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Book recommendations for a 13 year old girl please??

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multitasker · 22/11/2011 07:49

She has done all the Twilight type books and I want to get her a few good books for Christmas. She would read anything really - any ideas for something challenging?

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HedgeHop · 22/11/2011 15:39

Tess of the d'urbervilles? I still remember being upset when she shaved her eyebrows off.

nickelbabe · 22/11/2011 15:34

give me some ideas of subjects he's interested in, and I'll come up with some ideas.

nickelbabe · 22/11/2011 15:34

let him read non-fiction if he prefers it, though :)

nickelbabe · 22/11/2011 15:33

doesn't like vampires Blush

nickelbabe · 22/11/2011 15:33

Hunger Games is great for Boys too!
and the Malorie Blackman
Melvin Burgess is great for boys, Skullduggery Pleasant, Vampirates...

OtterHumbjug · 22/11/2011 14:42

Good ideas here, but what about boys?

My 13-year-old has fallen out of the habit of reading for pleasure. He reads lots of non-fiction, doesn't like vampires or horror and not keen on science fiction/fantasy. Any pointers gratefully received.

nickelbabe · 22/11/2011 13:58

there's a good new one by an author called Miriam Halahmy - Hidden is the title.
It's about a girl and her friend who save an immigrant from drowning, and what happens next - basically they have to decide whether to tell the authorities what's happened, because they're pretty sure he's illegal

nickelbabe · 22/11/2011 13:55

oh, yes, agree wholeheartedly with The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) - and before the film comes out!

otherwise, there's Celia Rees (loads of titles), anything by Eva Ibbotsen, Maggie Stiefvater, Cynthia Leitich Smith (the series starts with Eternal)

Themumsnot · 22/11/2011 13:53

Definitely she must read The Hunger Games. The Book People have the three-book set for £4.99 atm, so it is amazing value. Sophie McKenzie is good too - try Girl, Missing or Blood Ties. I think The Book People have Siobhan Dowd's books on offer too atm - A Swift, Pure Cry is an amazing book, very powerful and beautifully written. Eva Ibbotsen is good too - try A Company of Swans for instance. As well as the Noughts and Crosses series suggested above, Malorie Blackman's newest book - Boys don't Cry is very good. And I've just finished reading an Australian teen novel called Tomorrow When the War Began, by John Marsden that I thought was excellent. HTH.

MardyBra · 22/11/2011 09:59

My DD likes Mallory Blackman's Noughts and Crosses series. Or The Hunger Games. (can't remember the author)