What books would you suggest to a girl entering high school?

17 comments to What books would you suggest to a girl entering high school?

  • ♥TwilightSeriesFan♥

    Meyer and Dessen are of my fav!
    Meg Cabot …all her stuff is good.
    You could always start reading all the other vampire stuff out there, like me
    Vampire Beach
    Vampire Kisses
    Vampire Academy
    Blue Bloods,
    etc….

  • Princessofpie

    Try the Shopaholic Books by Sophie Kinsella. They’re funny.

  • crunchy.cube

    Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk!!! (The guy who wrote Fight Club)
    Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
    The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
    Eragon by Christopher Paolini
    Gossip Girl books

  • hawaiihg

    umm. well i read this book my sophmore year that totally changed my high school life. and i think you should read it.

    speak by laurie anderson.

    its about a girl who got ***** and all her friends stopped talking to her and she became mute. its acutally a good book. and they made a movie about it too. with kristen stewart whos playing bella in the twilight movie.

  • Minnie Mouse

    The A-list books are good and so are the gossip girl books
    I am the same age and I liked these books

  • ck1

    Since you are going to enter high school, why not try to read some books which may be required sooner or later?

    I would suggest some like:
    -To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    -Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    -Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
    -A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
    -Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
    -Night by Elie Wiesel
    -Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (also known as The Diary of Anne Frank)
    -The Crucible by Arthur Miller
    -The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    -The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
    -Beowulf (at least I was required to read this one)
    -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
    -Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
    -Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
    -Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
    -some of William Shakespeare’s plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and others
    -Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
    -A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (or others of his)
    -The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    -The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    -Life of Pi by Yann Martel
    -The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
    -Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    -Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    -The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    -My Antonia by Willa Cather

    Obviously every high school is different, so there may be many on the required reading list that I haven’t put down and some you won’t be required to read. I hope this helps, however.

  • lizgolde

    Try some books by Tamaro Pierce.

  • Miss T.

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul

    Tuesdays with Morrie

  • AnnaElizabeth

    Books about Teen Issues:
    A Child Called IT by David Pelzer (Abuse)
    The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Rape/murder of a teen)
    Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Suicide)
    Crank and Glass (Drugs), Burned (Abuse), and Impulse (Suicide, Drugs, etc.) by Ellen Hopkins

    The Pact (Suicide Pact), Nineteen Minutes (Columbine-Like), and My Sister’s Keeper (Being a donor for a sick sister) by Jodi Picoult

    Prom, Twisted, Speak (Rape), and Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

    Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
    A Separate Peace by John Knowles

    Historical Fiction:
    In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason – It’s about the VietnamWar

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor – about blacks in America

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – Pilots in WWII
    The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – WWII
    The Other Boleyn Girl (and others) by Philippa Gregory

    Romance:
    Anything by Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, Nicholas Sparks, or Ellen Giffin

    Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
    Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion by Jane Austen

    Books to Make You Think:
    The Five People You Meet in Heaven; Tuesdays With Morrie; and For One More Day by Mitch Albom

    Anything by Hermann Hesse
    Slaughterhouse Five and Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

    Fantasy:
    The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
    The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
    Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Brisingr in 9/2008)
    Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey

    Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett
    The Sword of Shanarra Series by Terry Brooks
    His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman
    Mediator and 1-800 Series by Meg Cabot
    Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
    Odd Thomas Series by Dean Koontz
    Anything by Tamora Pierce or Donita K. Paul
    A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

    The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
    Wake by Lisa McMann

    Science Fiction:
    Anything by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, HG Wells, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Michael Crichton, or Orson Scott Card

    Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras by Scott Westerfeld

    Mysteries:
    Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    anything by Agatha Christie
    In Cold Blood by Truman Capote TRUE CRIME

  • Reading Queen

    I love Meg Cabot (Heather Wells Queen of Babble) and Sophie Kinsella’s (Shopaholic [soon to be movie] Remember Me) Emily Giffin (Something Borrowed Something Blue, Baby Proof) books. I am in the process of reading Jennifer Weiner’s (Good In Bed Certain Girls) books. They are all great authors!

    For a young adult/teen I recommend Meg Cabot’s young adult books. She is the best author. Also best selling. She wrote tons of books including the Princess Diaries (Movies based on her books), Mediator (upcoming movie), 1-800-Missing (TV show based on her books), Jinx, Airhead and more. She has adult books too, so you can grow with her.

    If you want more info or the authors website’s email me.

  • Love.Rock.

    Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence

    Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman

    Naughts Crosses series by Malorie Blackman

    Uglies saga by Scott Westerfeld

    The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory

    Children of the River by Linda Crew

    Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz

    The Vampire Diaires by L.J. Smith

  • harlequintoad08

    These are some of my favorites. Theres horror, ***** lit, fantasy and action.
    1.) Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.
    2.) TTYL by Lauren Myracle.
    3.) The It Girl by Cecily Von Ziesagar.
    4.) Howls Moving Castle by Diane Wynne Jones.
    5.) The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney.
    6.) Tithe by Holly Black.
    7.) Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolez
    8.) Unwind by Neal Shusterman.
    9.) Maximum Ride by James Patterson.

    Enjoy!

  • SAMMY JO

    What about Diary of Dating.
    By: D.G. Elizabeth

  • helpp

    i am also a 15 year old girl who loves to read and i find interest in similar books as you do (the clique series seems so fake)

    Ender’s Shadow and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
    these two books are probably two of the best books i have ever read and i have read each book multiple times… the synopsis for each of the books does not do them justice and i HIGHLY recomend that you read them… i have supplied links to the barnes and noble site for each book so you can see the reviews from other readers as well as the summaries

    Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
    these books have a bit of romance in them but i promise you that they are fantastic and not shallow whatsoever! they are fantasy books about a girl who has the gift and burden of magical abilities and keep the reader interested from start to finish

    Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
    this book is by the same author as the davinci code, however i find it even better… the plot is exciting and different and you wont want to put the book down until it is over! i stayed up until 3 one night to finish the 600 page story (give or take a few pages) which i had started earlier that day on the way to a basketball game… a must read!

    Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
    if you liked harry potter you will LOVE the inheritance set by paolini! i personally find these books to be much better than harry potter and i have read both books twice and will probably read them again before the 3rd book comes out in september. i was thoroughly disappointed by the movie becasue the books were so much better

    and last of all…..
    ANYTHING BY TAMORA PIERCE
    especially the quartets which take place in Tortal….these books are absolutely fantastic and i have read every one of her books and am eagerly waiting for more… i have suggested these books to my friends, including those who **** to read, and all of them are now just as addicted to her books as i am… my favorite books by Pierce include:
    the alanna quarter (song of the lioness)
    the kell quartet (protector of the small)
    the alainne books (daughter of the lioness)
    the first book in the terrier series

    HAPPY READING!!!!

  • Blue Star

    I’m also a girl entering high school. I think you should try reading:

    – The Twilight Series by: Stephenie Meyers IT’S A YOUNG ADULT SERIES FOR TEENS. I LOVED THAT SERIES!!!!!!!!! IT’S A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS!!

    – The Bartimaeus Triology by: Jonathan Stroud IT’S FOR EVERY AGE AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!!! THESE BOOKS ARE REALLY GREAT!!!!!!!!! IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS TO START READING OTHER BOOKS AND THINK THEY’RE NOT LAME.

    –The Harry Potter Series by: J.K. Rowling IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THIS SERIES, YOU’RE REALLY MISSING OUT. IT’S THE BEST SERIES I’VE EVER READ. BUT IT’S ALREADY CONSIDERED 2nd COMPARED TO THE TWILIGHT SERIES(1st choice, above). THAT’S WHY YOU SHOULD READ BOTH TWILIGHT SERIES AND HARRY POTTER SERIES.

    –The Inkheart Series by: Cornelia Funke YOU HAVE TO READ THIS SERIES. THIS SERIES IS ABOUT A GIRL WHO CAN ACTUALLY READ SOMEONE OR SOMETHING out OF A BOOK OR READ SOMEONE OR SOMETHING into A BOOK. Imagine that Tinker Bell from Peter Pan series actually came to real life OR you jumping into the story Cinderella!!!!!!!!!! Aint that great?

    THESE 3 BOOK SERIES ARE ALL VERY GOOD, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLINGS, FANTASY BOOKS, AND ALL VERY BOOKS !!! THE’RE ALL VERY POPULAR SERIES. MAKE SURE YOU READ IT BEFORE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The One Who Knows

    The Story of O.

  • Maija W

    haha, i love dessen.
    i really like the books:
    speak.
    the outsiders.
    stoner and spaz.
    THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER3
    no small thing.
    these are the ones that cam to my head first.
    hope you like your new books! : )

    anyone that knows about computer stuff:

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