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Question: What is a good book to buy a picky 15 year old!?
She likes only extremely interesting books like fantasy mixed with romance and going into other worlds!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Trickster's Choice by Pierce
Court Duel by Smith
Wildwood Dancing by Marillier
Poison Study by Snyder (this is an adult book however, it is an ALA ALEX nominee meaning that it appeals to teens)
Wicked Lovely by Marr
Scholar of Magics by Stevermer
Goddess of Yesterday by Cooney (this one is Greek myth but I think it might be close enough to another world)
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Backup by Jim Butcher and Mike Mignola

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt and Laurence Bouvard

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb

If your interested you can look up all the books on amazon and get summaries of the books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray would be my first pick for her!.
Maybe the Uglies and Midnighters trilogies, both by Scott Westerfeld, these are more at the fantasy/adventure end, but with some romance!.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is also a very cute, quick read!.
also, the Mediator series by Meg Cabot and the Blue is for Nightmares series by Laurie Faria Stolarz may fit your description!.
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Hi!
The House on the Borderland , The Ghost Pirates or The Night Land written by William Hope Hodgson !.
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http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/William_Hop!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_House_o!.!.!.
http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10002
"In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten!. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it!. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility!. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction!. Classic American horror writer H!. P!. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences!."
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Ghost_P!.!.!.
http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10966
"The Ghost Pirates !. !. !. is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate!. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power!." — H!.P!. Lovecraft
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Night_L!.!.!.
http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10662
The Night Land
by William Hope Hodgson
[O]ne of the strangest visions ever published in science fiction or fantasy is presented!. The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism!. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, probably the first arcology in literature, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark!. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy!. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies!. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human!.?a Excerpted from The Night Land on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia!.

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The Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich!.!.
I'm 14, I read them!.
You enter into Jersey (not a complete other world unless you're where I'm from), not really fantasy either!.
But trust me the are super interesting with a ton of romance (not at all mushy though) they are about a bounty hunter!
They are so good I recommend them to everyone and anyone and I have never known anyone to not like them!. Trust me, they rock!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

OK So I never seem to stay interested in books (I'm 13) and I'm in 7th grade but apparently have a 10th grade level in reading but I just hate reading long uninteresting books and well Im a lot like the girl you described I only like fantasy books and I always thought books were so boring and hard to stay concentrated on UNTIL one day I read a book called the farthest away mountain it is extremely interesting and I couldn't put it down!. here's the link:http://www!.google!.com/products/catalog!?h!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A visit to any of the book sites can solve the problem in a jiffy!.You can visit millions of book sites an see for yourself the books on display!. Just browse in the section for teens!.
1!. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
2, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3!. The Catcher in the Rye by J!.D!. Salinger
4!. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
5!. Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

I believe any of them will be good!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A Great and Terrible Beauty!.
The romance is at first hard to catch but continues with the series if she likes it!. also, its fantasy and there is going into other worlds
The other books in this series are:
Rebel Angels
A Sweet Far Thing


They are an amazing series :)
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Sabriel - Garth Nix
Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold
Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow - Ono Fuyumi
Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
Vampire Kisses - Ellen Schreiber
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
Howl's Moving Castle -Diane Wynne Jones
Terrier - Tamora PierceWww@QuestionHome@Com

the twilight saga!!! comes with 4 books and they are all amazing!. other good books are the sisterhood of the traveling pants series, gossip girl, stargirl, c!.s!. lewis books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer!. For sure!.
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
The Kiesha'Ra Series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

This is all that comes to mind right now!. Hope it helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com

the twilight series is really interesting and i finished the first book in two days(i'm twelve)

or you could give her a barnes & noble gift card so she can adventure in the fiction section :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

DEFINITELY The Twilight Series!.!.!.it has won MANY awards and was number one in the top 10 books of the year! She will definitely enjoy reading it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer!.

If she enjoys that (which she un-doubtedly will)
then you buy her the next 3 in the series
New Moon
Eclipse
and
Breaking DawnWww@QuestionHome@Com

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Artemis Fowl, And C!.S!.Lewis' series!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

all the girls i ever see reading r always reading the twighlight series Www@QuestionHome@Com

Buy her Catcher In the Rye, I don't care what type of books you prefer, That is hands down a epic peice of art!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the twilight series definitely!!!! im 13 and i luv them! Www@QuestionHome@Com