Anyone know any good books for teens or tweens?

Question

I need help finding some cool books to read! I don't like fantasy, and I don't like the Gossip Girl series either. Help!

Answer 1

Embraced By The Light
http://www.embracedbythelight.com/leftside/embraced/ebtlindex.htm

The Awakening Heart
http://www.embracedbythelight.com/leftside/awake/awakeindex.html

Answer 2

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Squashed by Joan Bauer
The Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
Pepperland by Mark DeLaney
Skin by Adrienne Vrettos
I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Mercy Unbound by Kim Antieau
Shug by Jenny Han

Answer 3

Try:
Pirates! by Celia Rees about a runaway plantation slave
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Ask your librarian for other suggestions or look around at bn.com(Barnes and Noble website)

Answer 4

Try a series called Clearwater Crossing. I think the author is Laura Peyton Roberts.

Answer 5

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ is an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into the troubled life of an
adolescent. Writing candidly about
his parents’ marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and ‘misunderstood intellectual’, teenager Adrian Mole’s painfully honest diary makes hilarious and compelling reading.

"Pandora and I are in love! It is official! She told Claire Nelson, who told Nigel, who told me. I told Nigel to tell Claire to tell Pandora that I return her love. I am over the moon with joy. I can overlook the fact that Pandora smokes five Benson and Hedges a day and has her own lighter. When you are in love such things cease to matter. "

Answer 6

There is a series by Cynthia Voight that is really great. I forget the name of it exactly though. You could also try reading the classics...enjoy real literature.

Answer 7

Try the American Girl series.

Answer 8

Try the "Anne of Green Gables" series. Very heartwarming and funny and engaging.

Answer 9

Anything by S.E. Hinton! I am a middle-school teacher and can tell you that Hinton books are loved by boys and girls alike. I loved them as a child & they are still perfectly relevant and current.

Answer 10

i always liked books from s.e.hinton,exsample -the outsiders,the book is nothing like the show on t.v.! he also wrote the book -that was then ,this is now...these books r stories about teenage kids and the problems they go through...look the author up and i think u will like them!