I need some YA books :D?

Question

It's summer time for me right now and I would like to read some YA books. They don't have to be YA books, but I prefer them. Please don't recommend series that are pretty well-known like Twilight and Harry Potter. Thanks so much!
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Also, I need to pick a summer reading book and I am thinking of picking So Long and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adam. Is that a pretty good book? I read Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and I loved it especially Marvin!

Answer 1

The Other Sister
Forever in Blue
To Kill a Mockingbird
Catcher in the Rye

Answer 2

I noticed your profile name and just recently requested a YA book from the library you might like (I haven't read it yet, but it sounds like something you'd like). It is called The Fire Thief and is the first in a trilogy by Terry Deary. The books are a re-telling of the Prometheus legend.

Another really good series of books are the Mediator books by Meg Cabot which are about a girl who helps ghosts move on to another plane of existence using some unorthodox methods. It is humorous, adventurous and romantic. Not to mention it is a complete series so you're not waiting around for the next one to come out.

A couple more urban fantasy type stories are the Faerie trilogy by Holly Black with the Tithe/Valiant/Ironside books and a relatively new release called City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.

If you don't want a series book and if you're an open minded person I just read a book called Wide Awake by David Levithan which is a futuristic (but not science fiction) view of what happens when a homosexual/Jewish president is elected after a nationwide "Great Depression". It is told from a teen supporter of the president elect's point of view.

Yes, I agree with moving on with the Hitchhikers books! So Long and Thanks for All The Fish is actually the third book so if you haven't read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe yet you should read that one first.

Answer 3

If you've read Hitchhiker's, read "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" before "So Long and Thanks for All The Fish". The whole series is wonderfully funny, it's a shame more people don't appreciate it. I've also just picked up Cassandra Clare's "City of Bones", sharply written with witty, clever characters. It's the first of a planned trilogy, and now I have to be patient until book 2 is released next spring....
There are always the "Wrinkle in Time" books, and how about Homer Hickam's "Rocket Boys"? If you're looking for something a little heavier, there's always "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Happy Reading!

Answer 4

A Wrinkle in Time - Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time.
Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

This is the first in a series of books the others are:
2. Wind in the Door
3. A Swiftly Tilting Planet
4. Many Waters
5. An Acceptable Time

I read these when I was 13 and again when I was 22. I enjoyed them both times. Just goes to show you can love a really great story at any age. But they are written for YAs.

Answer 5

You should definitely read a new book called The Alchemyst: the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott. It is the start of a new series and a couple of the main characters are 15-year-old twins who, it turns out, are part of an ancient prophecy. I highly recommend it. It starts out with action, and you just have to keep reading.

A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb is an excellent idea if you want a different kind of "ghost" story.

If you like fairy tales and fantasy, try Mercedes Lackey's book The Fairy Godmother. This one is fine for teens and adults. It's a lot of fun.

Answer 6

Hehe that is kind of a silly thing to get in an argument over does it really matter? (the whole death being a boy or girl I mean). Not all anime fans hate comics, and the ones who do usually don't know anything other than the standard super hero comics. The whole argument about comics being unrealistic, unreliable, horrible art, and cliché can all be said of manga too it just depends on peoples personal tastes. I will however say that as a girl the anime/manga community is nicer and there isn’t the whole, “You’re a girl so you have to proof to me that you really are a fan before I accept you,” crap that the comic and gamer fandoms have. I like both, but I generally prefer manga.

Answer 7

Here are some of my favorite YA authors:
Kathryn Lasky
Isobel Bird
Cate Tiernan
Vivian Vande Velde
Lois Duncan
Lois Lowry
Lloyd Alexander
K. A. Applegate
Pete Hautman

Answer 8

If you like Hitchhiker, you will love Piers Anthony and his Xanth series, which are with regular sci-fi/fantasy books, but are very accessable to YA.

Another series I recommend is called Dark Angel by Meredith Ann Pierce, which is YA. Its about a vampire and servant girl. The first book is "Dark Angel", then "Gathering of Gargoyles" and the final book is "Pearl to the Soul of the World".

Answer 9

If you like video games and best friends stories I think you might like my novel GAMEPLAYER: The Genesis Portal.
GAMEPLAYER follows the adventures of Nine-dog, Gator and Louie; three racially diverse buddies growing up in the skateboarding, video gaming obsessed Santa Monica, California beach life-style.
It's available at the normal online sites like amazon, B&N, Borders, etc. and as an ebook on mobipocket.com.
You can check it out further and read the prologue on my site www.myspace.com/gameplayerbook.
Not meant as a commercial just a suggestion,
Gary Anderson

Answer 10

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Wonderful story.

You might also like to try some of the other classics, like Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), and Jane Austen's novels or Edith Whartons. All historical fiction, but good.