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Suggestions of books for a 13/14 year old girl

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vilamoura2003 · 27/03/2018 13:30

I am struggling to get my daughter to read more. She currently tends to stick with Jacqueline Wilson and that is about it. They seem to be lots of books about girl friends, diaries and all things girlie. I would really like to expand her mind somewhat.

She doesn't want to read Harry Potter and my friend gave me some Michael Morpurgo books which she doesn't seem keen on either. I am going to buy her the first Percy Jackson books to see if she likes those.

Any other suggestions? I find books seem to be either too young or too old Confused

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JoyceDivision · 27/03/2018 23:32

Ruby redfort series, dd loves them

UrbaneSprawl · 27/03/2018 23:29

Tamora Pierce for feminist fantasy of the knights and magic sort.

Philip Pullman’s Sally Lockhart Quartet, Victorian mystery melodrama, now in a 30th anniversary edition - Christ, I feel old...

These are what got me moving on to more grown up books - but depending on her interests, Pamela Brown (Swish of the Curtain), Noel Streatfeild (Ballet Shoes) and Dodie Smith (I Capture The Castle) could be worth a shot, as could Malorie Blackman, Eva Ibbotson, Melvin Burgess et al.

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