which books for a 12 / 13 year old?

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cheeryface · 29/08/2006 19:03

for a girl?

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roisin · 29/08/2006 19:14

We need a bit more to go on. Is she a keen reader, or more reluctant? What is she interested in? Is she mature for her age, street-wise or more young and naive? Do you know her well? What does she like reading?

Noughts and Crosses is IMO the best contemporary teenage book: superb. But very powerful stuff, and content would not be suitable for all 12 yr-olds.

TooTicky · 29/08/2006 19:18

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TooTicky · 29/08/2006 19:19

Bugger! Sorry. I'll try again, ignore last link!

TooTicky · 29/08/2006 19:20

this one!

TooTicky · 29/08/2006 19:20

Thank goodness for that!

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cheeryface · 29/08/2006 20:38

not sure really it's for my neice. probably quite streetwise i think

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anorak · 29/08/2006 20:50

The Guardian Chronicles

all4girlz · 29/08/2006 21:21

hi my 12 y old dd is getting artemus foul? and the stormbreaker books (anthony horowitz)for her birthday she has read some and we are completing the sets

some josephine wilson books are good too
she has read all the harry potter books and is an avid reader with a great appetite for reading --

she takes after me I was a bit poorly the other day and read "the island " in a day !!

mustrunmore · 29/08/2006 21:32

Artemis Fowl is good.
What about Darren Shan?

mustrunmore · 29/08/2006 21:32

Or the Lemony Snickets?

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