Recommend a book for a 15yo please

Goldiegirl

Oh, just thought of another recomendation - The 'His Dark Materials' trilolgy by Philip Pullman. Great for all ages, but originally aimed for younger readers

pulliptears

I was also going to suggest the Morganville Series, my DD is 15 and constantly has her kindle with her and that is her favourite series.

I'd also suggest Laura Ingalls Wilder's series. It starts with Little House in the Big Woods (and goes through to Little House on the Prairie). It's an enthralling story of a very different life.

turtlemoose

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Collection-Hunger-Plague-Series/dp/B0047U2RFU

These are brilliant, and are found in the "young adult" section of the library....one day, everyone in a certain area over the age of 15 just disappears...!!!!!!....and the kids are left to fend for themselves, they can't get outside help (can't say why! Will spoil it!). There's 5 in the series and another one due out this year - I can't wait for it

loulou123

I was reading Stephen king and Richard layman at 14-15, it didn't do me any harm apart from the odd nightmare, but I do agree it depends on the child as some of the themes in these kind of books are very adult.

That said I'm sure teenagers are at more risk from the things that can be easily found on the net, then from a book...but that's just my view.

Why not let them pick a selection from the library to try out different genres etc?

Spendless

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I think you might be thinking of Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse?

That was another favourite of mine as a young teen.

With regard to mature themes and young readers.

Depending on the young person, I think many teens are ready for more adult books by the time they hit their teens.

I remember when I was about twelve, The Exorcist was big in the cinemas at the time. I would never have got in to a cinema to see that film, so i went out and got the book to read intstead. I also remember reading 'Death Wish' when I was about 14. I've grown up to be a responsible, law abiding, undisturbed citizen, so it didn't do me any harm!

My parents knew what I was reading, so either a) they thought I was mature enough to read the books, or b) they didn't fully realise the content of the books !

Anyway, I'd rather any teen of mine was reading Game of Thrones, than pap like the Twilight series. I've read the first books in both these series - Twilight was exactly like 'fan fic' on a teenage fan site.

Right name, wrong book! It was 'There is a Happy Land' by Keith Waterhouse. Out of print now, but the school reading books led both me and my son (nearly 13) to look at authors I'd never previously considered or come across.

TeamLowe

n-thing Terry Pratchett, and Douglas Adams.
Also Skulduggery Pleasant, i got the first book on my kindle for a cheap price, read it and loved it, then was a bit embarassed to realise that it's aimed at teenagers rather than adults.

Neil Gaiman may be a touch mature for a 15 year old, only because there's more talk of sexual acts ie american gods starts with the guy talking about how his wife died giving a blowjob to his best friend, but it depends on the maturity of your 15 year old.

Lunar_Eclipse

pulliptears wrote: »

I'd also suggest Laura Ingalls Wilder's series. It starts with Little House in the Big Woods (and goes through to Little House on the Prairie). It's an enthralling story of a very different life.

Brilliant books. Eldest loved this series, but they might be a bit young for the OP. DD was 10 (Y6) when she read them.

The Numbers trilogy by Rachel Ward is marketed as being akin to the Hunger Games and I ordered it earlier today.

My 12 year old has also just enjoyed the Neil Shusterman trilogy (Unwind is the first book) which I think someone else mentioned earlier as being along these lines.

pulliptears

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

Brilliant books. Eldest loved this series, but they might be a bit young for the OP. DD was 10 (Y6) when she read them.

DD showed no interest in them at all until recently when she went through the whole series very quickly. It's a series you can love at any age imho

Sheel

BeckyC2be wrote: »

Morganville vampire series

Ladyhawk wrote: »

I have just read (and thoroughly enjoyed) the Richelle Mead Vampire series set at St Vladimirs (no sex or bad language as far as I remember).

Love both of those as does my daughter.

Bloodlines is also good. It's a spin off series from the Vampire Academy.

Wyre wrote: »

Michael Grant's Gone series - quite dark sci-fi

I've got them , but haven't read them yet , but my daughter has and liked them.

My daughter and I also like....

The Mortal Instruments (film coming out this summer).
House of Night series.
Anything by Maggie Stievater.
The Soul Screamers series.
The Evernight series.
The Fallen series.
The Hush Hush series.
The Immortals series.
The Ashes Trilogy.
Ready Player One.

I've also got the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and love them.

warehouse

Wow. What a great set of replies. Thank You all very much. I will have a good read through the suggestions later this evening and choose a few for her, (she likes surprise packages from Amazon), and then show her the thread to choose a few of her own.

Thanks again.