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My teens are asking for titles of books they would find enjoyable..even if it has to do with anything school-related...lol
We have reached a point where we have read quite a bit but want to keep moving on to new and exciting things. They like historical fiction and more...any recommendations?? Nothing dark, etc... please!
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Donna Marie, can you give examples of books they have read and enjoyed recently?
These aren't historical, but I really like Donna Jo Napoli's For the Love of Venice and Alligator Bayou (warning, the latter is sad because it is based on a true story of lynchings of a group of Italian brothers in Louisiana, but it is very thought-provoking).
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They loved the Regina Doman books but they don't like anything "too mushy" (in their words)...
The liked "The Song of Roland" and other adventurous historical fiction. They just read "Bells on their Toes" which they found humorous especially because of the large family connection...we have some experience there. They also enjoyed "Don't Drink the Holy Water" by Suzie Lloyd for the same reason..it hits close to home...LOL
They have read some mystery books, but nothing too dark. They loved LOTR and the Narnia books but don't like fantasy that is not literate...like when they try to blur the lines between good and evil.
They have loved the reading selections that they read for school that came from Bethlehem books but realize that they are getting older and want something more.
They are 16 yo twin girls btw... and say that they don't mind books that may be meant for boys...with heroism and good character, etc.
How is that for a start?
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I'm trying to think of the books my dd liked at that age. Also the books my teen boys like, but I think they tend to go for darker fantasy than your dd's might enjoy.
Anne of Green Gables, anything by Jane Austen, Mrs. Mike, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, books by Ray Bradbury. At that age my teens really enjoy Davy Barry (non-fiction humor, not Peter and the Starcatcher)though he can be a bit naughty at times.
My current 15 yo just started reading Ender's Game. He and his older brother really enjoyed the Bartimeaus Trilogy. How about Father Brown mystery stories?
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Some ideas: O'Henry short stories, Agatha Christie mysteries, L. Montgomery books like The Blue Castle, L. M Alcott books like Old Fashioned Girl, Freckles, Arthur Ransome books, Rebecca by duMaurier, The Hiding Place, E. Nesbit books, Christy by Catherine Marshall, The Chosen by Chaim Potok, Jane Eyre, Mara Daughter of the Nile by McGraw, The Daughter of Time, and Mary Stewart books.
Some of my favorite books have already been mentioned: A tree Grows in Brooklyn, Mrs. Mike and Pride and Prejudice. I also really liked "The Caine Mutiny" but have waited until my kids were college age to suggest they read it. ( I married a Naval officer, my son is in the Navy and another son is NROTC- lots of sentimentaal value here.)
Happy reading, Liz
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My Chiara16 has similar tastes and is dictating some of her favourites as I type;
Historical
G A Henty (aimed at boys)
Rosemary Sutcliff
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Showell Styles (aimed at boys)
Western
O'Henry (some boring, some interesting),
Louis L'Amour
Mystery
Agatha Christie,
Patricia Wentworh
G K Chesterton (Fr Brown)
Mary Stewart
Australian
Mary Grant Bruce (OOP, more aimed at 13yr olds)
Ethel Turner (OOP Seven Little Australians etc)
John Flanagan (Ranger's Apprentice)
Girl Fiction
LM Montgomery
Gene Stratton Porter
Susan Coolidge (Katy bks)
English Authors
PG Wodehouse (Light English comedy)
Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazon)
Brian Jacques (Redwall)
Captain WE Johns (Biggles)
RM Ballantyne
Plays
Oscar Wilde- The Importance of Being Ernest (Satire) *Chiara LOVED this.
Shakespeare's Plays (Comedies)
Recommend to read story form before play form.
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FWIW, just read an interesting side note (on Amazon reviews) on RM Ballantyne's The Coral Island...apparently Golding "rewrote" that book (or borrowed the premise) and showed how the same situation (with boys left to their own devices on a desert island) could go very, very wrong in Lord of the Flies. Might be interesting to do a comparison of them?
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Lewis Carroll?
Beauty by Robin McKinley - retelling of Beauty and the Beast
The Ranger's Apprentice series - probably on the young side for them.. but quite enjoyable.
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I always recommend Stoneholding by Mark Sebanc and James Anderson when I hear they want literate fantasy. Mark Sebanc is a Catholic man, a friend of Michael O'Brien and his story has to do with maintaining harmony in the world and the loss of music . . . and somewhere many many years ago, I heard that he meant it to be analogous to the Eucharist. It's been too long for me to remember the connections exactly . . . but it's a great read!!
ETA: Just found out that the second book in the series is out - yippee - been waiting for it for years. It's called Darkling Fields of Arvon.
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Oh Margot
Just wanted to thank you for recommending Stone holding many months ago, we finally were able to get a copy and ds enjoyed it 
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You're welcome, Erin!!
I broke the news to my kids today that the second book was out and they all said they want to reread the first one before #2 arrives. Such a nice surprise for summer reading!!
God bless
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