tammyw Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I would love to get my daughter some new good reads for Christmas. She used to be a voracious reader but hasn't so much lately (she's in high school now -- no longer homeschooling). Would love some top reads to gift her! I'm fine with whatever content. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 What does/did she like? My ds and I recently read The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer. It is not a new book, but it is an interesting adventure in future Zimbabwe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 15 year old girls are not interchangeable :) What sort of books/tv/movies does she like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 15 year old girls are not interchangeable :) What sort of books/tv/movies does she like? That's part of the problem - has only been reading "school" books lately so I'm not sure. She loves the show Stranger Things and wasn't at all scared by the movie It (both old and new...I can't watch either). She loved Hunger Games (books and movies). She liked The Fault in our Stars (I know, not great literature, haha!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 How about some Steven King? Or Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children or Paper Towns by John Green- Stuff my dd has liked in the last year or so 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 The Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan. My whole family, even us adults, have enjoyed that series! To start with, get her these two books out of the series: The Ruins of Gorlan and The Royal Ranger. If she gets into those two, she'll definitely like all the books inbetween! If she likes fantasy (of the non-magic world variety), buy her anything by J.D. Scott. Anna Questerly has some good books out, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Okay, so more serious themes? Try: Shadowshaper The Occasional Diamond Thief You're Welcome, Universe Seraphina Salvage Akata Witch The Epic Crush of Genie Lo Outrun the Moon Zeroes Flygirl Vodnik A Time to Dance Stranger by Rachel Manija Scarlet Undercover Warcross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Divergence series is good. The Uglies by Westerfield is an awesome series. The Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices are two separate but related series by the same author. Every teen girl I know in that age range loves some, if not all of these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) At 15, I was devouring classics – Anna Karenina, Of Human Bondage, Out of Africa, E M Forster, John Steinbeck, Sherlock Holmes, Last of the Mohicans, Brontës, Jane Austen, Edgar Allen Poe, Agatha Christie, James Thurber, Mark Twain, George Orwell's Burmese Days, short stories, etc. I realize I was rather geeky ... but there is an almost endless supply of "classics" ... just an idea! Ooh, how could I forget – F Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, etc. We read the standard books by these authors in school (you said she had been doing a lot of "school" reading), but then I would find everything else by these authors at the library and devour them :) Edited December 1, 2017 by Laura in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 Thank you all for the great recommendations! Will spend some time reading about them over on goodreads :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 The Maze Runner series is so much better than the movies. My 15 year old loved the Water Fire Saga Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemom Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 My 15 yr old dd loved the following: The Eye of Minds series I Am Number Four series The Natural series Red Queen (not sure if the third book has come out yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Mine likes the Pendragon series author is MacHale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 The Maze Runner series is so much better than the movies. My 15 year old loved the Water Fire Saga Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them We both loved the maze runner series! Can you provide a link to the water fire saga? I can’t figure out what it is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Glory O'Brien's History of the Future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 All Rights Reserved, by Gregory Scott Katsoulis, if she likes dystopian books. Just right for a 15-year-old. I read it and found it hard to put down. One of my kids is reading it too. It's a newer book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okra Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 The Ranger's Apprentice was popular here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) We both loved the maze runner series! Can you provide a link to the water fire saga? I can’t figure out what it is! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HZTXPEW/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1512208957&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=water+fire+saga There are four books in the series. Eta more info Edited December 2, 2017 by meganrussell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolittleboys Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 There is a new book out by John Green (as she liked the Fault in our Stars). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 That's part of the problem - has only been reading "school" books lately so I'm not sure. She loves the show Stranger Things and wasn't at all scared by the movie It (both old and new...I can't watch either). She loved Hunger Games (books and movies). She liked The Fault in our Stars (I know, not great literature, haha!) My D loved all of those, too. What about Steven King and Agatha Christie? Has she read Harry Potter? What about the Fablehaven series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 The October Daye series starting with Rosemary and Rue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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