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Question: Can you recommend a book for a teenager!?
i need to do a project on a book atleast 150 pages!. i do not like fantasy and i also do not like romance!. i already checked www!.teenreads!.com!. i dont have very long to do this so please nothing too long and even if i did long books tend to bore me!.

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The Melting of Maggie Bean – Tricia Rayburn
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
Under the Persimmon Tree – Staples
Caught by the Sea – Gary Paulsen
Flipped – Wendelin Van Draanen
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
Defining Dulcie – Paul Acrampora
Angela’s ashes – Frank McCourt
Nightrise – Anthony Horowitz
Four Perfect Pebbles –
I have lived a thousand years – Livia Bitton Jackson
Your eyes in stars - M!.E!. Kerr
Claws – Dan Greengurg
The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
Messenger- Lois Lowry
Gossamer – Lois Lowry
The Time capsule – Lurlene Mcdaniel
Searching for David’s Heart
Letters from a nut – Ted L!. Nancy
Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid
Bee Season - Myla Goldberg
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Big Fish – Daniel Wallace
Breaking Point - Alex Flinn
The Brief History of the Dead - Kevin Brockmeier
How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff
Jumping the Scratch – Sarah Weeks
Kit’s Wilderness – David Almond
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Looking for Alaska – John Green
Thirsty – M!.T!. Anderson
A Time for Dancing - Davida Wills Hurwin
Boy Meets Boy – David Levithan
Marly’s Ghost - David Levithan
Lock and Key – Sarah Dessen
Glass – Ellen Hopkins
The Fire Eternal – Chris D’Lacey
Tweak – Nic Sheff
Wings – E!.D!. …
Black Rabbit Summer – Kevin Brooks
Trouble – Gary D!. Schmidt
Peaches – Jodi Lynn Anderson
Feed – M!.T!. Anderson
Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson
Wake – Lisa Mcmann
Impulse – Ellen Hopkins



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Uglies is a GREAT book!.
It's not really fantasy, it's Sci-Fi/realistic fiction about the future!.

It's about a time in the future where all 16 year olds are given a surgery to make them look "pretty"!. Little do they know, but this surgery also damages their brain!. This story is the tale of a girl named Tally who meets another teenager, Shay, and together they attempt to fight the "Specials" that try to conform them all!.


It's a fantastic book with only a very small portion of romance!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

How about biographies!? Try A Boy Called It, The Hiding Place(by Corrie Ten Boom), or a biography of someone you admire!.

You can also look into horror, if that's more your type, lots of stuff out there by Stephen King and R!. L!. Stine are good for teens!.

You can also go for a classic, like The Yearling, or some Mark Twain!. There's plenty of stuff out there, just go check out your local library!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm not sure of the page length but there is a great book called "A child called It!." I strongly reccomend it!. It isn't romance or fantasy!.
It would help if you could say what genres you do like!. Below is a tentative list of books that might fit into your list:
Animal Farm
The Giver
Shakespere's Julius Ceasar
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I would say the obvious, Twilight (it's a romance)
Maximum Ride
Eragon
Gone


almost all of the other books i have read are romances for teens!. they arent all about romance though!. you should give them a chance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer!. It's relatively short, but a very good book and a quick read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

how do u expect to find a TEEN book WITHOUT romance or fantasy!?
sorry, almost impossibleWww@QuestionHome@Com

Well, there's Ellen Foster, but it might be too short, then there might be Fallen Angels by walter dean myers!. These are good to me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well u r screwed if that's the case but a lot of people who don't like fantasy or romantic books liked Twilight by Stephanie Meyer!. it is a very good bookWww@QuestionHome@Com

magical thinking by augusten burroughs
the kite runner by khaled hosseini

i'm not sure about their lengths though!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Pretty Things
Guitar Girl
TTYL
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Vibes
Uglies
Lets Get LostWww@QuestionHome@Com

Wow!. So then ur kinda screwed finding a TEEN book that doesn't include romance or fantasy!. I can't think of a single one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's called an adult book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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