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Post by niaru on Dec 19, 2007 11:44:52 GMT -5
My 12 yo will read anything, but the 15 year old is so picky...she likes typical teenage books *sigh* and won't try anything else.
Although, since she HAD to read "something" for school she picked up The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time from my shelves, which I was all happy about (I love that book) but she is struggling through it.
Reading List Help!
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Post by Kim on Dec 19, 2007 12:12:12 GMT -5
Hmm...I'm not THAT old, but I can't remember what books I read when I was 15! Let me think for a second.
I loved the saddle club, their pine hollow series (saddle club grown up), and the thoroughbred series, but I don't think your daughter is really into horses?
All I ever read were horse books, sorry! And now I'm addicted to mysteries...not exactly top on a 15 year old girl's list!
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Post by thinkinofmontana on Dec 19, 2007 12:25:35 GMT -5
nancy drew?
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Post by niaru on Dec 19, 2007 13:19:32 GMT -5
No Kim, unfortunately, this daughter is not interested in horses (even tho she's a natural when riding. Hmpppf).
Nancy Drew, that rings a bell, I'll look into it. Thanks guys, keep it coming!
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Post by adcooper on Dec 19, 2007 19:33:48 GMT -5
More details about the child, please!
Does she want girly books? Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries) has written many, and they are fun and well written. Did she like Harry Potter?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has stared a series: The Conch Bearer, and The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming are the first two. I've recommended them and gotten positive responses, plus I liked them!
How about The Arrival, by Shaun Tan. It's a wordless graphic novel, more sophisticated art than graphics usually are. I haven't read it, but I'm intrigued. Look at one in a book store. It's quite new.
Maybe one of Carl Hiaasen's books for teens: Hoot, or Flush. Teens battling bad guys in environmental crises. Kind of fun.
Sarah Dessen also writes teen girl stories--good if your daughter's got a reasonably mature perspective. I loved Keeping the Moon. The characters are hilarious.
Robert Pecks' books, A Long Way from Chicago, and A Year Down Yonder (in that order) are excellent. No issues that would make you nervous, but great humor and characters.
Then there's Click (again, I haven't read it yet but it sounds so interesting!). Here's the promo from Amazon:
A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything.
The world's best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life.
The full list of authors includes:
Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of A STAR CALLED HENRY; Nick Hornby, author of ABOUT A BOY; Ruth Ozeki, author of MY YEAR OF MEATS; Margo Lanagan, Prinz Honor Award-winning author of BLACK JUICE; Linda Sue Park, Newbery Award-winning author of A SINGLE SHARD; David Almond, winner of the Whitbread Award and Carnegie Medal and author of SKELLIG; Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED; Tim Wynne-Jones, two-time winner of Canada's Governor General's award and author of ONE OF THE KINDER PLANETS; Deborah Ellis, author of THE BREADWINNER; Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl Books.
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Post by ClaireLV on Dec 19, 2007 23:35:38 GMT -5
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Post by niaru on Dec 20, 2007 11:56:01 GMT -5
  Yay! Thanks, you guys, I knew I could count on you. I broke down yesterday and took my kids to Barnes and Nobles (instead of the library), the store was a ZOO and Chloé (the hard-to-please one) found a book! She chose Daniel Ehrenhaft's "The After Life". Ad, Chloé did read Hoot, Walk two Moons, The Secret Life of Bees, a few Sarah Dessen books which she loved (she is pretty mature for her age), a book by Catherine Hyde called "Becoming Chloe" (of COURSE she was going to read that one!)...she does NOT care for Harry Potter or any Fantastic or Sci-Fi stories (*sigh*) I tried to get her to read Wicked, Maximum Ride, and About a Boy but she's not convinced, lol. I am printing your list and Claire's! Thanks again! MTA, Ad, what's a "wordless graphic novel"? 
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Post by adcooper on Dec 20, 2007 14:40:49 GMT -5
Claire, a wordless graphic novel is a graphic novel without words! LOL!
Graphic novels are sort of glorified comic books (my bias is showing) which are very popular with kids. Lots of anime stuff, superhero stuff, dark and depressing stuff, too. But this one looks like the art may be less cookie-cutter, and the concept more interesting than most. If she does like that format, she might be intrigued. If not, don't bother.
How about The Kitchen God's Wife?
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Post by niaru on Dec 20, 2007 17:11:20 GMT -5
lol, yes, I gathered that but then the part where you say "read it" made me go mmmmm...lol! So it's just drawings then? no words at all? The Graphic Novel (if it's what I'm thinking of) is a very poplular genre in France, for both kids and adults. They come in any genre, humor, History, Sci-Fi, Thrillers...Some of them are just great, great art, great stories...Here's an example  *sigh* Chloé doesn't like those either...my other daughter, Mo, loves this series  |
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Post by adcooper on Dec 20, 2007 17:42:50 GMT -5
Oh, yes! I did say "read" as though there was text to read! I wonder what I meant by that. But I think I shall make a case for "reading" images as well as words. If I can read between the lines, I can read pictures! LOL!
I had kids read The Invention of Hugo Cabret this summer. It's part traditional novel, part wordless graphic novel, I suppose. There are sections of the book where the narrative is carried entirely by the illustrations. I liked the book, by the way. It might be too young for Chloe, though. Fifth grade boys loved it.
If she likes Sarah Dessen, she might like Dairy Queen, by Catherine Murdock.
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Post by fancyhorse on Jan 7, 2008 15:48:39 GMT -5
I have a bunch of those Goosebumps books, although she might be too old for that. I do, however have some of those teen triller books she might like. If you want them you can have them!
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Post by Kim on Jan 7, 2008 16:04:21 GMT -5
Yes, Nancy Drew! I loved those, still read them actually. And there are hundreds... insert evil grin!
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