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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 
I Capture the Castle 
LM Montgomery’s non-Anne of Green Gables work, especially The Blue Castle, A Tangled Web, and Jane of Lantern Hill
9th grade was my Jane Eyre year as well. [/quote]

I looove this list. For a 14 year old, the value of reading books about girls around her age is really invaluable. There are STILL not enough of these on high school reading lists. Kids want to see themselves reflected in fiction.

Was coming here to mention A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- it is beyond me why this book is not on more reading lists for teens. I d didn't read it until my 20s and I wish I had read it at 14.

I read LM Montgomery's Emily of New Moon series in middle school and really liked it, these others are good too.

If she is interested in science fiction, Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents are really wonderful. More recent, and quite serious at times, but I think a great challenge for a high school reader looking to expand their literary knowledge and experience.

Many other good books mentioned in the thread, but don't discount the value of narratives about teenage girls (for a teenage girl) or the value of books written by women.[/quote]

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