Oh Joy!

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Finally I have managed to get my 11 year old daughter to read NL (she loved it btw!)

She is now reading TSK and gobbling it up like it was chocolate. I just had to share my joy with you all! It's taken me a while to persuade this avid reader that HDM is worth a look at but it was worth it.

Once again Daddy knows best

[Jaya]

Congratulations! I read the trilogy when I was 11/12, and it was a great time to read it. Re-reading it several times after that meant I noticed new things each time, and even in re-reading Northern Lights now some things are making more sense to me than they did before (I haven't read it for a whole bunch of years).

Let us know what she thinks.... unless she'd like to come and tell us herself

[Soapy]

I agree with Jaya, that is by far the best time to read these books for the first time. As you grow older and re-read them, you get new meanings and implications. It's fantastic.

Congratulations.

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She's half way through TSK and enjoying that too. She dreamt, last night, that our dog was her daemon!

[bee]

I've been planning (for ages) to get my niece a set of the books for her 12th birthday. She turns 11 in a few weeks, so I'm still waiting a while. Let us know what she thinks of the series as a whole! I can't decide if I want to give my niece the books this year (age 11) instead of waiting until she's 12. Not sure if a year might make a real difference in enjoyment and comprehension.

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My eldest is an avid reader and never without her kindle or a book! It took me a while to talk her into trying to read HDM as she had a go when she was a bit younger and only got about 50 pages in before giving up.
It's amazing what difference just a few months can make in terms of comprehension. Each child is, of course, an individual and even if you give the books to your niece a little to early I'm sure she'll read them when she's ready.