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Dd 14, has read everything in the house, several times over. I've shared before that she reads an enormous amount. I really want her to start reading at the next level. And in all my inherited books it is the area that we start to thin out in, teen books.
What we do have are the Bethlehem Young Adult Books, many girl authors ie. Alcott, LM Montgomery, oh and a couple of Jane Austen. We also have a couple of Charles Dickens although Dd doesn't care for him. She has also read lots of GA Henty and likes him although said to be more popular for boys and others in the history genre include Rosemary Sutcliffe.
What do you consider 'must reads' for the 'next level?'
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Why don't you start her on the classics/great books?
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Is there a particular list that you would recommend?
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I guess I mean things like Augustine's Confessions, St. Francis De Sales's Introduction to the Devout Life, Dante's Inferno, the Greek myths, Shakespeare ... stuff like that. Real meaty stuff. I know Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet both really appealed to me at that age since they had young protagonists. Maybe even modern political stuff like Brave New World, 1984, Atlas Shrugged, etc. (unless she's still really innocent, since these books leave very little to the imagination s*xually despite their grappling with necessary subjects for today's world). I don't have a particular list, just the general category of "things that one should read to have a well-rounded view of the history of literature." You don't have to tell her it's educational, just discuss the books with her as she goes.
Sorry if I was vague before. I guess I'm being vague now. I just thought your list seemed a bit young for 14 and particularly "girly" ... I bet she can handle more than that as long as you're guiding her.
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Helena ~ Evelyn Waugh
Fabiola ~ Cardinal Wiseman
Beowolf
Screwtape Letters
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
CS Lewis space Trilogy
Anything Chesterton
We like the author Olivia Coolidge~I think she was Catholic too
The Pushcart War ~ Jean Merrill
Jane Eyre
Fr. Francis Finn's books
Maria Von Trapp's book, SOM
The Calico Captive ~ Elizabeth Speare
Leonard Wibberly books are good~ Catholic author
DYOCC has a good book list too BTW.
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Books my son enjoyed or was struck by this year (he is 16 as of February):
China Road
Red Scarf Girl (highly recommended!!)
Three Cups of Tea
Animal Farm
The Children's Homer (family read-aloud)
To Kill A Mockingbird
Books I would recommend for 14 year old young ladies:
The Hiding Place
The Betsy-Tacy high school books
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Constance (Patricia Clapp)
Catherine, Called Birdy
The Midwife's Apprentice (obvious theme issues...your call)
Project Mulberry (Linda Sue Park)
The Three Musketeers (Dumas is SO romantic!)
anything by Edgar Allan Poe
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Borrowed House (Hilda Van Stockum)
For the Love of Venice (Napoli)
Hoot (Carl Hiassen)
The Hobbit
Bud, Not Buddy
Here Lies the Librarian
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Les Miserables (my all time favorite!)
Girl of the Limberlost (I just read this for the first time this year, it is wonderful!)
The Lonesome Gods by Louis L'Amour
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
I loved Daphne Du Maurier (Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel) as a teen.
What about Regina Doman's books aimed at teenagers?
Also, the book Arms of Love and the sequel to it.
I would look to Sonlight for suggestions as well.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
I loved that book as a girl and woman. I just don't remember who wrote it.
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Wow! thanks for all the lists this is what I was looking for. As I explained our personal library is lacking for the next level so I need to buy, our public library is pretty sparse too so I have to consider wisely my money.
Many of the books mentioned she has read, probably half she hasn't:) This is my child who reads hundreds of books a year it is such a challenge to keep up books to her.
Maddy
What is DYOCC?
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Erin,
Have you checked into interlibrary loan? (ILL?) Your library can probably borrow many of these titles from other library systems. It takes time, but that's OK.
Also, paperbackswap.com is sometimes a good resource for books - you pay postage on books you send out, and incoming books are free to you.
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I'm planning on buying some Alexandre Dumas I can buy them really cheap as Worsworth Classics, what do you think of Wordsworth Classics?
Maddie,
How dopey can I be  I own that book.
Nancy,
Out interlibrary loan charges $3 per book regardless of whether they can find it or not. Also you can only have it for three weeks, which actually wouldn't be a problem.
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Agatha Christie is very entertaining, and all of her mysteries are "squeaky clean." She is an easier read than the "classics" but the vocabulary is challenging for a modern reader. Her autobiographical book about archeology is interesting. It is "Come, Tell Me How You Live." Her husband was the famous archaeologist Max Mallowan, and she spent most "seasons" on digs is Persia (modern Iraq). The book tells the story about one season on a dig. "Tell" is a play on words, as in archeology, a "tell" is a mound where a village or town once stood.
PaperBackSwap is a good source for any modern book (must have an ISBN), but I actually like BookMooch better, and I get more traffic there than on PBS. BookMooch is more user-friendly, plus they give you points for listing books and for acknowledging receipt of books, so you end up getting more points.
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teachingmyown wrote:
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My soon to be 15 yo dd says these are her favorite books of all time. Of course I wouldn't call it a classic but a good story pertaining to this time and age.
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I would just caution against her Frenchman's Creek. It was terrible, in that it justified marital infidelity and treason as romantic and fun.
My full review of it is here:
http://www.librarything.com/work/51272/reviews/18706922
I have not read any of her other works except Frenchman's Creek and Rebecca. I did some research on her and found out that she is considered one of the pioneers of the modern romance novel genre. You might want to pre-read anything else by her first to see if it is fit for your daughter.
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Allegiance Mom
She has read lots of Agatha Christie's, I'm a big fan too, all my dc are mad on mysteries 
I agree with you on Daphne Du Maurier, I was thinking I would pre-read her first, but its very good to know not to trust all her novels. Sometimes we can read an author, think oh she;s fine, to discover that not all their books are.
Natalia
I LOVE Regina's books as does dd. I am trying to get Waking Rose as we haven't got it yet, can't wait.
Maddie
I opened my DYOCC  For the ninth grade list dd has read all of the novels except for the 12 books we don't own, Dickens, Dumas, Wister, Nordoff, Hawthorne, Hugo, Cather and Plato so I now have some more to add to my list Actually the eight grade list was good too as we are studying Middle Ages later in the year so some good books there, many she has already read but there are some there we don't own.
I was also re-looking at Angelicum Academy's list of Good Booksthey seem to have changed their site around they used to have a straight list.
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BTW, A Landscape with Dragons has an excellent book list too.
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Oh good reminder Maddie, another book I have. Although it is in storage but accessible.
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I have been googling and came up with some lists I thought to share here for anyone else wondering the same thing
An Australian and New Zealand list This is not all for older children though.
Info Soup Classic Book list for Teens Most of these I really like.
Senior Research Classic BooklistSome pretty meaty ones.
Classic Book List A couple that are too graphic but mostly great selections.
And I found THE list I was looking for at Angelicum Academy The Good Books in Print List
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Now I'm not only interested in Wordsworth Classics publishing standards but Dover books. Has anyone had experience with either of these publishing companies? Would the Dover books be abridged do you think? I was looking at these books.
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