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Recommendations for a 17 year old Girl?
loddellbosh
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My sister turns 17 soon and my parents have bought her a Kindle, which I want to preload with some books. But I don't really have any idea of books for teens/young adults.
She's quite a 'young' 16/17 so anything aimed at 13+ is fine, but so would books aimed at adults.
She likes the Hunger Games series and Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses series but not Twilight (so maybe she's not so young for her age after all
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Any recommendations?
She's quite a 'young' 16/17 so anything aimed at 13+ is fine, but so would books aimed at adults.
She likes the Hunger Games series and Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses series but not Twilight (so maybe she's not so young for her age after all
).Any recommendations?
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What about some classics too - many of them are free for Kindle, you could have a whole range of things like Pride & Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, all sorts - things that she might never have bought but might like to dip into and see if she likes them.
I'm not sure if she's really into vampires, I'll have to try to slip it into conversation later and find out.
Will definitely try the first two. I might download them myself first, I loved the Hunger Games too.
I have some classics I downloaded when I first got my Kindle but have never got around to reading them, but as they're free I could download them for her too, I never even thought about them. If she's not interested she can just delete them I suppose.
Thanks, I'll check the thread out.
They're all great suggestions too, they all seem like books I'd enjoy as well.
I think she may like less fantasyish books too, maybe with a bit of humour or romance. She liked the 'Angus, Thongs...' series a few years ago.
My students have also enjoyed books by John Green. Maybe some Nicholas Sparks, my GCSE and 6th form girls always seem to like him.
If she likes humour and romance, why not Bridget Jones's Diary? I think I read them when I was about 15-16.
Yeah, as previously discussed I'm not a John green fan, but he's definately a hit with the teens, also Maureen Johnson is great, I love her works, she does contemporary tenn fiction as well as ghosty stuff in shade of London.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
I also agree RE the Divergent books, they were very good.
If you think she would like more 'real' young adult books there are quite a few aswell.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is fantastic, also a film. You could always do a little bit of digging online to find popular YA books, see if you think your sister would enjoy any.
Less beautifully written but still OK is Peyton Place, by Grace Metalious.
Two of my favourite books ever.
Kind of like The Lost Art..., I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. I adored this.
There's a film of Speak? :eek:
Has anyone ever read Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepherd? I saw the pilot of the TV show and enjoyed it, but haven't had the chance to see the rest - wondered what the books were like.
Oh, me too! I really love that type of book. I struggle to find more with the same feel. It's something I can't quite put my finger on.
The only word I can use to describe them is 'lovely'
I haven't seen the TV show but I've read all the books and they are very addictive....
To the OP, I'd recommend:
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
I'm the other way, love the show but the books were not my cup of tea, a little young writing style, so maybe good for a teen (rather than an older woman who still likes to read teen books
The DVD boxset and the books are kind of expensive :eek: will have to look out for bargains.
The tv shows great, very dark and twisty. I only read books 1 & 2 before giving up, perhaps if I'd read the. Before the show? But then you'd know who 'a' is (the bad guy/girl) and that's ruin the show!
Loved all of these, although brr and rebel hearts are strange writing to read.