one of my faves is SECTETS OF MY HOLLOYWOOD LIFE OR THE STEPS
2006-09-17 16:49:45 · 17 answers · asked by j 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Holes" (By Louis Sachar) is short and very funny. "A Confederacy of Dunces" is long but very interesting and incredibly funny. "Gone with the Wind" is very long and a very good story about girls and women.
2006-09-17 16:56:50 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sarah Dessen is a great YA writer. The Truth About Forever. Just Listen. Someone like You. Keeping the Moon. That Summer. This Lullaby. Dreamland.
Joan Bauer is another great YA writer. Hope Was Here. The Rules of the Road. Best Foot Forward. Squashed. Stand Tall.
Sonya Sones What My Mother Doesn't Know; One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney
First Impressions by Marilyn Sachs
2006-09-18 04:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be sure young girls get the classics, too. Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, the Little Princess. There are hundreds of wonderful old books out there, many old enough that they are out of copyright and can be bought cheaply from Dover Publishers, or found used in most second-hand bookstores. The more recent ones generally try too hard to be a mirror up to a girl's own life, and the problem is, girls are not that similar. So you have a character for each major social problem -- one is too fat, one has alcoholic parents, one has a currently "fashionable" disease, etc. That is contrived, and the kids know it. Reading about people from an earlier era, they know they don't have to identify directly, and the overall humanity can show through.
2006-09-17 21:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always liked books by Francesca Lia Block. Not terribly realistic, but fun. Crosses by Shelley Stoehr and A Dorr Near Hear by Heather Quarles, for the depressed teen girl.
2006-09-17 17:24:59 · answer #4 · answered by V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's this book called Thriteen written by a then 13 year old girl about her experiences with drugs, sex, etc. Not read it, so I don't quite get the name of the author. The book has been made into a movie by the same name though. Hope that helped ya.
2006-09-17 21:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by neil.ferns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a teen, my fave book was Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.. I know it's kinda old and conservative but I just love it!! Surely a realistic fiction, at least for me!! lol.. But, if you like some "fresh" girls fiction, maybe you could check out this link :
www.chicklitbooks.com
Enjoy!!
2006-09-17 17:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by savedbymercy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you liked those, you will probably like--
Just A Summer Romance by Ann M. Martin
I think all of Phyllis Reynold's Naylor's Alice books are about as real as you can get. She touches on subjects that teens can relate to.
Judy Blume's teen books were pretty real and still apply today. Deenie was always one of my favorites.
Any of Cynthia Voigt's novels.
2006-09-18 06:17:29 · answer #7 · answered by Carlito Sway 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about After the First Death by Robert Cormier or A Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
2006-09-17 16:51:13 · answer #8 · answered by gilligan346 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the girls I'm Friends with liked Virgin suicide. It is also a good movie but the book gets more into detail.
2006-09-17 19:32:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jonathan Poole 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the V.C. Andrews books like the 'Flowers in the Attic' series!! Very good books.
2006-09-17 16:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by arl21amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for an author named Christina Hergenrader. Her Carolyn series is terrific.
2006-09-17 16:58:43 · answer #11 · answered by huskerfanhammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋