What is the best teen book ever written, in your opinion?
Is it something current or a bit older?
[I'm hoping everyone doesn't say Harry Potter]
2007-06-20 18:18:20 · 14 answers · asked by Kait 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I agree with most of you.
I don't think I could pick just one.
Twilight & New Moon are amazing.
As are the Anne of Green Gables books
1984 is one of my favorite books, but I don't think I would consider it a teen book.
2007-06-20 19:05:49 · update #1
I'm biased toward American teen books so I'll choose The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. It's a great read for both boys and girls.
2007-06-21 05:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite teen book is a literary series called "Anne of Green Gables." It takes place in 19th century Canada where Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken in by an elderly brother and sister living together and she changes their lives.
Three movies were made about it as well as an animated TV series on PBS (by the way, the third movie made about it was crap since it wasn't based on the book series).
Harry Potter is good too, but not as good as "Anne." I also read the Nancy Drew book series as a pre-teen and loved it.
2007-06-20 18:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The John Marsden series which starts with 'Tomorrow When the War Began' was a fantastic reading experience for my son when he was a teenager. It addresses all sorts of hot issues that teenagers are just becoming aware of- war, politics, racism, friendships that get blurred by sex, peer relationships, death and so on- but it does it from the perspective of the teenagers in the middle of a brilliantly written, fast-paced adventure. Impossible to put down. I got hooked on the books too!
2007-06-20 22:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by Cassandra C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay for current, I LOVE Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. AWESOME books.
Then for older, I agree with the above. Try Anne of Green Gables. Movies are great too.
2007-06-20 19:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
those are some good teenage books that I even have study: >The Noughts and Crosses sequence (Noughts and Crosses, Knife part, Checkmate, Double bypass) - Malorie Blackman >The Stuff of Nightmares - Malorie Blackman >Ruby purple - Linzi Glass >Waves via Sharon Dogar >The Catcher interior the Rye - J.D. Salinger >The Butterfly Tattoo - Philip Pullman >Cathy's e book, Cathy's Key - Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman >The statement, The Resistance - Gemma Malley >Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin >someplace else - Gabrielle Zevin >The Boy interior the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne >His dark aspects (Northern lighting fixtures (aka The Golden Compass), the state-of-the-paintings Knife, The Amber Spyglass) - Philip Pullman yet another e book i admire that isn't aimed in direction of babies: >Jane Eyre via Charlotte Bronte wish this enables!
2016-09-28 05:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best teenager books ever written are Lirael and Abhorsen, the Eragon trilogy, A School for Sorcery, Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen, Abarat and it's sequel, Dragon and Thief, The House of the Scorpions, Fairest, Witch Child, and plenty of others.
Even though you asked for one book, it was too hard because these books are great in their own way.
2007-06-20 18:42:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
So many...possibly my top two:
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'dell- fairly current
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank- older
2007-06-20 19:26:26 · answer #7 · answered by Elly 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Current:
Anything by Jodi Picoult. At least for me. I am perfectly happy with any of her books to keep me company.
Older:
I LOVE Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
2007-06-20 19:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by awesomeredhead 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me it is a tie between The Catcher in the Rye and The Day No Pigs Would Die.
2007-06-20 18:33:11 · answer #9 · answered by speranzacampbell 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Luthiel's Song!! Fantastic! I also loved HP, Twilight, and Eragon.
2007-06-20 18:21:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋