good books for young adults?
what are some good books for a young adult girl? i like african american juvenile fiction books like Sharon M. Draper but i am tired of just reading the book i like over again. i am about to read november blues when it comes back to the library but are there any other good recommendations? i prefer books about girl.
- Nyla M
Tags: Fiction Books, Good Books For Young Adults, Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult, Young Girl
April 7th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
northern lights
subtle knife
amber spyglass
they’re all part of the “his dark materials” trilogy, by philip pullman.
(:
April 8th, 2009 at 6:17 am
try double identity by Margaret Haddix Patterson
or any of the books by .Roland Smith he writes a lot of good books im reading one now from him its called Elephant Run
April 10th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Try Agatha Cristie she really was a good writer, They came to Baghdad, and Destination Unknown both have female main characters
April 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am
The Watsons Go To Birmingham !!!!!
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd !!!!! ******
Anything by Sarah Dessen, Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, Jodi Picoult, Ellen Hopkins, or Laurie Halse Anderson - Titles at the link below.
A Child Called IT and sequels by Dave Pelzer - Child abuse
A Great and Terrible Beauty and sequels by Libba Bray - Paranormal
Wake, Fade, and Gone by Lisa McMann - Paranormal
The Giver and sequels by Lois Lowry
The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld - Futuristic
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier - Historical fiction
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory - Historical fiction
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Rape/murder
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - Suicide
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Coming of age
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - Coming of age
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger - Coming of age
A Separate Peace by John Knowles - Coming of age
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther - Death of his son; true story
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - Chinese vs. Chines-American culture
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - autobiography
The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Mediator series and 1-800 series by Meg Cabot - Paranormal
Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz - Paranormal
Maximum Ride series by James Patterson
The Belgariad and The Mallorean by David Eddings - Epic quest
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Howl’s Moving Castle
Storms of Vengeance by John Beachem
The Wee Free Men and others by Terry Pratchet
Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke
books by Tamora Pierce, Andre Norton, Ursula K. LeGuin, Mercedes Lackey, Garth Nix, Terry Brooks, Gene Wolfe, George RR Martin, Piers Anthony - Titles at the second link below.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Try the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman.