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My teenage girls are asking for some new fiction (fun reading/brain candy) reading. They've devoured the Doman as well as the John Paul 2 High books. Could anyone suggest other series or titles?
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My dd, who is in the 10th grade recommends...
The Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale
All books by Sarah Beth Durst, great fantasy author...
The Galahad series
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What ages are your teenagers? What genre of brain candy do they like?
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KackyK wrote:
My dd, who is in the 10th grade recommends...
The Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale
All books by Sarah Beth Durst, great fantasy author...
The Galahad series
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Thank you , Kacky. I'll look into those.
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They are 13 and 15. They love fantasy and mystery.
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Ohh check out Niahm and the Hermit by Emily Snyder. It is a traditional fairy tail/fiction type story.
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Robin McKinley's Beauty - a retelling of beauty and the beast
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Not sure if your girls like girl only type books so I'll suggest a mixture; basic mystery series that my children love at 13 that I loved are;
The Three Investigators, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, Father Brown (GK Chesteton). So more ideas here. Some other titles my children enjoy are the Mysterious Benedict Society and the City of Ember series.
Fantasy; I'm in the midst of compiling a list here and finding it a challenge as we have individual comfort levels here. So some suggestions you may choose suitable for your 15 yr old but not 13. These books have been chosen for my boys (13 & 15) but my dd 17 has read them all too.
Redwall is a basic starter, my 13 year old is currently re-reading them and I know my dd enjoyed them when younger. Other series (my dc are big on series) Legacy of the Stone Harp, Inheritance Cycle, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Brian Hambric, Ranger's Apprentice, Shadow Thief, (18 yr old Aust. author) and don't forget the Narnia books. And some more fantasy suggestions.
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Have they read Tolkein? The age varies, but I read LOTR at age 11.. and then every year until sometime in my 20's.. then once or twice more and I'm rereading it again now.. still enjoying it. 
A mystery series I just recall being mentioned here some time back.. that might be ok for teens is Brother Cadfael
I'm just getting that first book to read myself and see about them.
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I have read these, but trying to remember details as there is another series I mix them up with. By vague memory I'd say not, at least for a 13yr old. I do think there are some adult themes but I'd have to refresh my memory.
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my 13 yr old is almost 14 already  so I figure if I get the first one for me to check out.. I can decide if it's something to keep adding to or not..
She's been asking for the Lord of the Rings lately.. but when I found them I decided to reread them.. so now that I'm through the first one I'll let her have it... after her Hunter's safety class is ended.. for the next couple of weeks she has a lot to do for that. Not that she's interested *at the moment* in actually hunting. But I figure with her brother and cousin taking the class and maybe getting to start some hunting that she might change her mind.. and the knowledge of safety won't hurt her even if she never does anything except tend a base camp. 
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There is an author named Noel Streatfeild who has a series of fun books, all with the name "shoes" in the title. See link Good for about age 12 and up. These were originally written in the 1960's and are completely clean and wholesome.
ANother "fun" read is Surviving the Applewhites,(link) about a boy who comes to live with a quirky homeschooling family.
I would also second the recommendation for The Mysterious Benedict Society.
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Ralph McInerny's Father Dowling mysteries and Dorothy Sayers' Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Whimsey books might fit the bill (I particularly love the Lord Peter books).
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