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2007-02-13 01:25:22 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
At 10-13 I read Agatha Christie novels and other mystery short stories and novels and I hated Jules Verne(my parents kept buying me books by him for some reason, none of which I ever finished or intend to read in the future) and Charles Dickens that I had to read for school(things have changed in that area a bit :)). But I guess today girls in that age group would go for "Harry Potter" and "Chronicles of Narnia". It also depends on the girl's character and inclinations.
2007-02-13 03:05:31 · answer #1 · answered by Valeria M. 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always loved the Lurean McDaniels books, also I read Harry Potter when I was 11, I also enjoyed the Caroline B. Cooney books. I was around 10 when I finished reading the American Girl books, but if you haven't read them I remember really liking them. Also the babysitter's club books were popular at that age. I would highly reccomend anything by Caroline B. Cooney I started reading them when I was about 11-12 and since she has quite a few books I read them all through middle school. They are one of the few authors that I can actually remember complete story lines from the book. Another great book series is The Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt but I don't think I read those until I was about 14, but definitely look at those too.
2007-02-13 02:18:53 · answer #2 · answered by braldo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i am fourteen, so i guess i could tell you, i mostly like fantasy, but good fantasy, not the hero-saves-princess-gets-married boring. i also like some teen lit, but mostly the original ones, not like the clique or anything dumb. I also like Twilight and a great and terrible beauty. I mostly just like a good story that's original (i don't like eragon). I also thinks books such as : bloomability, a corner of the universe, a tale of time city and pictures of hollis woods (i liked that last one especially) would be good for that age group.
I think it also depends upon the maturity and (sorry to sound insulting here) general intelligence of the kid. However, i can assure you that no ten-year-old with any social skills or sense of self-preservation (this is middle school years, remember) would read american girl in public. It really depends on the maturity of the girl, but personally i think even a book such as crank or lisa, bright and dark would not be a problem. It reall ydepends on the individual.
2007-02-13 05:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by she who is awesome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well at around that time in my life (a long time ago now, lol), I liked authors like Madeleine L'engle, Rosemary Sutcliffe, LM Montgomery, Lucy M Boston, CS Lewis, Ursula Le Guin, Louisa May Alcott, RL Stine, Tamora Pierce, Diana Wynne Jones, Edith Nesbit.....
EDIT:
Anyway, a list of authors I like past and present (that I remember) which I might like to give a 10 to 13 year old are:
ANNE FRANK - Diary of a young girl (written by Anne while in hiding from the Nazis) I liked it a lot!
JK ROWLING - Harry Potter books....a series I have enjoyed, and there is some regret that it's going to end soon, *sniff, sniff*. It is about Harry's entry into the wizarding world, and his adventures against the evil Voldemort, with help from friends Ron and Hermione
EOIN COLFER - Artemis Fowl books. Another fantasy series, this time about young Artemis, a young and dangerously intelligent boy.
MEG CABOT - The Princess Diaries series about a young teen who finds out that she is really a princess of a small principality. Meg Cabot also writes another series The Mediator series, which is a kind of fantasy book, but I think that those books are for an older (late teens) reader.
LM MONTGOMERY - Well, she wrote about life on Prince Edward Island (Canada I think?) at around the turn of the 20th century, and early 1900s. Her most popular series are the Anne books about an orphan named Anne Shirley. The series covers Anne's adoption by an elderly brother and sister, and continues through her teens, eventual marriage and there are also books about her (Anne's) children. However, LM Montgomery also wrote other series and non-series books. The Emily books by her are also enjoyable.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFFE - She wrote books set in Britain at around the time the Romans were in Britain. I really liked her books at that time, because they were historical, but not boringly so. My favourites were Warriot Scarlet and Dawn Wind.
CS LEWIS - He wrote the Narnia series.
TAMORA PIERCE - Song of the Lioness quartet. I enjoyed this at the time. Recently read a couple of her The Circle Opens quartet, which are a continuation of a previous series I haven't read, unfortunately. That previous series would be The Circle of Magic quartet
MADELEINE L'ENGLE - I love all her books. Her Chronos books and Kairos books.
Lloyd Alexander - The Chronicles of Prydain
Ursula le Guin - Her Earthsea series
Susan Cooper - The Dark is Rising series
Anne Holm - I am David
Diana Wynne Jones - The power of three; Archers Goon
Also the usual classsics like The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Hardy Boys, etc
These are just SOME of the books I would like (or did like)
2007-02-13 01:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by vdrt 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is a lovely novel length retelling of the Cinderella story
Anything by Sharon Creech is appropriate: Bloomability, Chasing Redbird, Walk Two Moons.
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Wren to the Rescue, Wren's War, and Wren's Quest by Sherwood Smith. A well written, exciting story about an orphan girl who has to save her best friend, who turns out to be a princess in disguise.
Holes by Louis Sacher
Hoot or Flush by Carl Hiasssen. Funny, well written books with an environmental theme.
Anything by Karen Cushman: The Midwife's Apprentice, Catherine, Called Birdy, The Ballad of Lucy Whipple.
The Little House on the Prairie Books, Louisa May Alcott (some of her not-Little Women books are shorter, and IMHO, better).
Check with your school or local public librarian. They are usually excellent at recommending books if you tell them a book or two you liked.
2007-02-13 02:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by suzykew70 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
American Girl
10-13 VC Andrews is for a much older teen or Adult, Sisterhood of the traveling pants was good but also more for teen like 14-17.
2007-02-13 01:47:46 · answer #6 · answered by snellspa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The American Girl series were some of my favourites when I was that age.
Harry Potter is a popular choice.
I also liked Tamora Pierce's books when I was a young teen. They are fantasy novels with young female protagonists.
My 10 year old sister says the Magic Treehouse books are good, but I have never read one.
2007-02-13 05:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by Venin_Noir 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, when I was 13, I read a seris.
1. Both Side of Time
2. Out of Time
3. Prisoner of Time
4. For All Time
I don't know if 10 or 11 would be THAT interested in them, but 12 or 13 would probably like them.
2007-02-13 01:38:03 · answer #8 · answered by ♥iluvfoodnetwork♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi.
It is a wonderful adventure, set in the 19th century, of a very respectable 13 year old girl who ran away to sea: sounds fanciful, but the story is so well crafted that I truly felt that I (also respectable) would have done exactly the same if I had been in her situation at 13.
2007-02-13 06:11:47 · answer #9 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Once Upon A Curse by E. D. Baker
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (More for 12 - 13)
I hope this helps.
2007-02-13 04:58:58 · answer #10 · answered by megan nichole 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋