12 year old girl books or book box set

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SirYesSoer · 05/06/2025 08:57

Dd is desperate for new books, her school library is not amazing. Perhaps she is a picky reader. She likes and has already read:

To all the boys I've ever loved
Wonder series
Lottie Brooks (obsessed but seem a bit young for her now)
Geek girl
Katherine Rundell books

Is not into:

Percy Jackson
Murder most Unladylike
Anne of Green Gables
Hunger Games / Divergent / Maze runner

Any recommendations? 🙏

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BadWoIf · 05/06/2025 09:08

Has she tried the Warrior Cats books?
The Hobbit
Nancy Drew

redgingerbread · 05/06/2025 09:16

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recommendations/bookfinder/

BookTrust has lots of good recommendations here. Some authors she might like:

Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Cornelia Funke
A.F. Steadman
Patrice Lawrence
Hannah Gold

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Forgottenmyphone · 05/06/2025 10:32

Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series
Girl Online series
The Kissing Booth
All The Jingle Ladies
Super Awkward
Valentines series by Holly Smale

BoleynMemories13 · 05/06/2025 11:21

Emma Carroll? Historical fiction aimed at about 10-13.

bydwraigwrthymor · 05/06/2025 11:23

Philip Pullman, maybe not the Northern Lights yet but the Ruby in the Smoke and related books.

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SirYesSoer · 05/06/2025 12:52

Great suggestions thank you! Apart from the Girl Online series (which she really enjoyed), we haven’t explored any of these yet. I’m sure there’ll be a few that are just right for her

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Starlight40 · 14/06/2025 22:29

Scarlet and Ivy books. Check out the author Hannah Gold.x

QueenOfThorns · 14/06/2025 22:37

My DD likes Hannah Gold, so I third the recommendation above. She also enjoyed the Michelle Harrison ‘Pinch of Magic’ books and Piers Torday ‘Wild’ series.

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