Advanced reader in need of books.?

Question

I'm 14 and I read at an advanced level. My mom doesn't want my "brain to rot" as she says. I really like science fiction and adventure. I like books about teenagers and stuff that I can relate to which is why I don't usually read at my level. I don't like anything with vampires or mythological creators (unless you consider aliens myth. Because, I love aliens.)

Thanks so much for your help!!!!!

Answer 1

Try a series call:
His Dark Materials-
It's a trilogy of books definately set in the fictional realm and does require an advanced reading level. Sorry, there are no aliens in it, but the fictional part isn't cheesy or childish. It has a lot of college level vocabulary and the plot involves some pretty deep stuff and it will make you think. I'm on the last of the three books right now and I have to admit I'm still very entertained. It borrows some elements from some major contributers in literary history.

Answer 2

Orson Scott Card--Ender's Game and the books about Bean are great. Pete Hautman's Rash is very cool.

Have you read all the Heinlien juveniles?

Goodman, Alison. Singing the Dogstar Blues, 2003. Y
In a future Australia, the saucy eighteen-year-old daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor teams up with a hermaphrodite from the planet Choria in a time travel adventure.

Gould, Steven. Jumper, 1992. Y
An adventure and romance story full of ethical challenges about a 17-year old young man with innate teleporting ("jumping") talent.

Willis, Connie. To Say Nothing of the Dog; or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last, 1998. SF
Time traveler Ned Henry goes from 2057 to 1888 and finds another time traveler's mistake. He must correct this mistake before it alters the course of history. Part time-travel, part mystery, part comedy of errors.

Christopher, John. The White Mountains, 1967. J, Y
Will Parker and his companions make a dangerous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants. The first in a trilogy.

Answer 3

Hmmm......Isaac Asimov, HG Wells, and George Orwell might be some authors to check out.
Go to the library and just browse through the sci-fi section, and start picking things out. If you like it, keep reading it, if not find something different. :)

Thought of one more...Garth Nix is pretty good too. It's a little bit more fantasy, some of the books deal with things like the dead coming back to life, but there are no vampires.

Answer 4

Check out Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, and James Rollins. They're at least college level, but I started reading Cussler when I was in my early teens. Cussler's awesome, his main characters are my superheroes, and Du Brul and Rollins have similar writing styles and storylines. If you like historical fiction, take a look at James Michener and William Martin. You say you like aliens? Check out John Ringo's Posleen War series and Von Neumann's War.

Answer 5

The stories by authors listed below do not really have teenage characters, but I started reading them in my teens and really enjoyed them.

Authors whose sci-fi/fantasy I like are:

Ray Bradbury
C.S. Lewis
Madeleine L'Engle
Isaac Asimov
Frank Herbert
H.G. Wells
Jules Verne
Frederik Pohl
Ron L. Hubbard

If you read the website from the link below, it will give you a brief overview of each author's stuff. Plus, it tells you their belief/faith background. Amazing how many sci-fi authors are aethiests!

http://www.adherents.com/adh_sf.html

Answer 6

Try reading HG Wells's "The Time Machine"

Answer 7

Go to a bookstore like Borders and Barns and Noble and just browse. Sit in a comfy chair and start reading they have endless choices for your smart lil mind :)

Answer 8

have you read the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series? i love it! i'm thirteen by the way. it took me a while to read the paragraphs with all the big words, but the plot isVERY interesting.
(but it probably isnt a book for manic xenophobes)

Answer 9

I'm 14 as well and I'm reading Rain Fall.
It's great so far.