I'm currently out of books to read. Keep it clean. Have read Tolkien & Austen. Am 12. Christian is cool.?

Question

Can't get through Dickens. Christian books are nice. If it's a new release, my library probably doesn't have it. Remember, I AM 12!

Answer 1

Watership Down.
Animal Farm
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Slapstick
The Children of Men

Answer 2

Have you read any of Frank Peretti's books? They are all really good. Some of them are adventure stories and some more like fantasy and some rather scary or intense but all have a good Christian moral to them (though not preachy). I don't think they would be too much for someone who's 12.
-Monster
-House (with Ted Dekker)
-Piercing the Darkness
-This Present Darkness
-The Oath
-The Prophet
-The Visitation
-The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: 1-4: Door in the Dragon's Throat, Escape From the Island of Aquarius, The Tombs of Anak, and Trapped At The Bottom Of The Sea; 5-8: The Secret of the Desert Stone, The Deadly Curse of Toco-Rey, The Legend of Annie Murphey, Flying Blind
-The Veritas Project series: Hangman's Curse; Nightmare Academy
-Tilly (poignant)

Other really good books are:
-Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (I loved that when I was around your age)
-The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
-A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
-The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
-Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
-Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
-The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; The Magician's Nephew; The Last Battle)
-The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
-Heidi by Johanna Spyri
-Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

There's also a very good/very long series by a Christian author named Gilbert Morris. It starts around the 1600s and follows the Winslow family right into the present. The 1st of the series is The Honorable Imposter, 2-The House of Winslow.

Another enjoyable series is The Gresham Chronicles by Lawanna Blackwell (a Christian author): 1-The Widow of Larkspur Inn; 2-The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter; 3-The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark.

Jane Peart is yet another Christian writer who has a good series called the Brides of Montclair series that starts in the 1700s and goes into the present. Book 1-The Valiant Heart, 2-The Ransomed Bride, etc.

If you are looking for other Christian writers, try Madeleine L'Engle, G. K. Chesterton, Eugenia Price and Grace Livingston Hill.

If you enjoy mysteries, try reading any book by Agatha Christie or Phyllis A. Whitney.

Answer 3

You may be 12 but you are reading at about the same level I was reading when I was your age. I am now 60. I wasn't as picky as you are now, but back then the books were not so risque like they are today. However, if you like fantasy try Dennis L. McKiernan, very good reading and I think you will enjoy some of,if not all of his works.
Another author is Ursula K. LeGuin, her Earthsea trilogy is probably what got a lot of us reading fantasy and/or writing fantasy too.
If you become ready to move up to more mature adult fiction try Matthew Reilly who is in my (and George Clooney, the actor) opinion the greatest thriller writer on the planet today.
He has a movie based on some of his early works coming out sometime soon by Disney called Hovercar or Hovercraft Racer. Then there will be a movie based on his very first book called Contest which is a sort of sci-fi. Next will be a fast-pace movie based on his book Ice Station and it will star George Clooney. Have fun and enjoy.

Answer 4

Look at these:

http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book, and a "reader's choice" list of favorite books. Also included is a summary of adult content in the books that should be helpful. I especially recommend The Sword in the Stone and A Once and Future King, which have a few strong Christian elements.

I also recommend Katherine Kurtz's Deryni novels, especially her "Camber of Culdi" series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deryni_novels#The_Legends_of_Camber_of_Culdi . These are not included in my list because I recognize my own Christian bias for these books, excellent for any Christian. The books take place in a setting similar to medieval England, and The Church (very similar to the Church of England) is pervasive in nearly all aspects of the lives of the characters. Indeed, most of the "magicians" are also priests, and "white magic" is deeply connected to religious ritual, angels and prayer to God. In other words, the characters themselves cannot tell the difference between what we might call "white magic" and miracles. Still, the T.H. White books are better in quality, though less specifically Christian in content. Note also that there *are* some adult topics *mentioned* in Kurtz's books - for example, it is mentioned that one noble keeps a catamite, and the King's incestuous relationship with his sister is mentioned, but there is nothing explicit.

I hope this helps.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 5

Madeleine L'Engle included subtle Christian themes in many of her books, though you'd have to read them a few times to really get it. I've read A Wrinkle In Time several times over a period of 11 years and I'm still discovering hidden subtexts and themes. If you've already read the Time Quartet, she had another series which starts with Meet The Austins.

I also started getting into the classics at your age. Try Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.

Answer 6

Hm... well that's a little hard to judge since I was hauling my butt to the adult section when I was twelve.

You can't go wrong with the classic The Giver by Lois Lowry, though. Another by that author that's good, Gathering Blue.
If you don't mind a tiny bit of gore and a whole lot of supernatural, Blood and Chocolate is good.

The Magic Circle series is decent as well.
Hmm....I've read so many books though, I can't remember them all. Plus, I'm older and most of the stuff I read now is most decidely not appropriate.

Answer 7

The Door Within series by Wayne Thomas Batson
Dragonspell series by Donita K. Paul

Answer 8

The Canterbury Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Jack London, Tina Gianquitto

Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Jonathan Swift

Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic Series #1)
by Tamora Pierce

You should be able to find all of these at your local library or you can order them online at b&n. I think you should read Sandry's Book first. My fav. Tell me if you choose to read it. Would make my day.

Answer 9

Read lots of books by Eoin Colfer. Start with The Wish List; if you like that, do Half Moon Investigations or The Supernaturalist; and if you want to become one of the billion Colfer-obsessed people like moi, read the Artemis Fowl series.

Answer 10

Try The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare, and The Bronze Bow, by the same author.

Also try books in the YA section by Gary Paulsen and Avi.