author recommendations for 13 year old

[MacarenaFerreiro]

Advice from DD's English teacher is that she needs to stretch herself more with her reading. She reads every day for pleasure, both in school and at home. She is however stuck in a bit of a rut with Jacqueline WIlson and similar style books. She lacks confidence in a lot of things and although is capable of reading more challenging stuff, she likes the familiarity and that it's an easy read.

She doesn't like fantasy - not interested in Harry Potter, Hobbits, anything with vampires or dystopian things like Hunger Games. She likes happy endings and "realistic" scenarios. She is interested in murder mystery, whodunnit type things, but not grim and grisly ones. Death in Paradise is her favourite TV show. Oh, and she doesn't like "old fashioned books". (i.e. what I was reading at her age).

So we're looking for suggestions of age-appropriate fiction for a 13 year old who is fussy ;-)

[LoniceraJaponica]

DD loved the Lemony Snicket books at that age.