In our local book shop the books are in the 9 to 12 years age group. I think most 9 year old would enjoy the audio books but would find the books very challenging to read. The same age group who enjoy Harry Potter.
They are ideal books for children to read, aged about 10 - 12.
When he was 9 my son was reading the Diary of a Wimpy kid series and would have struggled to read Percy Jackson. Shortly after his 10th birthday they were no problem to him and he would sit for hours reading them. Other children that I know who are/were reading the books were also 10+.
By the way, in reading tests my son has a well above average reading ability (in England) but sometimes the "average" seems to be a very low standard.
Another clue: the characters age. In the Lightening Thief (book 1) Percy is 12. Children usually read books about characters who are the same age as themselves or just a few years older.
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