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Posted: Nov 23 2012 at 8:01pm | IP Logged Quote pumpkinmom
Looking for a book or a series of books that would interest my 13 year old niece. She likes to read popular series and I'm looking for something better to give for Christmas. She is middle of the ground type of girl. I have boys and I don't remember what I read at her age.

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Posted: Nov 23 2012 at 11:44pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
Older, but still fun and relevant, would be Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy high school books: Heaven to Betsy, Betsy in Spite of Herself, Betsy was a Junior, Betsy and Joe, and the follow-on books Betsy and the Great World and Betsy's Wedding. (All set in pre-WWI Minnesota, but Betsy is lively, engaging, talented and a typical high school girl from any era...and, in addition, she knows who she is and what she wants from life (career and marriage).

(Small caveat: in Heaven to Betsy, Ouija boards are mentioned several times and used at least once...I consider this a minor issue, but others might have other opinions.)



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Posted: Nov 24 2012 at 8:05am | IP Logged Quote St. Ann
My 13 yr old loves Penderwicks books. I think there are 3 of them. She also really enjoys the books from Bethlehem Books, The Mitchells series. Actually, our girls have liked everything from Bethlehem Books.

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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 11:34am | IP Logged Quote stacykay
I think my favorite book, that is a classic, back when I was 13, had to be Anne of Green Gables. I loved that book!

Less classic, but old , were the Cherry Ames series. I adored them! Here is the link for boxed sets. The first four books are out of stock, but if it isn't a long wait, they would be great to start. I loved Cherry so much, I did grow up to become a nurse.    


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Posted: Nov 27 2012 at 12:05am | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
Depends on what you mean by popular books.. if you're talking about Hunger Games, Twilight and the like.. then I'd suggest something like the Regina Doman retold fairy tales.. I believe the first is the Shadow of the Bear

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The James Herriot All Creatures Great and Small series is wonderful for animal lovers. But not for the squeamish

You can get it as a nice boxed set. Very interesting and humorous.

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Posted: Nov 27 2012 at 8:30am | IP Logged Quote pumpkinmom
Thanks everyone! I picked out a couple mentioned here.

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I know this is late since it's after Christmas, but we like the series by Megan Whalen Turner that begins with The Thief. Delightful medieval fantasy.
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