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I am looking for a recommendation for a book or series of books that a 15 year old girl would enjoy. She has really enjoyed Regina Doman's books. Any suggestions??
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Does she have a particular genre she enjoys?
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I would recommend anything by LM Montgomery for a girl that age.
Are you looking for contemporary titles?
At that age, I was not Catholic, and I read a lot of "Christian" novels: Lori Wick, Janette Oke, and Robin Jones Gunn. I also enjoyed much of the historical fiction of Bodie and Brock Thoene.
While not the best of literature, and perhaps the emphasis was too much in the genre of "romance," they did sort of fill a need for "safe" series that were readily available from the library. I haven't read Doman's books myself, but I get the impression that they are a more Catholic (and perhaps better written, I can't say) option in the same general genre. Some of the above authors are very prolific with some of their series being better written and researched than others. (For instance, I enjoyed Wick's Western novels, but I couldn't read her attempt at an "English" novel. They were awful.).
A classic American Christian novelist I also liked was Catherine Marshall.
However, looking back, I had zero guidance in choosing literature, and I wish I had known of British authors like Elizabeth Goudge and D.E. Stevenson whose novels would also fill a teenage girl's desire for "romance" but are better written with more developed characters and provide more substance, and while the authors are "Christian" and sometimes deal with weighty spiritual questions (especially Elizabeth Goudge), the novels are not so openly evangelical in nature as the contemporary American authors I mentioned. However, they would no longer be "contemporary," though they were at the time they were written.
I do wish someone had challenged me to read more classic literature at that age. I would have liked Jane Austen as well as Elizabeth Gaskell and probably a host of other "small classics" from British literature.
I also would have liked Agatha Christie, Marjorie Allingham, and Dorothy Sayers mysteries at that age.
Is there any "fairy" of the fairy tale left in R.D.'s novels? Would she like fantasy? That would be a whole other genre to explore.
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Betsy-Tacy high school books (by Maud Hart Lovelace) are good for this age. (Note: There is mention of a Ouija board in one of the books - while this doesn't bother me, personally, because my children know all too well how I feel about Ouija boards, I know other parents will want to make their own prudential decisions about this topic.)
At 15 I loved mysteries - Agatha Christie is definitely a good choice. Some mystery series are very adult, but Agatha's books are just fine. I wish she were still alive and writing!
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Definitely anything by Louisa May Alcott, if she hasn't already read these: Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom.
I second the Anne of Avonlea series and anything by Lucy Maude Montgomery.
Another series I have seen recommended on this forum is the Penderwicks series, but I have not read it myself. You might look over the ideas in this thread. It mentions Jen's (Mackfam) Literature for a Young Lady which you can look over here.
At that age, I loved historical fiction, so that might be a route to go. If she likes historical fiction, she would probably enjoy The Quiet Light (about the life of St. Thomas Aquinas but also includes a mild romantic side story) by Louis Wohl. Not a series, but still a good book.
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look into Shannon Hale's Bayern Books (starts with The Goose Girl), less contemporary than the Doman books.
Also Blood of Kings series by Jill Williamson starting with By Darkness Hid again not as contemporary.
The The Veritas Project books starting with Hangman's Curse by Frank Perotti are more contemporary and even have a Christian slant BUT they're fairly dark, somewhat scary and bizarre. I read them and have allowed our oldest to read them at 14. But the scary doesn't bother her and I didn't find them objectionable. In some ways they remind me of Scooby Doo where there's always a non-supernatural explaination.
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I highly recommend the Penderwicks series; I have read it all, many times! The reading level might be lower than your daughter's, but the books are wonderful, touching and humorous without being sappy.
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