recommend books for a very advanced 12 year old reader?

Question

my cousin is a very advanced 12 year old reader, she has read books like my sisters keeper from jodi picoult, and roket boys(rocket boys at age 10 with no prob) and wicked(also at 10) so, what are some books you would recommend, what otherjodi picoult books would you recommend? it is so hard to find descent books lately. thanxxx

Answer 1

"The Girl Who Owned a City" by OT Nelson
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Owned-Young-Adult-Fiction/dp/0822596709/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195857788&sr=1-2
"A killing virus has swept the earth, sparing only children through the age of twelve. There is chaos everywhere, even in formely prosperous mid-America. Gangs and fierce armies of children begin to form almost immediately. It would be the same for the children on Grand Avenue but for Lisa, a yen-year-old girl who becomes their leader. Because of Lisa, they have food, even toys, in abundance. And now they can protect themselves from the fierce gangs that roam the neighborhoods. But for how long? Then Lisa conceives the idea of a fortress, a city in which the children could live safely and happily always, and she intends to lead them there"

Answer 2

here are some other Jodi Picoult books

Nineteen Minutes
Vanishing Acts: A Novel
Picture Perfect
I also recommend these similar authors
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See

Answer 3

Personally, if she is that advanced, get her started on high school materials. The library has lists of "must read" books for any generation (the internet does too.) A few I can think of are: Fahrenheit 451, Great Expectations, the Odyssey, some shakespeare like Much Ado About Nothing, or as simple as Romeo and Juliet. She'll need that background. My 15 yr old nephew is reading Fahrenheit 451 right now in school (one of my favs.) Be around incase she doesn't get a concept, or give her a dictionary to compliment the learning.

Good luck.

Windy

Answer 4

Twilight is a very poorly written book. If you would like another vampire book that is well written i would go for the work by Anne Rice, but if that is TOO advanced, i'd try The Darren Shan Saga, which is in the teen section. Be careful though, he has 2 sets of books out, make sure the first book you read is Cirque Du Freak i also enjoyed Of Mice & Men, and An Insepctor Calls (Though that is a play) Catcher in the Rye is another classic i couldn't put down

Answer 5

hi, theese are some of them i'v read:

harry potter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dragon Rider, Ink Heart, Ink Spell By C. Funke
Darby
the truth cookie
goose bumps
b.f.g.
sinenpoo seris
Glitter girls
my story's e.g. surviveing sydney cove 1790 and 1942 the bombing of darwin ( so yearh the my story seris)
star dust
picture perfect
the lion the witch and the wardrobe
roddy doyle
chalottes webb (ccute)

but most of all this is the best!)

Alone on a wide wide sea by Michael Morpurgo.

hes a 60 yr old man telling his story of how when he was a child he was seperated from his sis kitty. he gets taken to australia and put on farm at the age of 5 i think. he is a slave he meets some good people and when hes older has a daughter and plans a trip bak to england to find his long lost sister and find our what the key means (when he left his sis she gave him a key- he calls it the lucky key)

but we he make the journey
that was a bit about the story
heres the blurb from the book:

THERE WERE DOZENS OF US ON THE SHIP, BOYS, GIRLS. WE WERE OF TO AUSTRALIA, IT MIGHT AS WELL BEEN THE MOON.

Orphaned in WW11, Arthur is separated from his sister and sent to the other side of the world. There his extraordanary journey continues as his friend Marty Survive brutal captivity on a working farm find a new family with eccentic Aunty Meg and her animals, and discover their talent for designing yachts.

Sixty years later, Arthur's Daunghter Allie sets sail single-handed in a yacht sesignded by her father, derermind to find his long lost sister in england. Can her family love stretch across time and the vastness of the oceans? And will threads of Arthurs life finally come together

Answer 6

Whatever your cousin reads at this age may influence her tastes a lot in the future. I remember I was rummaging through the library and found Anne Rice's The Queen of the Damned, and it was all downhill from there. Actually, it was a really good series, and many of her books are pretty good reads, until the later years. Yes, there is some inappropriate material in there, but there probably will be in anything someone at an advanced reading level will encounter. Anne Rice's the Mayfair Witches trilogy is great!

Answer 7

I would recomend the His Dark Materials series (The Golden Compass), the Harry Potter series, Inkheart and Inkspell, the Artemis Fowl series, the Inheritance trilogy (Eragon) and the Maximum Ride series.

Answer 8

I have answered this question so many times, I decided to dedicate a web site to answer this question. Here it is:

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 along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Reader's Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books.

I hope this helps.

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

Answer 9

Watership Down and Ursla le Guin's Earthsea Trilolgy

Answer 10

Twilight- Stephenie Meyer <-- a MUST read.
Gregor the Underlander- Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter- JK Rowling