Hi, I am trying to pick out a good book for my twelve year old daughter who loves to read. She likes books like the Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Maze Runner and one of her favorites is The Giver. I would like it to be age appropriate. Thanks and Happy Holidays everyone!
Tamora Pierce (Immortals series, etc.)
Anne McCaffery Dragon singer
I fell in love with Pride and Prejudice at that age
Call of the Wild/White Fang
Ember / Spark
This is a series my niece enjoyed @ that age (a year ago).
http://www.amazon.com/Eragon-Inheritance-Book-Christopher...
Not sure if it has been said yet since i didnt read the responses. I suggest the Percy Jackson series
My daughter read the Twilight series at that age.
The Ink Heart Trilology
The Percy Jackson Series
Dear America series
39 Clues
At that age, I loved "A Wrinkle in Time" and all subsequent novels to follow. I still read them now and again because they are just that good.
A book that really touched me and my kids is "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant.
It's not a very long book and it's written in a style that's different from those you mentioned that your daughter likes. However, it leaves a lasting impression. It's very good. It's about a 12 year old girl, but even my son couldn't put the book down once he started reading it.
Best wishes and Happy Holidays to you too!
There are actually a couple more that go along with the giver if she liked it then get
Gathering Blue and Messenger both by Lois Lowry
Any Cynthia Voigt book, particularly Homecoming and Dicey's Song
how about Tuck Everlasting?
Are you familiar with the Dealing with Dragons series?
My son and his girlfriend both love the Pricey Jackson Series and all the books by that same author. They are in 8th and 9th grade.
The Tripods trilogy by John Christopher (The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, The Pool of Fire)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey (it is a series)
The Hobbit followed by the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - LOVED this.
I taught fifth grade for a lot of years and these were some of our favorite books to read.
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Holes by Louis Sachar
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (Narnia series) C.S. Lewis
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'brien
The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Bridge to Terabithia by Katharine Paterson
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'dell
Frindle by Andrew Clements (he has several other great books, but Frindle was a class favorite)
The Diary of Anne Frank
You can find all of these on Amazon to get a brief synopsis of each book if you are unfamiliar with them.
HTH,
A.
My daughter will be 12 in a few weeks and she loves the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. The next book she is reading is The Hobbit (since she wants to see the movie). If your daughter likes Harry Potter, she might like the Hobbit. There is a really nice version out there that is a hard back that has great color pictures (this is the one I read at that age). It makes the book that much more fun to read (I don't even know if that version is still in print, actually. Hopefully it is).
My 11 year old daughter loves to read too and loves the same type of books. I recommend the Matched series. Here is a link http://www.matched-book.com/
She loved them and they were available on Kindle as well.
Happy Holidays
The Twilight Saga. I am reading The Host, also by Stephanie Meyers right now and it is pretty good. I started reading the Anne McCaffrey Dragonriders of Pern series when I was twelve, and I was a huge fan of S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders, Rumblefish etc) as well.
Thw Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Come a Stranger by Cynthia Voigt
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
My daughter liked Barbara Kingsolver at that age: The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven, Animal Dreams, Prodigal Summer, The Poisonwood Bible
I bought my 12 y/o the American Girl books, not only does she love reading them, she loves learning what's going on with her body and why. I know you were probably shooting more for fiction but it wouldn't hurt for her to learn more about her body :) I bought....
http://www.amazon.com/The-Feelings-Book-Emotions-American...
http://www.amazon.com/Care-Keeping-American-Girl-Library/...
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Girls-Guide-Boys/dp/158485368...
My Side of the Moutain and it's sequel, but I don't recall the author's name. You can find it on amazon. It's about a boy who left his family (maybe ran away?) and lived the woods for awhile. I read it at your daughters age.
Johnny Tremain, but I can't recall the author on this one either, I just know it's a woman. The story is about the Revoluntionary War and how it's seen through the eyes of Johnny Tremaine. It's din't in a story format, so you don't realize you are actually learning about the war. I read it when I was 12, and many times throughout middle school and high school for fun, even though I hated history.
Everyone else has mentioned what I would have suggested. Happy reading!
Has she read the follow-up books to The Giver (Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son).
If I stay by Gayle Forman
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot
His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Phillip Pullman
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Uglies (Pretties & Specials) by Scott Westerfield
