Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old non reader is suddenly asking for Percy Jackson books.

If you have Disney plus they just released a TV show for that series. 1 book = a season. So that might be why. Maybe you could watch together.

Yes! That is why actually! I’m just grateful she’s reading.

She could try the Artemis Fowl books, about a rich criminal mastermind, he steals art and stuff but then gets mixed up with fairies, not Tinkerbell we're talking Sci fi ish with a military.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old non reader is suddenly asking for Percy Jackson books.

If you have Disney plus they just released a TV show for that series. 1 book = a season. So that might be why. Maybe you could watch together.

Yes! That is why actually! I’m just grateful she’s reading.

If she likes them there's Heroes of Olympus series and then Trials of Apollo series
Similar thing kids being the kids of God and goddesses going on adventures.

Not related but same author and God's and goddesses are involved its written like a recording by brother and sister so might want to check out audiobook Kane chronicles not as long as the above series only 3 or 4 books but it's hilarious in the best appropriate way.

Anonymous wrote:Mysterious Benedict Society (series) for younger tweens

Fantasy
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
His Dark Materials series
Coraline or Neil Gaiman in general

Realistic
Patima from Jason Reynolds' track series

There are ton of YA series like the To all the Boys I've loved, Eleanor and Park, that are fun to read.

I’d recommend Jason Reynolds entire track series, not just Patina since it’s focused on a girl. Ghost is the first book in the series (and Lu and Sunny are the others). My non-reader devoured them.

Robin McKinley:

The Blue Sword
The Hero and the Crown

Cynthia Voight

Homecoming (not like a high school dance)
Darcy’s Song
On Fortune’s Wheel (I think)

During late elementary into middle school my DD liked:

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
Lois Lowry books
Books by Ellen Booraem:
Small Persons with Wings
The Unnameables
Texting the Underworld

A PP mentioned the Mighty Girl website and here’s the link with books screened for 13 and up (can filter by other age brackets, by genre, etc):

https://www.amightygirl.com/books?age_range_filter=6

“A Mighty Girl's book section features over 4,000 girl-empowering books starring stellar Mighty Girl characters. With over 200 book categories to explore, the best way to discover what this section has to offer is by browsing our detailed book menu…”

The War that Saved My Life - dd loved this book and recommended it to many friends who almost all said they did not want to read historical fiction set during WWII. They prefer Percy Jackson, Wings of Fire, Lost City type books. But every single one came back and said they loved it. She got DH and I to read it, too, and we also liked it a lot. Gave us a lot to talk about.

Great ratings on Good Reads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20912424-the-war-that-saved-my-life

Mysterious Benedict Society (series) for younger tweens

Fantasy
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
His Dark Materials series
Coraline or Neil Gaiman in general

Realistic
Patima from Jason Reynolds' track series

There are ton of YA series like the To all the Boys I've loved, Eleanor and Park, that are fun to read.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 year old good reader has been reading His Dark Materials and likes it a lot. She’s also really enjoying The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate and liked two books I suggested - The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. She’s into animals and really liked “Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance” and, at the recommendation of her teacher, recently read and enjoyed “Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus” which, I believe, is about a girl with no arms.

Calpurnia Tate (2 books) and His Dark Materials and Blackbird Pond were all hits in my house, so I'm going to look for your other recommendations.

The cactus recommendation reminded me of a few books dd liked and helped her understand different perspectives:
- Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper, book about a fun feisty character with cerebral palsy. Really touching.
- Tornado Brain - mystery book where the main character is autistic (I think, not sure if it's ever named).
- Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, great main character with some special abilities and quirks after getting hit by lightning and fun story.

I’m the pp who recommended the Cactus book and others. Elizabeth George Speare (Witch of Blackbird Pond) also wrote Calico Captive. At this age I really liked Anne of Green Gables. I read that to my 11 year old about a year ago and she enjoyed it but had no interest in continuing the series. Her teacher recommended The Egypt Game and I loved that when I was younger but haven’t gotten it from the library yet. Her teacher also recommended To Kill a Mockingbird but we read the first few pages together and she felt she’s not ready for it yet.

I asked her and she said Cactus wasn’t hard but was funny.

She said she really loved Hen and the Art of Maintenace and also (if there’s interest in nonfunctio) she really loved “An immense World”.

Right now she’s reading Lily and Jake by Gerry Spenneli. She says it’s not challenging but is fun.

She says the Wings of Fire series (which was getting easier / she finished prob a year ago) was her favorite of all time and a lot of her friends like Percy Jackson.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old non reader is suddenly asking for Percy Jackson books.

If you have Disney plus they just released a TV show for that series. 1 book = a season. So that might be why. Maybe you could watch together.

Yes! That is why actually! I’m just grateful she’s reading.

For your 13yo, try the Flavia de Luce mystery series.

Jen Calonita fairy tale reform school and other books. For your younger daughter search middle grade books.

For your teen matched by Ally Condie
The selection by Keira Kass

Anonymous wrote:My 13 year old non reader is suddenly asking for Percy Jackson books.

If you have Disney plus they just released a TV show for that series. 1 book = a season. So that might be why. Maybe you could watch together.

American Royals!

Mighty Girls website has some great ideas for hotels and all kids of different ages.

I sometimes get ideas from glbestiesbookclub and theshelfstuff on Instagram.