Books for 13yo dd who has just read Divergent?

I think the Oryx & Crake trilogy might be a bit... Knowing for a 13 year old. They approach sexuality in quite a depressing way. I read The Handmaid's Tale at about 13/14 and loved it though, found it really fascinating.

I'd second the Garth Nix Abhorsen series. Also The Magician's Guild trilogy by Trudi Canavan?

Favourites from the teenage section of the library I worked in were the Power of Five series by Anthony Horowitz and Wolf Brother, again a series, by Michelle Paver. DD and I read them and couldn't wait to get the next in the series.

And that should have been After the Flood by Mgt Atwood.

My 13 year old prolific reader really enjoyed Divergent, Maze Runner, Hunger Games etc but at the moment is loving Terry Pratchett's Disc World series, including all the Tiffany Aching ones. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was popular too but she had listened to the radio series first.
She may be badly influenced by her parents :o

Oh yes, Stardust by Neil Gaiman.

The Witch Trade might be a bit young actually, but I still like it.

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge is a very nice read too.

Inkheart, The House on Falling Star Hill, Eragon, The Witch Trade are all good for that age - all a bit fantasy/adventure-y. I presume she's read the Chrestomanci books?

For something completely different you could try The Girls in the Velvet Frame by Adele Geras - about a family of sisters in Jerusalem in 1913.

Is she old enough for The Handmaid's Tale or Orxy & Crake/After the Fall by Margaret Atwood? Cat's Eye also captured girls' friendship dramas and falling outs brilliantly.

At that age I also started to really get into Anne McCaffery's Pern books. Dragonsinger/song are probably the best place for a young girl to get started.

I was a big fan too, back in the day. I started reading them to my sons at bedtime recently & realised I was missing the 2nd one. Amazon came through, but it was expensive & they are hard to find in real bookshops. If you want a set for posterity, I'd buy them up soon. I have a feeling they are headed for obscurity.

I also read David Edding's Belgariad in my teens. Good to find myself amongst friends.

Anyone know if the books Ender's Game (film) was based on are any good? The film had lots of interesting ideas and bon mots, but I'd be interested to know how much was down to good screenwriting & how much to the source material.

Nancy Drew? Or is that better for younger children? I think they have modernised them.

I loved sweet valley high too. Do they still exist and any modern version?

I had my nose permanently in a book at that age. Why can't I remember what I read?

I did read a lot of fantasy - David eddings' belgariad was a classic. Ditto the Pern books someone else recommended. I read Robert Jordan wheel of time at that age too or perhaps a bit older.

I read Roots as a teenager too. Might be interesting for her.

Classics? Austin/bronte etc?

I was going the say Pretties/Uglies/Specials too, it is much less harrowing and far more adventure based than other YA stuff, it is also interesting social comment, I liked them

Was also about to recommend Malorie Blackman's latest - Chasing the Stars (a rewriting of Othello, but set in space. S'riously.) But then remembered that it had me sobbing. Was good, though!

(Mind you, it's still in the dystopian arena... what about Little Women?)

I can recommend Blame, by Simon Mayo (yes, that Simon Mayo...); great concept, well written and pacey. More in the series are promised. My boys loved Divergent and Noughts & Crosses, and were very taken by Blame.

(That's Night School by CJ Daugherty, not Night School by Lee Child!)

Just remembered another series, if she's looking for a light read. The Night School books look like they're going to be twilight-esq vampire romances from the cover, but actually are teen-spy-school-conspiracy-theory-light-thriller, nothing deep and meaningful but amusing.

I was going to recommend Uglies - it's much more upbeat overall than Divergent / Hunger Games et al. Also agree with the Harper Hall trilogy by Anne McCaffrey if she likes fantasy. Has she read the Mortal Instruments / Infernal Devices books by Cassandra Clare? They're urban fantasy and also not depressing - lots of wisecracks and romance amongst the demon-chasing and world-saving.

14 y/o DD likes Rainbow Rowell (esp Fangirl) - yes, they're teen romances, but well written and entertaining.

Ready Player One isn't specifically YA, but dd really enjoyed it (actually, I've not run into anyone who's read it and doesn't like it) - near future SF set in an online world.

We are looking for the same cocktailqueen

It's a bit disappointing that books aimed at 13 year old girls are either chick lit or terrifying

I love the Chrysalids, it was one of my favourite books. There is also Children of Dust which at least has a hopeful ending...

I'd recommend Tamora Pierce. But be aware that the third Lioness book has some sex in it (no more than in Judy Blume (and less explicit). Certainly less worrying to me than the third Twilight). You might want to read it first. The later ones are better than the early ones I think.

Also the Old Kingdom books by Garth Nix. They are fantasy but have a Rosemary Sutcliffe quality to them too.

At that age I also started to really get into Anne McCaffery's Pern books. Dragonsinger/song are probably the best place for a young girl to get started. I like the books by her much better than the later ones with her son.

Good idea to read books first. I think chrysalids is fine and ultimately happy. More so than divergent definitely. Or hunger games. But avoid midwhich cuckoos of his for a few year...!

DS is a bit younger, but we're all enjoying the Miss Peregrine series (film out later this month).