can u help me find a good book 2 read please???
im looking for a book to read....fiction....sad, funny, about teens or young adult? ive read alot of books but idk what to read now? any ideas? thank-you very much 4 ur opinions and ill probably read all the suggestions...unless i read them already....thank-u!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-07-16 14:31:47 · 20 answers · asked by tupacamarushakur7196 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've got some great recommendations for you.
Looking For Alaska by John Green has a little bit of everything--humor, sadness, and happiness...it's about a young boy (teen) who goes to a private boarding school in Alabama...he makes friends, plays pranks and jokes, experiences first loves and losses...it's great.
Pepperland by Mark Delaney is one of my favorite YA books too. It's set in early 1980, and it's about a sixteen year old girl who's coping with the death of her mother--she goes through sadness, frustration, anger...as she learns to make peace...and music again. (Her mom taught her how to play guitar). Anyway, it's a good book, but if you are particularly fond of the Beatles...then it is a great book.
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen is a great book too. It has a bit of everything...a young teen girl who's tired of living her life in a rut...doing things because other people expect her to do them...chooses a new path--a more challenging path leading her to new friends and a new love. Has both funny and light sides mixed right in along with some more serious tones. Great book though! I love everything Sarah Dessen has written.
Sonya Sones is good too. She's written three verse novels. Some funny, some more serious. All really good. If you're looking for humor...What My Mother Doesn't Know would be a great choice. If you want a mix of humor in with sadness...and a touch of sarcasm...go for One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is one of my most favorite books ever. I loved every minute of it...even though it fit none of my usual categories :)
2006-07-16 15:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was a teen I love books by Christopher Pike and the Sweet Valley Twins and High series. I am not sure if they are still publishing those or if you have even heard of them but those are books I grew up with. If you can try and look for them in used book stores and thrift shops as they are worth reading, very light and real. If you are in your late teens, try those by Cecelia Ahern :-) Keep on reading it will help you a lot!!!
2006-07-17 00:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by secret scribbler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter -i've found those keep me reading for a while Wilder's book are good and they are based off of true happenings
A Series of Unforinate Events- sad but i can make you wonder about whats going to happen next and there is 12 books out so far
2006-07-16 16:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by candicefinnegan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try King Fortis the Brave by Michael R. LaMontagne and Ronald E. Snyder. It's about a pair of twelve-year-old twins that are pulled into a magical land where they find themselves caught in a battle against an evil sorceress that has taken over the land. It's got a lot of adventure and a lot of humor in it and is one of the best books I've ever read. You'll love it!
2006-07-16 14:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know very many fiction books but some good non-fiction books are A Child Called "It", The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave. They are all by Dave Pelzer. They are vary sad. It's about the worst child abuse case in the history of California.
2006-07-16 14:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by walmartfreak93 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really liked Evil Way by Ryan Moses. It's a little slow at 1st but the ending is really great. You will need to read it all to keep up with what is going on.
I also liked Last of the Breed and Haunted Mesa by Louie L'Amour.
2006-07-16 14:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by n317537 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read 'The God of Small Things'...it is a fabulous book....
You find precision in the language which is absolutely startling and there is beauty in the use of metaphor which is simply great...
It is a heartbreaking story of two 6 year old fraternal twins....in which one of the twin, by name Rahel when she is 31 years old, narrates her childhood and growing up....so in a sense, the story is through the eyes of a 6 year old for most of it...
A quote -" Rahel and Estha are fraternal twins whose emotional connection to one another is stronger than that of most siblings:
Esthappen and Rahel thought of themselves together as Me, and separately, individually as We or Us. As though they were a rare breed of Siamese twins, physically separate, but with joint identities.
Now, these years later, Rahel has a memory of waking up one night giggling at Estha's funny dream.
She has other memories too that she has no right to have.'.....
I absolutely recommend it....
2006-07-17 00:31:24 · answer #7 · answered by As I am 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I'm looking for regular junk to just chill or whatever, I like books by Meg Cabot. She has tons of great series, and they're fun, light reading. I just finished the Mediator series.. good shtuff!
2006-07-16 14:37:05 · answer #8 · answered by purple_queen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy Dave Pelzer's books and his brother's one as well. And this other author, Frank McCourt and his brother Malachy McCourt write great books too.
Am reading one called Swallowing Granma by Kate Long now, funny and rather heart warming.
2006-07-16 22:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - it's a new take on vampires and the sequel comes out in September
2006-07-16 14:36:42 · answer #10 · answered by c'est moi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋