I read it around 12. I think 8-9 is still to young. Artemis Fowl is, by authors admition, "like die hard with fairies". It has violence, drugs, kidnapping, death, psyhotic manipulators... Maybe wait a bit.

However, Narnia would be perfect for that age in my opinion.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, thanks for the recommendation.

[–] BadAdvice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Would agree with this. 8-9 is a little young considering the heavy focus on entrapping others/being imprisoned/implied torture for the first few books. 11-12 would be more appropriate, especially with parental guidance.

[–] Lucky@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Eh, my dad read me Jurassic Park at that age and I loved it. It all depends on the child. Most kids are more mature than you'd think if you give them the chance