2006-06-12 07:48:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey, the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. Also, if you are Christian, teenage is a good time to start reading the bible.
2006-06-12 07:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by kellykellykelly16 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are lots a good books out there for teenagers. Try some of the following:
A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines
Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Catch 22 - Heller
The Odyssey by Homer
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
Dubliners, by James Joyce
The Quiet American, by Graham Greene
Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene
The End of the Affair, Graham Greene
Howard’s End, E.M.Forster
The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
All My Sons, Arthur Miller (play)
The Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
The Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman (play)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
Atonement, Ian McEwan
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
2006-06-12 07:53:59 · answer #2 · answered by lhsstudentteacher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Clique- Lisi Harrison
Inheritance Trilogy- Christopher Paolini
Harry Potter Series- JK Rowling
Flipped- Wendelin Van Draanen
Homecoming & the Tillerman series- Cynthia Voigt
Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen- Garth Nix
Peeps, So Yesterday, Midnighters trilogy, Uglies trilogy- Scott Westerfeld
Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkein
The Giver, Gathering Blue, Silent Boy- Lois Lowry
i've read all these books and they're amazing. hope they help!
2006-06-12 08:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by s.jeong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
2006-06-12 17:23:47 · answer #4 · answered by medusaswrath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His Dark Materieals Trilogy- Phillip Pullman
Harry Potter- no introduction neccesary here!
The Roman Mysteries- Caroline Lawrence
Agent Angel Series- Annie Dalton
A Series of Unfortunate Events- Lemony Snicket
The Noguhts and Crosses Trilogy- Malorrie Blackman
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog-????
2006-06-12 09:50:50 · answer #5 · answered by fattylowdown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the intelligence level of the teenager.
I guess to generalize, books that the teenager can relate to...characters in the story that they can see themselves in, or a storyline that really holds their interest.
If the teenager has a certain area of interest, it's good to recommend books that relate to those interests. Find a variety of books that are related to those subjects -- non-fiction, fiction, biography, etc. Give them a variety.
I wouldn't suggest books that are too dumbed down or simple...like, I'd avoid cheesy series, unless the teenage really doesn't want to read at all. Then it may be good to start them off with anything that'll hold their attention.
Whatever you choose, it's good to provide a variety of options.
2006-06-12 07:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by judithsr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragon Jouster book series(joust,alta,sanctuary) by Mercedes Lackey.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people?
Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour.Its a western.A young boy is abandoned by his own mother(she tells her boyfriend to kill him)The boy ends up with a gambler and he brings him up.Turns out to be the best gamble he ever made.The boy grows up and later kills the people who murdered the gambler.Galloway,The Daybreakers,fair blows the wind by the same author are also good
Mercedes Lackey's Take a Thief is the tale of Skif, a young orphan reminiscent of Oliver Twist, making his way in the knock-and-tumble neighborhood between two of Haven's outermost walls. Skif is intelligent, good-hearted and creative enough to forage up three meals a day in a place where food is scarce and kindness almost unheard of. After a chain of events leave him homeless, Skif lands in the lair of Bazie, an Faginish ex-mercenary who trains thieves...until he is "Chosen" by one of Valdemar's magical horses and becomes a Herald serving the Queen.
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.
2006-06-12 20:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are some of my favorite YA authors:
Kathryn Lasky
Isobel Bird
Cate Tiernan
Vivian Vande Velde
Lois Duncan
Lois Lowry
Lloyd Alexander
K. A. Applegate
2006-06-13 03:14:24 · answer #8 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Joy in the Morning, both by Betty Smith.
2006-06-12 07:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by Jeannie G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fearless novel series by Francine Pascal.
2006-06-19 06:35:45 · answer #10 · answered by sp_isme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋