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    DD has been reading this one at school and really loves it--its Lexile is 1050:

    http://www.amazon.com/Best-School-Y..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319558145&sr=8-1

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    I wanted to bump this thread for a rec: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. I think its Lexile is 850 or something, which isn't accurate, IMO, because the vocabulary level is incredibly high. DH and I actually had to look up two words (one was "widdershins"; I forget the other). DD is really enjoying this book and it's stretching her vocab immensely.

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    I would ask the teacher for recommendations. Your son is basically at higher reading level now than the general population. You could move onto non-fiction books, but I'm not sure how many you'd find that he'd be interested in.


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    Originally Posted by ultramarina
    "widdershins"

    Counterclockwise? That one comes up in fairy tales; I think I picked it up from one of Andrew Lang's books.

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    Ha, my daughter loves the fairy chronicles right now, and those wild Lexile levels scared me for a minute when I saw them (she's four). I think certain things in their formula are weighted just so. It's tricky finding good reads! DD is t ready for more developed, involved books quite, but if she doesn't have a good read it RUINS our bedtimes/mornings (she likes to read in bed). So I've been hunting a lot lately. She was reaching the end of the rainbow magic series and the library only has two flower fairy books. Anyway, one thing I really like is the accelerated reader search-- it specifically says interest level, so anything "lower elementary" but higher reading level has been spot on.

    Also a girl I went to high school wig wrote the girl who circumnavigated fairyland! I can't wait til DD is ready for it.

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