can anyone suggest some good books for teens?

Answer 1

Some good books that I have personally read at least 3 times:
e.l.konigsburg's "Silent to the bone" (I could'nt put this book down)

"TTYL" by Lauren Myracle is a must read I stayed up all night reading this book.

The series of "The Gaurdians of Ga'hoole" by Catherine Lasky they are good for people who like excitement and animals it may look like a kiddie book but it is for people of all ages(my mom enjoyed reading it)

'The Face on the milk Carton "-Caroline Cooney ( very good book and movie)

"Christy" by Catherine Marshall This is kind of an old book and is slow at first but at the last page you're in tears

"Watership Down" is an animal book that is kind of long but is really good.

Gail Carson Levine's book "Ella Enchanted" is also a must read


'The sister hood of the traveling pants is a very good series about a group of friends

Thle Cliche is also another good series about a group of friends


L.o.s.t. is also a "very hard to set down the book" series

Holes is a book you proboly already read but if you havent you need t

A Wrincle in Time is a very exciting magical story/ series if that is what your into

"my Earth my But and other big round things" is a good book about a girl who is very self concience

THe twinkie squad is another cool book too read

Any good book you find that keeps you reading it and makes you feel like youre in a new world is a good book and these are some that did that for me.


Have fun reading them all : )

Answer 2

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.The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway are also good books by the same author.

Dragonjousters series(joust,alta,sanctuary) by Mercedes Lackey.The setting is ancient Egypt.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?

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.

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the tarzan novels.There are 11 novels in the mars series beginning with 'a princess of mars'.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for 1000 years.

Diana wynne jones writes some books based on a character called Chrestomanci.He is a nine-life enchanter.Read the books in the correct order.

Answer 3

Depends on what you like to read. My daughter just finished the Land of Elyon series by Patrick Carmon.

Also the Artemis Fowl series is good.

David Eddings and Terry Brooks write Fantasy Sci-fi.

Go to the book store or library and try something new! I have to admit I tend to judge a book by it's cover but I'm always willing to try something that doesn't visually appeal to me, that is where some of your more pleasant surprises come from.

Answer 4

Here are some of my all-time favorite authors:
Kris Krutcher
Sarah Dessen
Nancy Rue
Bill Myers

Those books are basically all about the same thing...Teenagers struggling to accept themselves and other people. i strongly suggest that you read some books from the first two authors. You're going to love them. They are very intence writers and don't always have the perfect characters in their books. They also have very valuable lessons.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels are awsome books if you like to read about magic and the Victorian Period in England. Harry Potter books are good as well. But if you are looking for a love story read THE NOTEBOOK. Its good but I kinda like THE GUARDIAN better because it is the suspense love story.

Answer 7

When I was a teen, I was crazy about Sweet Valley High and I could relate to it because the characters there are teens like me... Why don't you try reading books where you can relate yourself....

Answer 8

The link below should give you an excellent selection for YA books. I've rarely been disappointed with any of the books I've selected from one of these lists, and neither have my YA readers. Happy reading!

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm

Answer 9

Meg Cabot novels are fun, although a bit predictable, as they usually have the teen romance factor. If you are into mysteries, I reccomend Agatha Christie. Especially her Hercule Poirot novels.

Answer 10

im 13 so this is easy. loch is an awesome book about the lochness monster. or in that case monsters. the city of ember and the sequel the people of sparks, touching spirit bear,i know what you did last summer, and well thats all i got.lol