like it's more for adults.

Another series I loved:

The great brain- by fitzgerald

Rubber Ducky

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:38 am

Caddie Woodlawn and Magical Melons by Carol Ryrie Brink

The Wizard of Oz and its 13 sequels by L. Frank Baum

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (much easier than Lord of the Rings)

JMM-uc

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:44 am

Oldies but goodies -

The famous five

The secret seven

lfab

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:50 am

Not sure of the age ranges for these books but might be looking into:

The Littles
The borrowers
Pippi longstocking
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
The magic treehouse
A-Z mysteries
the Dear America and American Diaries series - don't know if their all clean or not so you'd have to screen them
The Orphan Train Adventures - might be for older kids and some of the later books might have some (clean) romance in it

miracleshappen

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 9:16 am

I loved the Ramona series by Beverly Cleary when I was that age

mommy3b2c

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 9:32 am

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

One of my favorites!

PinkFridge

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 10:06 am

Re Andrew Clements, YMMV with his later books. As with many authors.
I third checking out the secular book list on chinuch.org. That they're fairly careful with what people may be bothered by is why they're a great resource.

marina

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 4:37 pm

OP, enjoy this publication https://rebeccaklempner.files......2.pdf

I personally disagree with many comments on that list, but it is helpful in that it provides some details about the plots and characters so you can decide for yourself

PinkFridge

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 5:01 pm

Marina, that is the chinuch.org list. I think there's a more recent update on the site.

Barbara

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 5:03 pm

STovah wrote:

The Mysterious Benedict Society books are good, also the classic Hardy Boys and Nancy Drews are nice.

Nancy had a boyfriend.

sequoia

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:10 pm

Rebecca goes OTD? At nine? Really?

More like, her grandparents are frum and her parents aren't.

wiki

Tue, Jun 23 2015, 8:31 pm

Rebecca's father is a Jewish immigrant who works on Shabbos (like most did), and she aspires to be a movie star, but I agree that she doesn't "go OTD." For this OP, they probably aren't kosher enough.

If your daughter is an advanced reader, try the Brian Jacques books, starting with Mossflower.

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