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B) I love classic romances C) I've read the Agatha Cristie books D) I have no intention of reading any clique or otherwise girly novels E) I want something beyond 100 pages!. No kid books, please!. That being said, any suggestions for good YA novels!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: hmmm!.!.!. sorry i know she was suggested already but sarah dessen is a really good author!. I have read this lullabye, just listen, and lock and key by her!.!.!.they were all very creative!. also, there is this book called "life as we knew it" i could not put it down!.!. you have to check it out!. IT is about a meteor that hits the moon out of orbit and it causes stuff to happen on earth such as volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis, becasue of it's gravitational pull!. It is about one family's struggle for survival!. (300 pgs) Check out the maximum ride series by james patterson!. My cousin, 15 yrs old, has just read them and i am currently reading the first in the series, but she says they are awesome books!. I can't put the first one down!. I think they are ALMOST as good as twilight, and very hilarious!. They are about these kids created by scientists that are 98% human, 2% bird!.!.!. they have wings!. check out the website and you can read the first six chapters there!. or u can listen to the first ch!. 5!. the website is www!.maximumride!.com (each book over 300 pgs!.!.!.i think!.!.!.there are four of them and i think there is a plan to be a fifth!.!.!.!.and a movie!.) check them out!!Www@QuestionHome@Com Phoenix Tears is right - Sarah Dessen is a wonderful author!. I read, "The Lullaby," which was really good!. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes writes amazingly well - her series Kiesha'ra is really good!. They usually don't exceed over 200 pages, but the quality of the story and the writing style make up for that!. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor are great - I loved these books!. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher was awesome as well!. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta was excellent, too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast" by Robin McKinley is definitely one of my favorites!. It's the best retelling that I've read!. "Broken Chords" by Barbara Snow Gilbert is more modernly set!. It's about a young, talented pianist who falls in love with another!. They are both competing in a famous competition in order to win a scholarship!. A one way ticket to the career they both dream of!. Clara, though, knows that her playing is more skill than passion!. And she has to decide between the thing she is good at or the thing she loves, ballet!. This is, all about, a very sad story!. It's so beautifully written, though, that I've read again and again and fallen in love with it!. "I Am Rembrandt's Daughter" by Lynn Cullen is based on actual historical figures!. Rembrandt's daughter longs to paint like her father, yet is shadowed by her half-brother!. When her brother marries, it's up to her to take care of their father, who is on the brink of madness and refuses to paint the way his patrons desire!. Cornelia is quickly caught up in a romance with the rich Carel!. This is a wonderful story of an intricate love triangle and the renouned artist!. I couldn't put it down!. "Sirena" by Donna Jo Napoli is a retelling of the story of the sirens!. They are doomed to live short lives unless they can trick a man into loving them!. Sirena, however, despises her own story and refuses to do such a thing!. Instead, she run away and vows to live alone on a distant island!. Ironically, a man cursed by a jealous Hera is exiled onto that island and left to die!. Sirena is forced to care for him and they do the forbidden!. They fall in love!. And their story promises a bittersweet ending!. These are amongst my favorite books!. I've reread them all many, numerous times!. I hope that you'll grow to love at least one of them as much as I do!. ?Www@QuestionHome@Com I loved Sarah Dessen's Just Listen, and about a million other books as well (I have well close to one thousand in my bedroom alone lol)!. Are you looking for more of a classic, like one of Jane Austen's books!? Or perhaps Treasure Island!? Vanity Fair!? Candide!? Or do you want something more recent, such as the Artemis Fowl books, something from Stephenie Meyer, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, Blind Sighted!? Something deep, that you can read 4 or 5 times, and still get something new!? Like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!? How about Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern books!? Honestly, I'm probably the worst person to recommend a book to you!. I like what I like, whether it's the Great American Novel, or a fluffy but entertaining read!. I don't always read books for depth and greater understanding of the world around me, though I believe that even the fluffiest books can offer that!. But, if you are just looking for a book that can draw you into the story until you couldn't put it down if you wanted to, well then I might be able to help you out!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 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!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!. She wrote several other books!. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomWww@QuestionHome@Com It doesn't really constitute as YA, but if you love classic romances, you will definitely love any Jane Austen novel!. Persuasion is my favorite!Www@QuestionHome@Com How about Sarah Dessen's books!? I've only read "The Truth about Forever", but it was amazing!Www@QuestionHome@Com i strongly recommend you reading greg iles books!. They r the best!. they exceed the 300 page limits!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |