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Any teen or YA fiction recommendations for Christmas?

28 replies

GreenGinger2 · 26/11/2016 17:41

Stumped for ds 13 who reads a lot.

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RosesShouldBeInTins · 26/11/2016 17:56

Ready Player One?

FrogTime · 26/11/2016 17:58

What books has he enjoyed before?

MrsEricBana · 26/11/2016 17:59

Has he read Wonder by R.J.Palaccio?

doistayordoigo · 26/11/2016 18:09

The Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
Charlie Higson's zombie books - The Enemy, The Dead & The Fear
Andrew Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes books

harderandharder2breathe · 26/11/2016 18:51

Gone series
Terry pratchett
The Knife of Never Letting Go trilogy

Hard to make suggestions without knowing what books he's into

isithotinhereorisitjustme · 26/11/2016 18:55

The Mortal Engines series - my lot have all enjoyed them (and so did I)

Sadik · 26/11/2016 18:57

I'd definitely second Ready Player One if he hasn't read it. Yet to find anyone who doesn't like it, teen or adult.

Otherwise, what sort of things does he like generally? If sci-fi, has he read Dark Eden by Chris Beckett? (not YA specifically, but main character is a teenager & then 13 y/o dd liked it a lot)

KeepCalm · 26/11/2016 19:04

Sarah j Mas books? My 13yr old DD has just read through both sets and loved them.

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Afishcalledchips · 26/11/2016 19:06

Bit random but DS12 has really enjoyed goodnight Mr Tom. They're reading it in English lessons

goose1964 · 26/11/2016 19:06

Not aYA book as such but railheads

GreenGinger2 · 27/11/2016 06:01

Loved Wonder,Gone,John Green, Theodore Boone etc

Already ordered a Railhead for his twin,off to check his room in the hope he hasn't read Running Girl. Googling all your other recommendations.

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traviata · 27/11/2016 08:34

The big thing at DC"s school are the Ransome Riggs books - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and the sequels.

GreenGinger2 · 27/11/2016 08:37

Got all 3. Should actually list everything he's got in his room as it might help others after the same thing.Grin

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Sadik · 27/11/2016 10:23

Trying to think of other slightly less well known books dd has liked. Has he read The Wall by William Sutcliffe, or the Insignia trilogy by SJ Kincaid?

skippy67 · 27/11/2016 10:49

The Cherub series by Robert Muchamore. Dd 15 loves them.

itstheyearzero · 27/11/2016 10:53

Michael Morpurgo books are fantastic. I just read Private Peaceful which is about a young soldier's experience of the war.

YesThisIsMe · 27/11/2016 10:58

My DS enjoyed Ready Player One and The Martian - there's a bit of robot sex in RP1 and lots of swearing in The Martian but they're otherwise age appropriate. DD enjoyed The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange and the Wells and Wong detective series but they do have entirely female casts which your DS may not be up for. Fly By Night by Frances Harding is excellent, I can't imagine any 13 year old keen reader not enjoying it (her other books are excellent but perhaps less accessible).

GreenGinger2 · 27/11/2016 11:07

Yep loved Wells and Wong. GrinHave your DC tried The Red Blazer Girls,he lived them too.

Ordered The Martian for his twin.

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PinkFluffiUnicorn · 27/11/2016 11:24

The cherub series by mr muchamore

YesThisIsMe · 27/11/2016 11:35

In that case Drearcliff Grange definitely worth a go - not so much a YA book, more a tale of the uncanny for adults that just happens to be set in a girls' boarding school and have no unsuitable content.

GreenGinger2 · 27/11/2016 14:36

Ordering Drearcliff for his sister,she'll love it.

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AnIbisIsWatchingMe · 27/11/2016 19:32

The Demon Road trilogy. DS 13 just finished the last one and really enjoyed it or the Maze Runner series.

JamaisDodger · 27/11/2016 20:32

I second Maze Runner, also The Hunger Games trilogy.

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