I have an 8 year old boy that plowed through The Magic Treehouse and really enjoyed it. We moved into the Wings of Fire series because he had a friend reading it, but my kiddo finds the dark inner dialogue in book 6 a bit too disturbing. He really outs himself into the characters and does not like the dark side. He has read most of, if not the entire series of:
The Magic Treehouse
Dogman
Horrible Harry
Big Nate
My weird school
Judy Moody / Stink
Junie B Jones
Note: even some Encyclopedia Brown were not to his liking because there were naughty or mean kids.
He has a soft heart, but needs books that will occupy him for days and not an hour.
I could use help finding a new series that is in the Wings of Fire reading level, but not "scary" or "unpleasant".
by Samcam_99
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He could try The Wayside School books by Louis Sachar. They are very funny, my son was cracking up. Also Upside Down Magic series he enjoyed a lot.
Boxcar Children
Geronimo Stilton
Ramona and Beezus
If Fantasy is what they’re into, we loved the Enchanted Forest series by Patricia Wrede. Dealing with Dragons is the first book – they’re funny and have great characters and fun magic. Definitely not scary or dark!