What are some Young Adult books for a 10-year-old girl?

Question: What are some Young Adult books for a 10-year-old girl!?

My daughter seems to gravitate to the YA section of the bookstore because she's an advanced reader and the subject matter there is saucier!. However, I don't want her reading any books with sex in them (I keep her away from my books, too)!. Any suggestions for good YA titles for girls!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Sarah Dessen Books (She'll love them!)
Lurlene McDaniel Books(If she likes sappy sad stories, they taught me a lot)

Do not let her read the Gossip Girl series, or the A-list!. My friends read those when they were younger, still are, and it's warped their view!.

I don't reccomend Clique either!.

I know you said she's an advanced reader, I was too, but personally I LOVED the Madison Finn books!. They were easy reads and if she's in to school and computers, she might like it even more!.
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and then there's the Harry Potter books (I read up to 4, because that's all that was out, when I was 8-10) She might find those interesting!.

Sleeping Freshman Never Lie!. It's told from a boy's perspective but that made it fairly interesting!.

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things

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-The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
-Meg Cabot Books

oh a must read!!!!!!! I cannot press this enough, she must read this book :) My mom made me read it when I was 10, & I was extremely happy that she did!.

Are You There God!? It's Me, Margaret!.
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I loved it :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Clique series is fun but incredibly brainless!. But introduce her to the Bartameus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud!. They are found in the childrens section but are entertaining for any age!. The Golden Compass is also a good book for all ages!. Ender's Game, while not even a YA novel, is, I think a wonderful choice for any young reader!. 10-year-olds should not be reading a lot of the material in the YA section because YA literature deals with problems that teenagers face, like sex, drugs, depression, and just some scarier subject matter!. There are good children's books that aren't just for kids!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

lyour daughter iss 10, even if you dont know it, she knows about sex!. if she reads the books, it might give her incentives not to have it because of the hardships of raising kids as teens they describe!. Or, buy some of my recommended books and save it until shes a little older, but trust me, she is old enough to read them, and if she doesnt know about it, she might want to do it so she can find out!. I was her age when I started reading books with sex in them and i was fine, for I too am an avid reader!.
im putting them in series because it's fun to read series!.

Burned
Crank
Impulse
Glass

The books below are by the same author and are series inside a big series!. They are all books about magic, and woman heros, it is impowering and they are incredible, i love them:
Alanna the First Adventure
In the Hands of the Goddess
Woman who rides like a man
Lioness Rampant

Wild Magic
Wolf Speaker
Emperors Mage
The Realm of the Gods

Sandry's Book
Tris's Book
Daja's Book
Briar's Book

First Test
Page
Squire
Lady Knight

Magic Steps
Street Magic
Cold Fire
Shatter Glass

Terrier
Bloodhound (coming out soon)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Historical Fiction:
Both Sides of Time series- Caroline B!. Cooney (also romance)
Bloody Jack series-L!. A!. Meyer (also adventure)
If I Should Die Before I Wake- Han Nolan
The Great and Terrible Beauty series- Libba Bray (also fantasyish fiction)
The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory
The Queen’s Fool- Philippa Gregory
The Constant Princess- Philippa Gregory
The Bolelyn Inheritance- Philippa Gregory
The Book Thief- Markus Zusak

Fantasyish Fiction
Twilight series- Stephenie Meyer (also romance)
The Mediator series- Meg Cabot (also romance)
Avalon High- Meg Cabot (sorta)
Uglies series-Scott Westerfeld
Midnighters series- Scott Westerfeld

Fiction:
All American Girl- Meg Cabot
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
Fly on the Wall- E!. Lockhart
Megan Meade’s Guide to the McGowan Boys- Kate Brian
Lucky T- Kate Brian
The Five People You Meet in Heaven- Mitch Albom
My Sister’s Keeper- Jodi Picoult
Change of Heart- Jodi Picoult
The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown

Romance:
The Angels Trilogy- Lurlene Mcdaniel
The Pact- Jodi Picoult
The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks

Mystery:
Stranger With My Face- Lois Duncan
Down A Dark Hall- Lois Duncan
Locked in Time-Lois Duncan
Any book by R!.L Stine

Non- Fiction
A Child Called It- Dave Pelzer
Who Killed My Daughter- Louis Duncan
Diary of a Young Girl- Anne FrankWww@QuestionHome@Com

The clique series was my fav but just to let you know it does talk about kissing and stuff but thats as far as it goes!. When I was in fifth grade I loved Are you There God Its Me Margaret, Deenie, Just As Long as were together, Starring Sally J!. Freeman as herself ( ibelieve its about a 10 year old), basically all the judy blume books except Forever since that has sex in it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try the following:

- The New Babysitters Club books!.
- "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants"
- Anything by Judy Bloom
- The Harry Potter series
- The "Choose Your Own Adventure" series!.
- If you are in Canada, Degrassi The Next Generation has just published a series of Graphic Novels exactly for her age group, which I bet she would love if she likes graphic novels!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Although she is at the older scale, the Sideways Stories From Wayside School are very interesting! My daughter has read most of them (she is seven)!.

She also adores Roald Dahl books!. She has read The Secret Garden and Black Beauty as well!. I bet your local librarian could help you and you know what they say about those librarians! ; )Www@QuestionHome@Com

My sister who is also ten detests books with sex in them so her recommendations include:

Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume
The Secret Garden by Francis H!. Burnett
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

Some of my childhood favorites were:
The Wish by Gail Carson Levine
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Great Good Thing by Roderick TownleyWww@QuestionHome@Com

at that age i loved "All Creatures Great and Small" and the others in that series!. if she likes animals, these will be a BIG hit!. very wholesome!.
has she read "Little Women", "Black Beauty" and the other classics!?
one summer i printed a list of the top award winning classic novels and made it a goal to read as many of them as possible!. started with "The Grapes of Wrath" and was hooked on that author for months! maybe you could try a similar quest with her!.
:) - cWww@QuestionHome@Com

"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series is awsome!.!.!.my girls love them!. And if she is into any horse stories with good plots, the Heartland series is also really good, so I've heard!. Babysitters Club is also a pretty solid standby!. Have fun with this one!.!.!.She'll love any of those, I think!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Elsewhere is a very good and thought-provoking book!. also, A Great and Terrible Beauty!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Charlie Bone series, by Jenny Nimmo!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the clique series by lisi harrison!.
--written about 7th and 8th gradersWww@QuestionHome@Com

Twilight Series

Or the Clique Series

Love themWww@QuestionHome@Com

How about the American Girls Series!? Check them out on Amazon!.com!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I buy lots of books for nieces and nephews, but I read everything myself first so I can judge reading level and appropriateness!. There are people on Yahoo telling 11 year olds to read TWILIGHT and it is NOT appropriate nor are alot of the other books in the YA section of the bookstore!. There are so many very good books that can keep her occupied if you guide her to them!. Many parents have no idea what their kids are reading!. Please E-Mail me if you have any questions about these books or others listed at my website!.

8 Cousins, Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea by Lucy M!. Montgomery

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
The Secret Garden by Frances H!. Burnett
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Yearling by Marjorie K!. Rawlings
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
King Arthur by Roger Lancelyn Green
Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London

Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, CT Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Ragweed, Poppy, Poppy and Rye, and Ereth's Birthday by Avi

Has she read all of the Little House books!? I have a complete list at my website!. Have you ever heard of the Betsy-Tacy books!? They were written by Maud Hart Lovelace and like Little House these are based upon the author's life!. They are set about one generation later than the Little House books!. I have a complete list at my website!.Www@QuestionHome@Com