Well yesterday I asked if anyone would recommend Hannibal to a 13 year old and everyone said no... Well what shoud read then for March break? Because need something challenging and I'ma great reader so please tell me if I should read Hannibal or read another book and say the title too please.
2007-02-18 02:29:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I think you would enjoy any of these YA authors:
Pete Hautman: Godless, Invisible, Sweetblood
Kathryn Lasky: Blood Secret, Prank, Pageant, Memoirs of a Bookbat, Beyond the Burning Time
Isobel Bird: Circle of Three series
Cate Tiernan: Sweep series
Vivian Vande Velde: Heir Apparent, A Coming Evil, User Unfriendly, Curses, Inc.
Lois Duncan: A Gift of Magic, The Third Eye, Gallow Hill
Lois Lowry: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, Number the Stars
Lloyd Alexander: The Chronicles of Prydain series
K. A. Applegate: Animorphs series
2007-02-18 03:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why they don't want you to read the Hannibal series. It's graphic, I'm sure, but if you go to public school you've heard and seen worse in the halls.
You can't be sheltered forever. People that try to shelter others because of something like 'offensiveness' need to realize that something is only offensive or obscene if one lets it be. It's based on personal issues, not objective ones.
So there's blood and a love story and twisted characters. Big deal. If you're mature enough to realize that these are fictional characters and that not everything they do is something you should aspire to be, go for it.
It shocks me that people say it's too mature for a 13 year old, or too disturbing for a 13 year old. Some 13 year olds are mature enough to handle it. Plus, the Holocaust was much more disturbing than Hannibal Lector, but that's something everyone should know and learn about. Try the Hannibal series. If you feel wierded out, put it down.
If you must have other books, try Gary Paulsen's "The Car." It's like "On the Road" for young adults. Heck, try "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac (though this is a book you either love or hate...and you'll know inside the first fifty pages). Bill Bryson is amazing and hilarious. Check out "A Walk in the Woods" or "I'm a Stranger Here Myself." "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is fun. "On the Beach" by Neville Shute (I think that's who wrote it). "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is exciting. "The City of Beasts" or "City of the Beasts" by Isabel Allende is pretty good.
What I like to do sometimes is go to the library. Take a coin, throw it down an aisle, and go to the shelves next to where it lands. Grab a book at random. Enjoy.
2007-02-18 05:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by fuzzinutzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want something scary for teenagers, try books by
Joan Lowery Nixon,
Lois Duncan, or
Caroline B. Cooney.
For other great books for teens, try
Gary Paulsen,
Avi,
Walter Dean Myers,
Anthony Horowitz,
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Jean Ferris
You can find these all in the Young Adult section of the library or bookstore.
2007-02-18 03:18:03 · answer #3 · answered by RobReads 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of great books out there....... for fun there are Hardy Boy mysteries....... but if you want a challenge...... you should go for something of a classic (Which you will have to read eventually anyway, so get a head start)
there are several I recommend
Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, there are also a lot of great stories and poems from Edgar Allen Poe......go to the library someone could direct there
2007-02-18 02:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by erin_foss8191@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im a 13 year old :)
soo...
if you're thinking of something challenging...
ive read some pretty good books today....
Did you ever hear of "The Golden Compass"?
It has been turned into a movie i think..
coming out in december 2007
its part of the "His dark materials" series.
We had to read it for summer reading
Its a fantastic book and quite challenging
I enjoyed it!
2007-02-18 02:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by megz-xox-luv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hannibal is not for a 13 year old.
If you want a good book for that age group try "Ringworld" by
Larry Niven.
2007-02-18 02:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Fortis the Brave
2007-02-18 03:28:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you really want a challenge, I'd suggest any of Shakespeare's works. They're all very good. I can also suggest The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It was amazing.
2007-02-18 02:41:47 · answer #8 · answered by The Goddess of Demons 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 06:49:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy
2007-02-18 02:33:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋