2007-01-09 06:03:09 · 20 answers · asked by lavenderagate 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb and "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch. Both are coming of age tales concerning young women who are dealing with various stages and problems in their lives. Both are fantastic books.
2007-01-09 07:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by imhalf_the_sourgirl_iused_tobe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A number of books by Tamora Pierce are good although those are all fantasy but they talk about young women growing up from being children and into adulthood. Another trilogy about a girl growing up and this again is fantasy is by Constance Ash although you'll have to look in a used bookstore for those. A third author for books more realtistic but again some fantasy aspects is Madeline D'Engle.
2007-01-09 14:20:12 · answer #2 · answered by ambr95012 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Uglies, The Pretties, The Specials
by Scott Westerfeld
This trilogy tackles difficult issues like peer pressure. Not truly "realistic" but they give it a good twist without making the books to teachy.
2007-01-09 14:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by "Marian" the Librarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries would fit your requirements.
Garlic and sapphires by Ruth Reichl.
As the New York Times's restaurant critic for most of the 1990s, Reichl was determined to review the "true" nature of each restaurant she visited, so she often dined incognito--each chapter of her book highlights a new disguise, a different restaurant (including the original reviews from the Times), and a fresh culinary adventure.
2007-01-10 14:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig. Also Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. Also look up Meg Cabot, who wrote the Princess Diaries.
2007-01-09 15:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by Meghan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Realistic fiction? Princess Diaries or Bad Kitty.
2007-01-09 18:30:41 · answer #6 · answered by without.question 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Gossip Girls Series by Cecily von Ziegesar- maybe a little old for 13 year old - probably appropriate for 15 years old and up.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares
Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras series by Cathey Hopkins
2007-01-09 14:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This series by Megan McCafferty is really great: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, and Charmed Thirds. It follows a girl through high school and college and all the things she's got to deal with and it's very funny.
2007-01-09 16:04:56 · answer #8 · answered by Heather 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books by Ann Brashares. All 3 are good and funny.
2007-01-09 14:10:08 · answer #9 · answered by lucedalsole 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet" by Lola Douglas. A child star with a drug problem is exiled to an aunt's house in Fort Wayne (or "Fort ****", as she calls it,) to recover out of the spotlight. She is given a "make-under", a new identity, and sent off to public school to experince "normal" teenage life. Lots of fun.
2007-01-09 14:17:56 · answer #10 · answered by amicietta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋