So sorry, I can't remember at all if Bell Jar is appropriate or not, it has been too many years. Could you google it or grab Cliff Notes or track down an old friend who is an english prof?
Selecting books is just so hard for us. Whether our kids are in K reading 5th grade books, or in Junior High ready for anything. It is a balance and a struggle, but I do know we owe it to our kids to make sure they are both challenged and protected if necessary (I guess I have a lot of memories of nightmares from what I read when I was a kid).
My best advice is to print off a list of books (or get it from her teacher) and figure out some she might be interested in and that will work. Sit with her to select 5 or so and figure it out from there (does she read a lot? if so, she could start a book and if it didn't work, well, she could try the next one of the group. If the teacher won't let her switch, well, could she read some ahead of time?).
Cat
