“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.”
Man christians gotta take the fun outta everything. What are they gonna ban next, anal!?
Sometimes my dog would start LICKING the piss spot. I was more than happy to let him rummage around the various odiferous bouquets of his fellow canines’ signature jettisons, but after a while I’d have to pull him back. Sometimes he’d sniff then roll around in something absolutely putrid, leaving both of us with an unpleasant cleaning session later.
First Stephen King book I ever read was around that age. Through The Eyes of the Dragon. King wanted to write a medieval fantasy novel for his daughter. Personally, I loved it.
That said, if your kid isn’t afraid of a meaty book, It is also a great choice because it really captures how kids can be isolated for traumatic experiences, but can overcome it together. So in my opinion, that made it really relatable when I read it around the same age. It does have that weird child sex orgy in the middle, but reading King is never a good way to avoid reading fucked up shit.
My personal favourite of King though is the Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger is the smallest entry in the main series, so it’s easily readable.
The first and third option aren’t pure horror like It, but IMO that’s what makes them great, because you get little sprinklings of horror, which can make it creepier because it contrasts (without feeling unnatural) with the rest.
Here’s an article I found that may help provide context;
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/28/why-has-venezuela-banned-six-international-airlines-amid-us-tensions
TL;DR: Trump advises people not to fly over or to Venezuela, some airlines stop, Venezuela govt bans airlines from flying there in response