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I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/46948.Best_Books_For_12_13_Year_Old_Girls
The school already provides the YA by the way, I'm wondering about ones that I might have already that are suitable, or things we can buy and keep and enjoy long-term
Our teen read loads of those "young adult" ones...all about teenage pregnancy, drugs and running away.
She also really like Enid Blyton which was more worrying.
Get her a book token and drop her at the bookshop (or library if that is still a thing.)
Edit: looks like the thread has moved on while I typed.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
That's full of nice, gentle stories.
I was forced to read it when I was a kid in a Catholic household and then again at school.
Quite strange when you think about it.
Good to know kids are still reading instead of being glued to a smart phone or games console.
If it has to be Young Adult, I've read the Hunger Games trilogy (as an old adult) and thought they were great. I get the impression that the YA market is essentially a huge 'let's copy that'.
I originally got into it because I had a friend who writes YA so I wanted to know what was out there, but I've stayed with it. Basically it can be very similar to adult fiction but without the waffly bollocks pretentiousness.
If you google "best YA 2016" etc. you'll see lots of good books.
One that I wouldn't have read without recommendation first was Nicola Yoon's "Everything Everything" which I think is now a film. The book has stayed with me, I liked it a lot despite it being the last thing I'd have chosen.
Just remembered The Hunger Games books, they were good fun. (There's a ton of dystopian YA books out there.) Patrick Ness's, "The Knife of Never Letting Go" was another good one.
Definitely not a dumbed down genre.
There will be the odd book that's subject matter might be a bit more adult but these are squarely aimed at your daughters age group.
edit:
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/
both the girls like hunger games
at school they have some system that suggests books based on their age and reading age, and what they have read already
I think my youngest wanted to read something independent of that, and she's noticed the dozens of books I have
Before I wrote the OP, I gave her "Hitch-hiker's guide" and "Colour of magic", knowing that they are very engaging and something different, and not very long which was her other criteria, so Lord of the rings is out for now.
yesterday I explained without naming it that I'd read a book that was filled with it, and was a hard read too (A brief history of seven killings)
Also I wonder if my Murakami books would be too weird. Both kids love Korean and Japanese media, but it just seems a bit "in at the deep end", I'm thinking 15 or 16 for those books?
About half the Mann booker shortlist books I've read have been weird or I think would be hard work for many, e.g. SAtin Island, Testament of Mary, Narcopolis (also too much sex and violence), Swimming home
I wonder if this one would be good: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,
or Pigeon EnglishJust after the Mann booker shortlist is announce, "bookpeople", you know - those guys who have lunchtime sales in the canteen of many companies once a month - do a special offer.
we used to buy kid's books from them, they are also very good for quite a few things, much cheaper than Amazon sometimes
But: the offer I mentioned is:
the whole shortlist of 6, for about £28 to £30
usually, there are offers and discounts so that it comes to about £27, and if you find another book or 2, it's free postage.
If you order early, all or most of the books come in hardback, I have had 5 or 6 in hardback some years for less than £30 total
You said your daughter was 13 so try these:
Wonder by R.J Palacio
Salt to the sea by Ruta Sepetys
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
These have proven very popular with my students and I've used them for schemes of work as they have instigated such a positive reaction.
As with novels such as 'The curious incident' these are YA novels that are equally pleasurable for us adults.
As an aside to you @ToneControl as you like Murakami, if you haven't already read these, I'd highly recommend you try:
Soul Mountain by Gao Xinjian
and for light reading:
The penguin diaries by Andrey Kurkov