Books for 12-13 year olds

[CathH]

My daughter is 12 (almost 13) and is looking for something new to read.
She has been reading Jacqueline Wilson and Jean Ure, but feels she has now outgrown them.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks

[tickledtrout]

When I was that age my mum got me a copy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and I loved it. Also what about Phillip Pullman?

[confused79]

Has she read the harry potter books, im guessing she probably has if not she may not like them, my son is 11 and loves them.

[cameo]

What about Flour Babies by Anne Fine.

[jake-the-peg]

My daughter's the exact same age, I think at the moment she's reading Gath Nix - the rag witch.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ragwitch-Garth-Nix/dp/ 0007174993/ref=sr_1_13/026-3044313-7569242?ie= UTF8&s=books&qid=1185528428&sr=1-13

Might be a little scary - don't know if that's good or bad

[spudqueen]

When I was that age I was just starting to outgrow childrens books and I got into Jean Plaidy (historical romances). My God-daughter at about that age got into the Caedfael novels.

[pollyspeed]

my daughter is 14 and loved the j.wilson books too.she still reads them but also loves Mallory Blackman books."nought and crosses","knife edge" and "checkmate" collectively known as the noughts and crosses trilogy and "an eye for an eye".they are aimed at young adults and as well as being a good read also address issues such as racism.

[Hellyon]

Cadfael Books are a good choice, when I was that age my Mum gave me Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer.
Terry Pratchett are very populat with teens and I love his books. The transistion between children and adult books is not as easy now because most books now have sex and or violence.

[saxy_jag]

Meg Cabot's books are worth a look - the 'Princess Diaries', 'Missing' and 'Mediator' books are all good stuff. Typically girly stuff, but they address teen issues and concerns very well and not too heavily. The later books in all of these series see the main characters turning fifteen and sixteen and thinking about (but not actually doing) sex. Saying that, the last of the Missing series does see the character at around nineteen and sleeping with her boyfriend, although it's not gratuitous.

Another of my faves is Louise Rennison's 'Confessions of Georgia Nicholson' stories. Very daft and very girly, but very funny too (my hubby loves them). Start off there with 'Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging'.

Similar to Rennison's work is that of Echo Freer, who's written three hilarious books about one Magenta Orange, a very clumsy and accident prone young lady who means well.

[pingping]

at that age I really got into all of the 'Point' books. they do a huge range called 'Point: romance', 'horror', 'crime' etc (none too scary)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_n_6/202-05 78511-4723037?ie=UTF8&rs=1025612&keywords=poin t%20crime&rh=n%3A1025612%2Ck%3Apoint%20crime%2 Cn%3A69
I also read Jean Plaidy and other historical novels. I agree with tickledtrout that she may enjoy the Philip Pullman books - His Dark Materials trilogy

[tickledtrout]

forgotten all about the point books pingping I really enjoyed them, there was another series as well but I can't remember what they were called but were similar

[reinganum]

Of course I'm a bloke and I know girls are different but at that age I started to read detective fiction. Historical romances are perhaps the feminine version of these (!)

She should try lots and lots of things - she'll soon find out what she likes and what she doesn't. She might not like the idea of asking her English teacher (though that would be a good idea) but there's probably a friendly librarian who could suggest various authors.

[atika]

I would defintetly recommend the book "the amazing story of adolphus tips" and "alone on a wide wide sea"and lastly my favourite "war horse" these 3 books are written by a well known authour- Michael Morpurgo which i actually read at the age of 12 they are very gripping stories which should keep your daughter on the edge of her seat for hours!