What is a good sf/f book series for an eleven-year-old girl? And is not Harry Potter?

Depends a lot on reading level. My 13 yo daughter has been reading adult f/sf for the last couple of years, though she still reads the young adult stuff. She self-censors on things that are too disturbing.

That said, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books by Rick Riordan are fun, if a bit (ok, a lot) derivative. My daughter loves the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett. She also really likes the Song of Ice and Fire books by George RR Martin, but those are *very* dark and challenging.

Not series, but the YA books by Neil Gaiman are fabulout: Stardust, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book come to mind. For old school sf, I liked John Christopher's Tripod books and Asimov's Foundation, but those might be a little male-centric.

I'd say 's Dark Materials' is a pretty good bet.

I started reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle when I was eleven. Jules Verne is a good idea too. Edit to comment that I turned out pretty well besides being a Mahalo yellow belt with a green tip.

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Tamora Pierce has a number of series with female protagonists that are very good. Angie Sage's series Septimus Heap. Eoin Colfer's Artimus Fowl's series.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Madeleine L'engle's "A Wrinkle In Time" series. That one had me enraptured as a pre-teen. I'm fairly certain young ladies will enjoy it as well.

In addition to the great suggestions of Discworld and Neil Gaiman's Young Adult books, if she is anything of a tech geek ( it's the 21st century, it's happening a lot more), I'd recommend Cory Doctorow's books Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and Little Brother.

Okay, if she is a mature 11 year old, The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld is a good choice

amazon.com/Uglies-Trilogy-Book-1/dp/0689... The Maximum Ride Series by John Patterson is also good (no sex) amazon.com/Angel-Experiment-Maximum-Ride... Green Rider series by Kristin Britain (for most 11 year olds) So You Want to Be a Wizard: The First Book in the Young Wizards Series (for all 11 year olds) http://www.amazon.com/Green-Rider-Kristen-Britain/dp/0756405483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236371588&sr=1-1.

An 11 year old girl...that has the Twilight series written all over it!

Well, I can't say for sure from a girl's point of view, but when I was 11 I started in on David Eddings and the Belgariad series (five books total). It is absolutely responsible for getting me hooked on fantasy Science Fiction|Sci-Fi. The Hobbit was also a good book to start in on - much easier to read than The Lord of the Rings|the Lord of the Rings series.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia Series, Book 2).

Probably the Redwall books by Brian Jacques. There are a whole bunch of them, but they are pretty good.

One of my young teen daughters likes the Pendragon series by MacHale.

Look to the movie industry over the last five years or so. Harry Potter's success has seen a number of children's Science Fiction|sci-fi/fantasy books turned into films in its wake. The Golden Compass Movie|The Golden Compass movie was made from the first book in the trilogy s Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

The Chronicles of Narnia has seen the first two books in the series of seven turned into films, and this is a personal favorite of mine, as I grew up reading C.S. Lewis (although I wasn't too fond of the movies). There's also The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DeTirlizzi. Don't forget A Bridge to Terabithia... chances are your girl will read this for a class at some point.It's pretty popular in a lot of curriculums.

And for sci-fi, I highly recommend The Giver by Lois Lowry. It manages to be a sociological sci-fi piece that deals with discrimination and the possible consequences of technological advancement in an accessible manner for young people. This is also popular in many curriculums.

I'll also add Roald Dahl to this list, his books have an uncommon ability to spark the deepest level of the imagination.(thanks to easyeboy's answer for reminding of him. ).

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