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Even starting at Azkaban the movies were rushed, with so many details and backstories dropped that I wonder how people who haven't read the books understand what's going on.

Try Diana Wynn Jone's Crestomancy books, and if she hasn't read 'A wrinkle in time' L'Engle that's a classic. Stephanie Toland has a book list for gifted 8 year olds that might have a few ideas. I enjoyed the whole 'Ender's Game' series.
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DD started reading the book and enjoying it, she keeps asking 1-2 times a day to name you know who and after I tell her she teases me that bad things are going to happen, she is midway through, hopefully she will finish before christmas.
thanks for the support

Here's an interesting article about the series and impact on reading in kids:
http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_07252006_CP.htm

It's hard to stop them once they start reading! We managed to hold off until age8 for book 1, with the hope of stopping and waiting awhile for the next ones. Well, he breezed through books 1-3 in a matter of weeks so our plan was blown away! We made him wait until this year for book 4 (age9) now he's been begging for 5. I'm worried about 5 since Sirius dies in that one-I think this will really affect him so I am holding off on that one as long as I can! Sensitivity comes into play with books 4-7. Good luck in the new venture!

A great site for HP activites that we used when my son read the first book is at http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading18/harry_potter.htm
It has an activity for almost every chapter and also a little reading comprehension quiz.
My son read book on in the HP series at 6 too. He still loves to be read to and i believe children that age should still be read to no matter how bright. (And of course on their own too) So anyway, we read it together, He read one page and then I'd read the next and so on. We still read that way, he's seven now, and has read the first 4 and a half and lost interest because of all the parts about girls and boys and just being frustrated at the story at that point..because the things that happen at that point make you mad. : )