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Reading recommendations for young 15 year old

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PeriwinkleBlueIrises · 30/12/2019 15:31

She's moved away from YA fiction this year but is finding adult fiction often a bit heavy going- she's very 'young' still (long may it last).

I hit gold with Gone With the Wind at Christmas and she's enjoying Captain Corelli's Mandolin. She's read most of the classics now I think.

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TeenPlusTwenties · 30/12/2019 15:54

So she's done all the Divergent, Malorie Blackman etc?

How about

  • John Wyndham
  • Graham Greene
  • HE Bates
  • Terry Pratchett
PeriwinkleBlueIrises · 30/12/2019 15:59

Yep- she didn't like Divergent and got through a few of the Malorie Blackman but hasn't re-read it.

Graham Greene would be a no, I think- although the only one I know from him is the CIA and the journalist one.

Terry Pratchett is someone I've never particularly read either, so I might get a house copy and see, thank you.

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OceanSunFish · 30/12/2019 16:08

Anne of Green Gables
I Capture the Castle
Life of Pi
The Pursuit of Love
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
To Kill a Mockingbird
Period Piece
The Book Thief
All the Light You Cannot See
The Kite Runner
Wild Swans

Drabarni · 30/12/2019 16:10

The colour Purple

TeenPlusTwenties · 30/12/2019 16:11

Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of The Flies (though I find it very disturbing personally)
Animal Farm
1984
Farenheit 451
Brave New World

TeenPlusTwenties · 30/12/2019 16:11

Little Women

PeriwinkleBlueIrises · 30/12/2019 16:22

Thank you! I feel printing and highlighting coming on Grin

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LemonPrism · 30/12/2019 16:46

Sarah Dessen
Three Crowns
Mistborn

I don't see how she can be down with YA, I'm 25, have an MA in English and still mostly read YA...

LemonPrism · 30/12/2019 16:48

Try using goodreads to find similar titles to ones she's liked and try the New Adult sections. That's age 18-25

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