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My daughter is seven years old but is very advanced with her reading. All the books she brings home from school are way too easy for her and she finishes them too quickly. Even the ones she picks up from the library don't seem to last very long or challenge her, she just whizzes through them.

Could you guys recommend some good young adult books that might keep her occupied for a little while longer? She loves spooky stuff and is into reading the Goosebumps books

Not technically YA, but has she read The Neverending Story?
Or maybe Brandon Mull's Fablehaven series or Harry Potter?

Also, Katherine Arden has a new children's series. It begins with Small Places (which is super-fun spooky, similar to Goosbumps).


As for actual YA...
Eeep...most I can think of have a pretty heavy romance aspect.


Ready Player One might work.

FableHaven
Harry Potter
Unicorns of Balinor (can be difficult to find these days but WORTH IT)
DragonLance: The New Adventures. (Starts with the Dragon Well). It blends fantasy and action/adventure.

Have you tried getting her into some Tamora Pierce novels? She has some great YA series. I would start her out with something like Terrier or The Lady Alanna series of books. My favorite was the Immortal Series with Wild Magic being the first one. The problem is that one touches on some more mature subjects on the last book of that series.

Circle Series by Ted Dekker. If she likes spooky you can send her towards Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti. They are Christian authors so clean books. Scary.

The Percy Jackson series by rick Riordan may be a good option for you.

Have you tried the Fairy Oak trilogy? They are really good too.

The Last Dragon Chronicles by Chris d'Lacey (Although I personally recommend only the first four books because after that the plot gets really weird and confusing, and at times the violence gets a bit too detailed for the tone of the series).

Septimus Heap by Angie Sage (I don't remember it being too violent. If it ever does it thankfully doesn't go into detail).

There is The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott, but those are more advanced (there's a lot of things like aura, gods from various cultures, known historical figures...). I don't remember it being too violent, but it's been a while since I read the series.

Check out Margaret Peterson Haddix.

Have you tried the Tiffany aching series of Discworld books from Terry Pratchett? Young witch trains and comes into her own powers in a satirical comedy filled with action and adventure. Also, the Feegles are a pure joy to read.

Hmm, I'm not sure if this is YA, but Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is also a good one. It's a retelling of The Jungle Book but in a graveyard.

The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Beastly by Alex Finn
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Nevermoor the Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townscend.

Alosha by Christopher Pine was one I really got into when I was maybe a little older than her. It's a fantasy adventure and a little bit longer of a read. If I remember there was a moment or two that spooked me, but overall it wasn't scary.
Descendant by Toni Kerr might also be a fun one. It's the first in a series. believe there's three or four books in the series. It has magical creatures, dragonborn and fairies and secret societies and would fall into the same category as Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.

Has she read any Roald Dahl? If she's into spooky books, they might be perfect for her!

Children of the Lamp series. (P B Kerr)
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series (Michael Scott)
Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
I remember liking those series quite a bit when I was younger.

The Hobbit is a great place to start! Harry Potter is the obvious follow up.

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

I should admit i have a rather vague image on my mind of what a 7 y/o is. So i am not really sure whether the followings are suitable or not for their maturaty levels. However, i try to recommend books with little to none trigger warnings and less romance elements than an average ya book (because i remember i don't really get the romance when i was little and romance had always bored me)

"Ranger's Apprentice" series by John Flanagan: Action/fantasy. Some great fight scenes (not sure about ya part, but might pique their interest)

"Lockwood & Co" series by Jonathan Stroud: Horror, i guess. Not particularly scary, but the story was interesting. Ghosts.

"An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir: A beautiful historical fantasy. Some romance elements.

"School for Good and Evil" by Soman Chainani: Fairy tale like fantasy. No scary elements whatsoever.

"The Prisoner of Cell 25" by Richard Paul Evans: A great sci-fi.

"Bone" (written by Jeff Smith): Really entertaining comic book. Filled with adventure, fantasy, horror, comedy all in one (I remember it being suitable for all ages).