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Question: I need a really good book to read!!?
I'm a 17 girl and I need a few good books to read!. I refuse to read any of the Twilight books, they just don't seem very interesting to me!. I also will not read a Harry Potter book, those are also not interesting to me!. Please don't suggest anything by Stephen King, I've tried understanding a few of his books, and their far too difficult for me!. I have to give book talks about the books I read for English, so make them good! (;
I've read things like The Notebook, Bottled Up, and A Child Called It and I absolutely loved them!.
The Notebook is obviously about a love between two teens that stays with them until they grow old together!. It's somewhat different from the movie, but I loved the book!.
Bottled Up is about a teenage drug and alcohol user who fears his father, and is forced to go to counseling to avoid confrontation with his father!. He ultimately stops using for his 6 year old brother!.
A Child Called It is a true story about a young boy who had to go through the trauma and beatings of his extremely abusive mother!. He must do things like vomit and then eat the vomit, eat his baby brother's feces and much more!. It's extremely sad and brought tears to my eyes!.
I like more realistic things, such as these, but I'm not limiting my choices to these!. I like books that have to do with teenage love!. I would really like to read Smashed, but it's checked out already!. ):
Please give the title of the book, the author and a brief description about it!.
Thanks! (:Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
def anything by jodi picoult!. (#1-3) she is the best!.
nick sparks is really good (#4, 5), as is james patterson!.
sorry i cant really give lots of titles but these authors all have lots of books!.
1!. my sisters keeper (girl with leukemia)
2!. perfect (about marital abuse)
3!. the pact (about teen suicide)
4!. the wedding (kind of a continuation of the notebook, but not really!. it just has some of the main characters and helps if you have read the notebook)
5!. the guardian (might actually be james patterson)
6!. Suzannes Diary for Nicholas (J!.P!. !?)(has a guy who wants to date Julie, and gets murderous about it)
the book emma and me (or the title could be me and emma) is also very very good!. dont remember the author though,Www@QuestionHome@Com
If you don't mind a disturbing book, read Identical by Ellen Hopkins!.
it is rather disturbing, but discusses realistic issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, childhood trauma, and many more issues that would ruin the book if i told you!. it is written almost like a really long, unrhyming poem!. but is a very good read for teens!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
The Outsiders is about 14 year old Ponyboy, a greaser on the rough side of New York who lives with his life-loving brother, Sodapop, and strict older brother, Darry!. He has to try and overcome the life of being a greaser and overtop of it all, he needs to avoid the Socs!. (a group of rich teenagers who jump and mug people!.)
S!.E HintonWww@QuestionHome@Com
From what you say you like, I think you would enjoy "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon!. It's a novel about a teenager with autism and is a really great book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
If you haven't already, read The Outsiders by S!.E!. Hinton!. It's about a 14-year-old "greaser" named Ponyboy Curtis whose best friend Johnny Cade kills another boy; and they have to run away!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
read Who Moved My Cheese!. it's an award winningWww@QuestionHome@Com
Hi, I′m from Brasil, and I suggest you to read some book related to the History of other countries, for example Brasil!
You will be able to understand a bit better about other cultures, and maybe it will make you wish to travel abroad USA!.!.!.
This link will guide you to Amazon!.com!.!. There are some Books about my country and its culture!.!.!.
http://www!.amazon!.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw!?url!.!.!.
If you need any information, ill be glad to help u!
See you!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Anything by Sarah Dessen, Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, Jodi Picoult, Ellen Hopkins, or Laurie Halse Anderson - Titles at the link below!.
A Great and Terrible Beauty and sequels by Libba Bray
Wake, Fade, and Gone by Lisa McMann
The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
The Giver and sequels by Lois Lowry
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold ***
The Perks of Being a Wallflower ***
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther ***
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The No!. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Mediator series and 1-800 series by Meg Cabot
Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz
Maximum Ride series by James Patterson
The Belgariad by David Eddings
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Howl's Moving Castle
Storms of Vengeance by John Beachem
books by Tamora Pierce, Andre Norton, Ursula K!. LeGuin, Mercedes Lackey, Garth Nix, Gene Wolfe, George RR Martin, Piers Anthony - Titles at the second link below!.
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At age 17, I think you would appreciate and enjoy "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee!. It's about a family in a small town in depression-era Alabama!. It is told through the point of view of a young girl named Scout who describes the things that happen in her town, including the trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman!. Her father is the lawyer who defends the accused man!.
It is a fine novel on many levels, dealing with important themes and describing a time and place that is long gone, but with great skill!. The characters are all very well developed and the plot is suspenseful!. I read it at about your age and I have read it several times since then!.Www@QuestionHome@Com