All of the below were firm favorites with my DD while being utterly devoid of any PG content
Brian Jacques - Redwall - great vocabulary that exceeds US books aimed at middle schoolers
Roald Dahl - a bit gross but in a way that kids love
Beverly Cleary - Ramona series
Megan McDonald - Judy Moody
Also the Hobbit is a fun tale and obviously leads into the LOR classic trilogy too.
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series is also good while also teaching about Ancient Greek mythology.
Last edited by madeinuk; 05/21/14 06:14 PM.
