I'm really bored, and I need something to do!
2006-07-29 07:22:06 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Thanks for all of the answers so far! I have read some of them, and I remember reading the giver when I was in 5th grade!
2006-07-29 07:49:48 · update #1
Try The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. If you like it, it is a trilogy and you'll have two more books to read. It is a wonderful book.
2006-07-29 07:30:15 · answer #1 · answered by audrey613 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chronicles of Narnia series is wonderful. I also like the Eragon and Eldest books. I also love the book Where the Red Fern Grows. Actually, I'll just make a list.
The Westing Game
A Wrinkle in Time
Black Beauty
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Satin Slipper series (including the book Center Stage that the 2000 movie was based on.)
2006-07-29 14:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Gwen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some teen books to read are in the series "The Ironwood Chronicles". You don't need to read the first on to understand the second one and so forth because they are all from a diiferent point of veiw in different places and one other book you should read is called "Tales from 2 A.M." It is a book filled with great stories and they alre all about 20-60 pages long each so try them out and the author of these great books is called John Schreiber and he will be my english teachure this school year :)
2006-07-29 14:34:09 · answer #3 · answered by Tracy M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Harry Potter Series
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series
2006-07-29 14:49:22 · answer #4 · answered by Hoopychick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you ever watch the show Gilmore Girls? My 13 year old daughter and I watch it together and it's really cute. Not great TV but still fun. Anyway, the character, Rory, is a BIG reader. Here is a link to her book club list:
http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/o_generic_feedback.jsp?id=GG-Rory's+Book+Club
My daughter has started ploughing through this list, trying to find books that she likes. She's reading The Bell Jar right now. REEeeeeEEAaaaaAAAALLY depressing, but, hey, she wanted to give it a try.
I would suggest The Life of Pi, which is on the list. I got it for my other daughter when she was 13 and now it's on her sisters list.
Good luck and have fun!
2006-07-29 14:54:53 · answer #5 · answered by Happy Guesser 3 · 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
2006-07-30 09:15:39 · answer #6 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the following authors and their novels with strong teen females as the protagonists!
Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak)
Sarah Dessen (Dreamland, Just Listen)
Deb Caletti (The Queen of Everything)
Andrea Siegel (Like the Red Panda)
Rachel Cohn (Gingerbread, Shrimp)
Natasha Friend (Perfect)
Melissa Lion (Swollen, Upstream)
2006-07-29 17:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by Willow_Whedon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm...
The Goose Girl and Enna Burning, by Shannon Hale. (Look for her next book out mid-september
A Great And Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
Uglies, Pretties and Specials by Scott Westerfield
The Seer series by Linda Joy Singleton
Halfway To The Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass (and other books by her, too)
2006-07-29 15:45:30 · answer #8 · answered by Smiles Like She Means It 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a list of fiction ones I enjoyed as a young person.
Farenheight 451
Treasure Island by Stephenson
The Hobbit by Tolkien
A Tree Grows in Broolyn by Smith
Girl of the Limberlost by Porter
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Conford
any Sunfire historical romance(unfortunately they are out of print, but you might be able to find them at your library. I liked "Laura" the best.
any Jannette Oke historical romance(A Gown of Spanish Lace is my favorite)
I've Got Your Number by Dian Curtis Regan(out of print but you can get it on ebay)
Elizabeth Gail series by Stahl
A Room of My Own by Tatlock
Joshua by Joseph Girzone
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Six Months to Live by McDaniel
The Great Brain by Fitzgerald
The Scarlett Letter
Anne of Green Gables
Pollyanna
Non fiction
The Quest Study Bible
A Quiet Strength, the autobiography of Rosa Parks
Warriors Don't Cry, the autobio of Melba Beals
101 Famous Poems
The play of The Diary of Anne Frank
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Covey
The Purpose Driven Life by Warren
I still enjoy rereading these.
2006-07-29 15:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Holes by Louis Sachar
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Criss Cross by Lynn Rae Perkins
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Messenger by Lois Lowry
The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Petersen Haddix
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Bridesmaid by Hailey Abbott
The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Teen Idol by Meg Cabot
All American Girl by Meg Cabot
The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary
Fifteen by Beverly Cleary
Jean and Johnny by Bevery Cleary
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
2006-07-29 14:43:18 · answer #10 · answered by boobahqt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋