Suggestions for Dd 12 reluctant reader

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My dd is a very able but reluctant reader.
The only book she’s loved recently was Just As Long As We’re Together by Judy Blume, so I’ve got Here’s To You, Rachel Robinson and Deenie for her to start.
I’ve got Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy (which I loved when I was young teen) ready too but so far she’s not inspired to even open it. I want something to change her attitude to reading to a more positive one.
She’s liked the Harry Potter’s ok but didn’t really get into them. Same with The Firemaker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman.
When she was younger she loved Roald Dahl’s Matilda and The Dork Diaries series.
I’ve seen the Sweet Valley High series recommended but they seem to all be about chasing boys/convincing the boy to pick her over his girlfriend/two girls competing for the boy etc and there’s so many! Can anyone recommend a particular Sweet Valley book? I don’t mind it having boys and dating but in a “healthier” way.
Or any other book suggestions?

Geek Girl
The Princess Diaries
Emily Sparkes series
The It Girl series by Katy Birchall
Jess Jordan series by Sue Limb
Tabitha Baird series by Arabella Weir
Girls Can Vlog series

Thank you, I’ll look into those, they sound like they could be just what she needs to enjoy reading.

Sweet Valley High are pretty rubbish (I used to read them) but if you want the more innocent ones then look for I think it's Sweet Valley Twins when the girls are younger.

The "modern" Judy Blume seems to be Jacqueline Wilson, so you could try some of those. I suggest the Hetty Feather ones as one of her best.

What you've given is quite a range of different books, so you need to find what she likes about a book:

Diana Wynne Jones (Chrestomancy series are brilliant) which is magic/fantasy
Narnia: Fantasy with talking creatures!
Little House Books: history, very gentle
Joan Aiken: Made up time in history adventures
Classics like Secret Garden: Very gentle but long winded
Monica Edwards: Ponies and adventure
Chalet School: old fashioned boarding school
Alex Rider: Spy story
Arthur Ransome: mostly every day tales of boating
etc.

What I found with dd2 was if I had a book I thought she'd like but she wasn't sure, I'd get her to listen to me read the first chapter. Normally by the end of the second page she'd be trying to prise the book off me so she could take it and read it!
Ds still loves being read to at 12yo. I insist I have a book I like, but actually he normally loves any I choose. He likes adventures, historical ones even better. I read to him in the evenings, one chapter a night, and leave the book next to his bed. It's not uncommon for him to finish a book suddenly, especially when we've just got to the exciting part.

"Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging" is the natural successor to "Dork Diaries" and isn't as explicit as the title suggests.

At that age I still loved my childhood favourites ie Chalet School/ Laura Ingalls wilder/ Noel Streatfeild but had also moved on to Georgette Heyer, Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. Obviously libraries are shut now but when they open again spending time browsing in a good library or large bookstore might help you and her to expand her choices. My youngest child was reluctant but capable and liked lying next to me at bed time ; I would read my book and he would read his ( often a rather repetitive or familiar one to him) . He got into the habit and by going to book shops discovered that he preferred non fiction . He is 18 now and a voracious reader around his interests.

Hunger games is a nice series and very gripping, although if she has seen the films she may have less interest. Can you try and have 15 or 30 mins family reading time where you all read? Having time set aside may make it routine and then she may get more interested. My ds is only 3 so this idea may be entirely unrealistic.