Category: Teen Topics
hey everyone. i'm 20, but i like to read some books for teens. what are some of your favorites? one of mine is "killing mr. griffin" by Lois duncan. it's about these kids who plan to kidnap one of their teachers and take him and tie him up in the woods. they mean it as a joke. they leave him there for a little while, not knowing he has heart problems. it's a really good book.
thanks for recommending that book, ill check it out.
sounds good .....bloodthirsty vampire?
Frederick Forsyth and Jack Higgins are very good thriller writers and we certainly enjoyed them when we were teenagers. Also there is the ubiquitous Harry Potter. How about Dick Francis? I read a couple of those when I was a teenager and enjoyed them. Dick Francis is a former jocky and most of his thrillers are based in a horse-racing setting, but there's a lot more to them than horse-racing.
hmmm let me think. Some teen books. I really enjoyed saving jessica, and hunter in the dark. I also liked the chicken soup for the tenaged soul books to. They were great! When I was a preeteen I enjoyed babysitter's club hahaha.
I like comming-of-age stuff like The Catcher in the Rye and Red Sky at Morning. But I must admit I do like those teen girl romance series like The Princess Diaries and the Georgia Nicolson books.
Walk Two Moons, Absolutely Normal Chaos, both by Sharon Chreech.
The Hatchet Series, by Gary Pulson.
Foxfire, a Confession of a 1950's Girl gang, by Joyce Carol Oats.
The Alice Series, by Phylis Naylor.
Cortney
Love Sharon Creech. Also read those as well as Chasing Redbird, Bloomabilittty, and The Wanderer.
Speak by Laurie Haltz Anderson, Someone Like You by Anna Dessen ... um ... those are girlie books though. For boy ones, The Outsider's, ... um ... The Perks of Being a Wallflower ... for both boys and girls, Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The list goes on though. Caitlin
Speaking of fantasy series, how about The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper?
Hmm. I always loved The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison. White Oleander by Janet Finch. The Outsiders (authors name eludes me). I agree with KRISME: Princess Diaries serioes was pretty goo. Also I absolutely LOVE To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.
Susan Cooper rocks! And the Outsider's is S. E. Hinton, love that book! Have yet to read To Kill a Mockingbird, taht's next semester, yay!
Oh you'll love Mockingbird. I had to read it for English in eighth and ninth grade and the ninth grade test on it was a lot easier than the eighth grade one.
Yeah I've heard Mockingbird is wonderful. We're reading Of Mice and Men right now, I like it so far.
Well... I like all of the chicken soup series, Speak(Awesome book!), freak the mighty, Danielle Stell books, and some others.
Hmmm, I have english next term and we have to read kill a mockin bird (How interesting??) LOL
KC
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As for books, I liked, The Chicken Soup Series, and let's see......
I like Gary Paulson's work, and Sharon Creech, and E. B. White has some good books for teens are by Jean Thesman.
The Chicken Soup books are great, especially when you're a discussion group leader on a retreat. They usually get people talking.
Harry potter is one of my favorite's.
tomorrow when the war began series by John Marsdan go ask alice, outsiders, power of one, tandia, And anything else by brice courtenay.
Sharon Creech, Speak, E. B. White, Gary Paulsen, Outsiders, Harry Potter of course lol, Chicken Soup ... all this is good stuff. By the way finished Of Mice and Men and loved it. Also like to recommend Someone Like You by Sara Dessen ... very good book for girls. Oh I already did, well I can't recommend that one enough. All your suggestions are bringing back such good memories heheh. ... Also for middle schoolers, I just read two good ones: The Misfits and Flipped, very cute, both are good for boys and girls. Also, the Louise Rennison books, the Georgia nicolson series. As I say, the list goes on and on and never ends!
No one mentioned The sisterhood of the Traveling pants or
The Second Summer of The sisterhood. Both fantastic books. I'm re-reading them now and am planning on buying the third one on Cd now that it's out.
Totally check out the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabbot. I mean, it may sound really childish, but the way she expresses it totally isn't. I also like Driver's Ed, Whatever Happened to Janie, and He Loves me Not by Coony. They're awesome!
Just checked out one for middle schoolers, hehehe, I don't mind reading books below and above my age range as you can see. This one's clled Claudia and apparently there's one before that called Hello Claudia, and one after called Claudia And Duffy. Very cute books, these.
although i am no longer a teen, I loved to read the sweet valley high series! lots of them though! Has any one else read any of these?? smile- angel
I liked reading Speak, (met the author in my junior year), of course Harry Potter, and a book by Terry Trueman called Stuck in Neutral narrated by a boy with Cerebral Palsy.
If someone hasn't already mentioned this one, I'd recommend the book Speak.
definitely read my sisters keeper, or twilight, or ... hmm, oh yes, star girl, and most definitely shade's children, these are currently my favorite books
Don't ask me! Lol! I don't read teen books! Lol! I read classics.
My two favorite authors are
Jane Austin, and Charles Dickens!
sorry was bored and going through old board topics..someone like you, just read it not too long agoe, awesome book. speak was good, of mice and men, to kill a mockingbird..but i reallly like books like someone like you or speak. keep the suggestions coming guys!
Go on BookShare and look through the Teens section, for all you who have it. There are some truly wonderful ones showing up there recently. Lots of Princess Diaries are finally showing up, too, plus more Laurie Halse Anderson and Sarah Dessen! Woohoo!!!
yeah i just read, dreamland by Sarah desson, good book
I have a suggestion.
Read "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer. It's like the hottest book out right now.
It's awesome! Fantasy, romance, action, suspense... All rolled into a series of novels! :)
I liked all the books by s.e. hinton. they are all good.
Down A Dark Hall, by the same author who wrote Killing Mr. Griffin.
Also, A Gift Of Magic, by that same author. A lot of her books are good. I'm truly odd, but the Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events are really really weird, HarryPotter is good too.
Seconding Sarah Dessen, definitely. She's amazing. No particular book, just read them all.
Also Francesca Lia Block, although most of hers are sort of alternative and some are a bit heavier than you might like. The Weetzie Bat series in particular.
I'm a huge S.E. Hinton fan--everything I've read of hers has been wonderful.
Probably others, I'll have to think about it.
Oh, and, I really really want to read the Stephenie Meyer series, if I can ever find it.
My favorite book by Sarah Dessen is called The Truth About Forever. That book was great. I also read a book called The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, though I can't remember the author right now. Hmmm, what else, there's this book called Where I Want To Be, by Adele Griffin. Awesome book. And I disagree with the fact that The Perks Of Being a Wallflower should be recommended for boys, I liked that book a lot. It had references to Nirvana, so you can't go wrong. Anyways, if I think of any more, I'll post them.
Who wrote the book Killing Mr. Griffin?
Let's see... Twilight all the way, Baby. Hp, Outsiders, The truth about forever, just started it Um... Pride and Prejudice is one f my faves, I wasn't too big a fan of the first Sweet Valley book... It was ok, but i was... like... eh...Anne of Green Gables is a classically amazing book.. Danielle Steal's an amazing author. Tkm is one of my favorites. It's one of the few books from school that I cried at the end of... True Confessions of Charlotte Doyl was ok, Catcher in the fricking Rye is awesomely awkward, Princess Diaries is fuckng reat, an All American Girl and Ready or not are fucking awesome!!!
Nah, I don't like Danielle Steel that much. True Confession of Charlotte Doyle was an amazing book. I should read that again, it's been a few years.
hmm, my favorite books right now has to be the twilight series and harry potter. i know those are the really popular stuff these days, but they're relaly grate. i'm not in to vampires and stuff, but the twilight series is just so good, you cant help but like it. i also like meg cabot and tamora pierce and other books too. i like too many books to write here though, lol
ok. i like danielle steel. and steven king. and a lot more....... smile.