Recommend books for teens?

Answer 1

I enjoy books by Stephenie Meyer, Sarah Dessen, Laurie Halse Anderson, Scott Westerfeld, Sonya Sones, John Green, and Louise Rennison.

There are many reader-advisory links, I've indcluded two links.

You might also try some of the resources from the American Library Association YALSA division (Young Adult Library Service Association)

Best Books For Young Adults (BBYA) since 1994
Alex awards (Best Adult books for Young Adults) since 1998
Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers since 1996

Answer 2

Older teens (16-19)
The Locket by richard Paul Evans
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Blue Bottle Club by P. Stokes
The Scarlett Letter
The Purpose Driven Life by R Warren

Early Teens(13-15)
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by E. Conford
Six Months to Live by Lulene McDaniel
Treasure Island by RL Stevenson
No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montegomery

Answer 3

Hi there. I'm the author of a new medieval fantasy book that you might like. It has received excellent reviews in the national media and is being considered for a movie deal. The title is THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY. It's 445 pages of action, adventure, magic, mystery and mayhem. If you like Conan, LOTR or Harry Potter type books, this may be one you'll enjoy.

If you'd like to sample it, I can send you a FREE, 4 chapter eBook demo if you email me at [e-mail]. That way, you can check it out without spending a dime. Fair enough?

Good luck, whatever you decide to read!

Jon F. Baxley (Author, Editor, Ghostwriter and Proofreader)

THE SCYTHIAN STONE (eBook only)
THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY (eBook and hard cover)
THE REGENTS OF RHUM (coming fall '07)

Answer 4

-My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
-Any of Sarah Dessen's books are great, but my personal favorites are Just Listen and The Truth About Forever
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-The Giver by Lois Lowry

Answer 5

So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Harry Potter books by J.K Rowlin
Books by R.L Stine

Answer 6

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.

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

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?

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.

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.

The best among the Tarzan novels is 'Son of Tarzen.' Jack,the son of Tarzan shared his father's love for apes.He was only trying to help an ape escape to Africa from his cruel trainer.However he got involved in a murder and couldn't return home.He chose to live in the jungle with the apes.Its a fascinating book.The social system among the intelligent giant apes,Korak's relationship with Miriam are all interesting stuff.Its a great coming of age book.

Answer 7

Books by Jodi Picoult - espesially 'My Sister's Keeper'
Also try 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants', 'The Second Summer of the Sisterhood' and 'The third summer of the Sisterhood ; Girls in Pants' by Ann Brashares

Answer 8

It really depends on the gender, age and reading level. Here are a few good ones, mostly geared toward girls, since that's what I read:

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (and Inkspell, the sequel) - girl's father accidentally reads an evil character out of a book and into their world. Boys would like this one, too.

"A Great and Terrible Beauty" by Libba Bray (and her sequel, too) - Victorian era, boarding school girls dabble in magic (best for older girls)

"Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt (this one's a series) - a mentally ill single mother abandons her four children (ages 13, 10, 9 & 6) in a parking lot; they set out to find someone to care for them so they won't be separated. Suitable for both boys and girls.

"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares (and sequels) - Four friends since birth experience life apart from one another for the first time. Funny and moving. Girls.

"A Ring of Endless Light" by Madeline L'Engle (actually in the middle of a series, but it stands alone) - life, death, family and talking to dolphins. From a girl's perspective. My favorite Madeline L'Engle book (and that's saying a lot!)

"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card (first in a fantastic series. Read "Ender's Shadow" next). Science fiction about a boy genius who is expected to save the earth from the next alien invasion. He's six. FANTASTIC book - one of my all time favorite. Boys, girls, adults, children - this one is for everyone.

"Eight Cousins" by Louisa May Alcott (she wrote Little Women, etc.) - much more readable than Little Women, suitable for younger girls.

Finally, if you can get your hands on anything by Julian F. Thompson (especially "A Question of Survival", "The Grounding of Group Six", and "A Band of Angels"), give them a try. They're definitely geared toward older teenagers - sex is a topic - but they're intelligent and well written, if a bit "us" against "them" (teens vs. adults).

Answer 9

House of Secrets by Lowell Cauffiel

Eddie Lee Sexton is evil incarnate. Like Charles Manson, he exercised a cult-like mind control over others who did his dirty work. But unlike Manson, both Sexton's victims and his subjects were his very own flesh and blood." As strong as they are, these words from an assistant district attorney barely hint at the depravity hidden for years within the Sexton family. Strange notions about "Futuretrons" and hand markings that convey absolute power, revelations of incest and physical abuse, bodies buried in the camping area of a Florida state park-- House of Secrets has so many layers of weirdness that it will amaze even seasoned readers of true crime. Lowell Cauffiel has a talent for combining quotations from interviews and unembellished facts into prose that reads like a novel. Two people are dead, and the children who suffered the cruel fate of being born into the Sexton family may never completely heal from their injuries--but at least their story has been told!

Seldom in the annals of modern true crime has a father exerted such a depraved influence on his children. Eddie Lee Sexton's control was so total that he was actually able to order his kids to commit cold-blooded murder. On an October night in 1993, at one of the campgrounds dotting Florida's Gulf Coast, Sexton told his daughter Pixie to silence her crying baby. It seems almost inconceivable, but the young mother obediently smothered her helpless eight-month-old infant son. Two days later, the tiny corpse - a rattle in his hand and a pacifier in his mouth - was stuffed inside a gym bag and buried in a shallow grave, just a few feet from the family's campsite. Less than a month later, the Sexton patriarch would issue another homicidal command. To stop the dead baby's father, Joel Good, from going to the authorities, Eddie Lee ordered son Willie to strangle the bereaved dad during a family picnic. Pixie, so under her father's thumb that she had already committed infanticide, reportedly helped cover up husband Joel's murder. Sexton was priming his third victim when the FBI and Florida cops finally caught up with him. After the ensuing investigation sparked a six-hour standoff with local cops, Sexton took his family on the run. When it was finally over, he and other members of the Sexton clan would be linked with crimes ranging from fraud, arson, extortion, and armed robbery, to conspiracy, child abuse, incest, and murder. By early 1995, Sexton would be sitting on death row, waiting for a date with Florida's electric chair.

Answer 10

I love the Gossip Girl Series by Cecily von Ziegesar:
-gossip girl
-you know you love me
-all i want is everything
-because im worth it
-i like it like that
-you're the one that i want
-nobody does it better
-nothing can keep us together
-only in your dreams

I also like the It Girl Series by the same author:
-the it girl
-notorious

gossip girl series is about a group of teenagers that live in NYC and their life. the first book starts in september of their senior year of high school, and then the recent last goes through to the following summer. it is a wonderful series.

the it girl is about one of the characters from the gossip girl series who was in the 9th grade while the other characters were in the 12th grade. the story follows her to boarding school in NY. i suggest that if you want to read the it girl, to read the goosip girl series all the way up to book 8 then read the it girl. that way you know the characters background.