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Any Book Suggestions for a teenager

Started by Josephus, January 27, 2021, 04:12:57 PM

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Oexmelin

Quote from: Tyr on January 27, 2021, 05:00:55 PM
Sounds like comic territory. He tried many of those?
I've heard of kids being weened onto reading via steadily more complex comics.

I'm totally not representative but I remember at that age I was very into Forgotten Realms. Pulpy and nothing complex. Drizzt of course is the best.

Surely comic books are not allowed by school for book reports.
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HisMajestyBOB

William Sleater has some awesome sci fi books for kids that age. I read them in early middle school and loved them.
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Caliga

Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Thirded.  I can't recall if it was easy to read though. :hmm:
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PDH

James Joyce - Ulysses.

Might as well start with the setting on "hard" to see how you do.
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Quote from: Grey Fox on January 27, 2021, 07:51:11 PM
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson.

The Mistborn Trilogy is pretty good and age appropriate too.
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Quote from: Caliga on January 27, 2021, 07:11:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Thirded.  I can't recall if it was easy to read though. :hmm:

It's rated as suitable for 8th graders.  That's 13 or so, but if the reader isn't up to grade level, maybe not.
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I couldn't make it through Ender's Game.  I thought it was goofy.

Josephus

Quote from: PDH on January 27, 2021, 07:18:43 PM
James Joyce - Ulysses.

Might as well start with the setting on "hard" to see how you do.

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Josephus

Thanks.Great suggestions. I'll pass them along

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Syt

Does he like Star Wars? I'd say most if not all of it is appropriate for teenagers, but there are young reader/junior novel lines:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_canon_books

Some are more violent or such than others of course. I would e.g. not recommend the Aftermath Trilogy if that's a concern.
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I read several of those David Eddings books at that age.  They had funny dialogue, a teenage protagonists and individually the books were short... of course there was like five of them.
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Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 09:04:06 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 27, 2021, 07:11:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Thirded.  I can't recall if it was easy to read though. :hmm:

It's rated as suitable for 8th graders.  That's 13 or so, but if the reader isn't up to grade level, maybe not.

Well, my son read and enjoyed it in grade 5 so ymmv