what are some books that are good for a 12 year old to read, more info included.?

Question

i enjoy reading, i enjoy longer books roughly 500+pages as they take me a weekend-week to read, could you please help me in choosing books by naming a few authors/books maybe? thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Wolf Tower, Wolf Star and Wolf Queen by Tanith Lee

Answer 2

Pre-eminently, J.R.R. Tolkien. "The Lord of the Rings" is certainly 500+ pp. His other pieces are all very much shorter. "The Silmarillion" isn't really his; Christopher, his son, assembled it from the manuscripts his father left unpublished and did a mediocre job of it (which he has since totally redeemed by multi-volume "The History of Middle-earth," in which he presents and analyses the material very well indeed).
Anything by Diana Wynne Jones or Diane Duane will be shorter, but if you think of their series as multi-volume novels, you get up to more than that length.
I also suggest C.S. Lewis' space trilogy (apparently worthless as science fiction, until you realize that the only actual science involved is theology): "Out of the Silent Planet," "Perelandra," "That Hideous Strength." In the last one, please ignore the anti-feminist attitude, if you can; remember that the man was born in 1898. (He was writing at the end of World War II.)
Okay, that's off the top of my head, because I love fantasy and think everyone ought to read some good ones, most especially young people.
For a ridiculously conventional answer: Does anybody know any 500+ p. books about horses, ballet, or any of the other sterotypical interest for 12yo girls?

Answer 3

Lois Lowry and Gail Carson Levine are good authors, but they're books are usually on the short side, less than 500 pages. It's mostly fantasy or science fiction.

The Maximum Ride Trilogy is very good. It's about 6 mutant kids, science experiments. 1 is 6 yrs old, one 8yrs old, one 12 yrs old, and three are 14 yrs olds. they do a lot of traveling and they fight bad guys, the scientists who experimented on them, fighting for their lives and trying to save the world. It's by James Patterson, and not quite 500 pages.

One good book is my Sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult. it's about a girl who sues her parents. Her sister has this rare leukemia and she's the perfect donar, but if she stops, her sister will die. So basically, the life of her sister rests on the outcome of the trial.

Twilight series by Stephenie meyer is also a very good. the second book is called New moon and the third one coming out in August is called Eclipse. It's about a girl who moves from Phoenix, Arizona, to Forks, Washington. She hates Forks since it was the complete opposite of Phoneix. It was rainy and wet and hardly ever saw the sun. But that little fact made it possible for a family of vampires to live there. upon meeting the family, she falls head-over-heels for the "youngest" son. So now she's in love with a vampire that craves her blood. Things go from bad to worse as time goes and more vampires come into the area, and they are not of the friendly type. Werewolves are introduced in the second book and things take a whole new twist as the peace between vampire and werewolf rests souly on her shoulders.

Answer 4

I would recommend:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Inkheart and Inkspell, both by Cornelia Funke

If you want to read some books that are long, but aren't as long as those three, I'd pick:

Here Today by Ann M. Martin
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (this is for more mature readers, if you know what I mean)

And other books that are just good to read:

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Any book by Ann M. Martin
The Shadow Children Sequence by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Hope I helped!

Answer 5

Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer. I am 14, and started reading the series when I was 12. Books mature as they progress- 2 yrs on and I read these books time and time again.

Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. Great books and last book of the trilogy yet to come out. My twin sis and besties all love them.

Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I read this when I was 13, and i understood most of it. Have a go, if it's over your head, put it aside for a while. It's still a brilliantly creative book.

Looking for Alibrandi and Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta are great books when you wanna have a good cry. I just finished reading Saving Francesca, and my eyes are still red. I found these great for inspiration, and they are not very difficult- just a bit of foul language.

Now i am just going to list some authors- cuz i hate typing
Lemony snicket
Elyne Mitchell
Edith Pattou
L.M Montgomery -Anne of green gables
C.S Lewis

Research them on the net

Answer 6

I love to read too and i am 12. I think that good books that are long are Harry Potter, Eragon, Magyk, Lord of the Rings, Lord Theif, Atremis Fowl. Some books that aren't long, but have strong vocabulary are The Series of Unfortunate Events. Those books are entertaining. Some more books are Where the Red Fern Grows, Royal Diaries Books, Children of the Lamp, and many more i'll get back to you when i can think of more.

Answer 7

When it comes to books, size doesn't matter. I was reading Steinbeck and Hemingway at your age, and twelve years later I'm going back an rereading a lot of the books I read back then. But if I remember that I didn't like it then (Grapes of Wrath) I'm not bothering a second time. So of my favorite books are shorter stories, under 200 pages.

The Nick Adams Stories is a compilation of Hemingway's stories focusing on a semi-biographical stories. This is boyish reading, so it may not be your thing.

If you really want heavy reading look into Jodi Picoult. She covers a lot of heavy subjects about families, girls and social issues.

Do you still use the really thick text book in your English classes? I found myself thumbing through it instead of reading along in classes, and I would have to hold my finger at the place where the rest of the class was in case I was called on to read. If you find yourself doing that, make notes of the authors you enjoy reading, and look up their other works.

I really like Douglas Coupland, lots of crazy stuff going on in his books.

Answer 8

Well, if you are looking for long, try Gone With the Wind or Ben Hur.

Here are some slightly shorter books you might enjoy:
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Anne of Green Gables by Montegomery
Treasure Island by Steveson
Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Conford
A Room of My Own by Tatlock
No Promises in the Wind by Hunt
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith
Girl of the Limberlost by Porter
Marley and Me by Grogan
The Acorn People by Jones
The Treasure Box by Stokes

Answer 9

Jane Eyre the large Gatsby Wuthering Heights something via Jane Austen The China backyard(not a classic) somebody such as you This Lullaby the actuality approximately perpetually in basic terms pay attention summer season of my German Soldier To capture a Prince communicate Sisterhood of the travelling Pants sequence

Answer 10

there are a lot of good suggestion so far
here are a couple of authors you might want to check out
Piers Anthony ( xanth series)
Tamara Pierce
Lois Duncan
Brian Jacques ( redwall series)
Rita mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown (the Mrs Murphy Mysteries)
i think authors would be challenging enough and yet they keep it clean.
good luck i hope you find some good new books to read :)