I'm a girl and I'm twelve! I really don't feel like reading anything inappropriate!
2007-12-22 23:47:33 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" by Bradley Steffens tells the fascinating, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method. It was just chosen by California Readers to be part of the 2008 California Collection. You can find reviews of the book and a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/
2007-12-24 09:01:13 · answer #1 · answered by Centaur 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pellinor series
Lord of the Rings
Inheritance Trilogy/Quartet
Fairest
A Countess Below Stairs
Star Wars
Bartimeaus Trilogy
Outlaws of Sherwood
Spindle's End
Hero and the Crown
Beauty
Rose Daughter
The Blue Sword
Artemis Fowl
Harry Potter
Charlie Bone
Farsala Trilogy
The Goose Girl/Enna Burning/River Secrets
Stoneheart Trilogy
The Edge on the Sword
Princess Academy
Wildwood Dancing
Once Upon a Time series
Underland Chronicles
Stravaganza series
Heralds of Vademar
Dragon's Keep
Time Windows
Heir Apparent
2007-12-23 09:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by ◊ ·~Firebird~· ◊ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem you do. You could always do what I always do and read the first couple of pages in the book before you start reading them. that will give you an insight into what they will be like. it always helps me.
I don't know what you are really into or what you have already read, but when I was twelve I absolutely loved the Dear America Series. They were Historically acurate and really reads. My absolute favorite one was "Standing in the light: the captive diary of Catherine Carey Logan." But the rest were just as good.
You could also always go to a high school teacher in your area and get a reading list from them. this way you are one up when you get to High School. It's what I did, and not only did I love the books that I read, but I didn't have to reread them and I had more time during school to focus on other things.
hope this helped and I hope you find something you want to read.
2007-12-23 13:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by Space Age 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about "The Hobbit" and the three books "Lord of the Rings" After that you could read all the Tom Clancy series, Harry Potter, The Dune series, If you like stories of the sea - the Hornblower books. Then there are the works of Mark Twain,. Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Cannery Row, How about the stories by Robert Lewis Stevenson: Kidnapped, Treasure Island.
If you wade through all of these, ask again and you can have another list. The books listed above will take about 1 to 2 years to read assuming you do so regularly.
2007-12-23 07:54:37 · answer #4 · answered by organbuilder272 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You might like these:
- Georgia Nicholson Series by Lousie Rennison
- Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
- Hannah Montana by Various Authors
- Harry Potter by J.K Rowling ( if you haven't read)
- The Little Princess by Frances Hodgens Burnett
- Ballet Shoes by Noel Stretfield
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
There are loads that I know of. Hope I helped a bit =) The Vampire Kisses books are awesome.
Any more questions email me on kathryn.28@hotmail.com
2007-12-23 09:03:28 · answer #5 · answered by kaffrink28 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll list some books, seperated w/ slashes.
Ida B./Ruby Holler/Bloomability/Double Dutch/A Wrinkle In Time/Many Waters/An Acceptable Time/A Girl Named Disaster/The Cay/Timothy And The Cay
Note- These books are on 4th-7th grade reading levels.
2007-12-23 07:53:37 · answer #6 · answered by evazadam 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm also an avid reader, and there are some reall great books I discovered at your age that are still my favorite books three years later!
I'd recommend "The Giver", by Lois Lowry, and also "Gathering Blue", by the same author. I read them when I turned twelve, and fell in love with them.
My favorite book of all time is "Life of Pi", about a boy from India who must survive on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. It's a really beautiful book, and I can read it over and over again without getting bored.
A really hilarious book that has a lot of British humor in it, but is also really interesting philosophically, is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", by Douglas Adams. My 11-year-old sister is reading it, and thinks it's a lot of fun.
Good luck finding some fun books to read!
2007-12-23 07:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by Heartitude 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here are 2 website links for 2 favs in our home. Stephenie Meyer writes the Twighlight Series and Meg Cabot writes more than several cool series...The Mediator Series, in particular, is cool.
**Also, there is an amazing book called, ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/
http://www.megcabot.com/
2007-12-23 07:52:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any book by Meg Cabot. I love her books! there's Princess Diaries series, Avalon High, The Mediator series, All American Girl, How To Be Popular
http://www.megcabot.com/princessdiaries/pd_v9_princessmia.php
http://www.megcabot.com/mediator/mediator_twilight.php
http://www.megcabot.com/allamericangirl/aag_allamericangirl.php
http://www.megcabot.com/avalonhigh/avalonhigh.php
http://www.megcabot.com/howtobepopular/howtobepopular.php
Hope i could help
Merry Christmas
2007-12-23 07:55:15 · answer #9 · answered by minx7♪♫ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Like the flowing river
The Alchemist
The Witch of Portobello
Chinese Cinderella
I think you'll like Chinese Cinderella
2007-12-23 08:35:32 · answer #10 · answered by Once Upon a Dreamღ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋