It also depends a lot on the person's interest. When I was about 8 or 9, I read books a bit above my recommended level, but I also read books a lot above my level too because they looked interesting or fun. I'd be reading the Mel Martin Baseball Mysteries one day, and P.G. Wodehouse another day. When I didn't understand a word or phrase, I'd just pester my mother or father to death. It had a lot to do with growing up with parents who read most every spare moment, and being surrounded in just about every room by shelves of books (not counting the boxes in the basement). Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about trying to figure age vs book. If the kid is interested in it, that may be all that's needed.

>I tend to ignore age recommendations when it comes to reading (unless it is based on subject matter/content). It seems to me that most books are recommended for grades too high - probably based on the fact that so many American students read below their grade level. When my daughter attended 4th grade she was in a private school. Students took the college SATs for EOGs, and she tested at the 9th grade level in reading. She read many books (in school and out) for the 8th, 9th, and 10th grade levels while in the 3rd and 4th grades. From the 5th grade on she attended public schools. While she still reads well, her reading level has not progressed at the same rate it did while she attended the private school.
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>>>>A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
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>>>>(also one of my daughter's favorites in 3rd grade although supposedly it is for 12 and up)
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>>>Ah, yes. Madeline L'Engle. IIRC, 'Wrinkle' was part of a series. I'd go and look it up, but the shock of having agreed with Daniel in public has stunned me into inaction.
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>>Yes, her Time Quartet. The others are "A Wind in the Door" and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" and "Many Waters."
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>>But what's great is that pretty much all her fiction interconnects through characters. I love her stuff and wish there was more of it.
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>>Tamar