Teen book ideas?

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Hi, I’m looking for inspiration for books for my 13 year old daughters stocking. She is an avid reader and has recently enjoyed; Everything Everything, Fan girl, Curious incident of the dog in the night time and A place called perfect. Can anyone recommend a good teenage read?

Children of Blood and Bone is brilliant, bit different from the books you've mentioned as it's dystopian fantasy but very well written and exciting.

Has she read anything by Holly Bourne? She's very good and a closer fit to what your daughter has enjoyed. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? is the most recent, I've read and really liked it.

In terms of classics maybe an Agatha Christie like Murder on the Orient Express?

Other great reads - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, and After the Fire by Will Hill. Sarah Crossan is fab too - she usually writes in blank verse so quite quick reads that pack a lot of emotional punch. Moonrise particularly stands out to me although it's not an easy topic.

Try Eva Ibbotson's Young Adult books like Secret Countess (also called Countess below stairs), and Morning Gift (though the latter has very carefully done sex/pregnancy in it), or Michelle Magorian's A Little Love Song (ditto). The Eva Ibbotson plots sound like total romance cliches, but they're lovely to read and really funny.

Thanks, I will take a look.

How about Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery and all the subsequent ones. It's an amazing series and quite popular with teen girls.

Noel Steatfeild also has lots of books:
Ballet Shoes
White Boots
Etc

The Secret Garden, Jane Eyre etc

I'm pretty certain there's a sequel to A Place Called Perfect out/out soon.

The Ruby Redfort (Lauren Child) series is fantastic.

Trying to think of other standout current teen books I've read recently, but drawing a blank.

I loved Diane Wyn Jones at that age, particularly the Chrestomanci series.

If she likes Fangirl, does she have Carry On? If not that's the obvious pick (Rainbow Rowell wrote the novel that Cath is supposedly writing fanfic of in Fangirl). Also Eleanor & Park again by RR.

Assume she's read John Green (Fault in our Stars etc) - if not then any of his.

YY to The Hate U Give, it's excellent. Also The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Troublemakers by Catherine Barter is very good. Has the odd swear word said in frustration by characters (family business broken into, for example - warrants a 'shit' or two!). Teen female protagonist has an unusual family unit and tries to trace her parentage.

There's a good tension-holder called Bone Jack by Sara Crowe. Teen male protagonist having to battle with the idea that ghosts from the past might literally resurface.

I’m reading with interest and will also ask dd, 13, what her favourites have been recently.

Wow, lot's of ideas. I think I'm going to have to write a list and keep it for future reference too.