Quote Originally Posted by Forsaken Lover View Post
Bruce Coville was a guy I read a ton of at that age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Coville
I was coming here to recommend the "My Teacher is an Alien" series by him. It's not a super hard read, it's aimed right at her age, and it touches on important subjects for her to start thinking about at that age. (Acceptance, tolerance, cultural differences, higher learning, etc.) all wrapped up in a sci-fi package.

Quote Originally Posted by Aerith's Knight View Post
Something like the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy might be fun for her. The humour is nice and quirky, and she'll learn lots (words) from reading it.
I know others would disagree, but I also came here to say this. I grew up on these books. They were fantastic, and not too hard for me and I'm not a genius or anything, and also gave me plenty to think about from ages 7 or 8 up to around 13 when Mostly Harmless came out

I know it's all sci-fi instead of fantasy, but it's still probably a good idea.