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| My niece is 14 and loves to read. I have her name for Christmas and wanted to get her a few books but I have NO idea what. Any ideas or suggestions please?!?!?! |
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Location: Kentucky | Does she have a Nook or another type of tablet reader? They can be pretty cheap. |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | Books that students in my 9th grade English class have read this quarter are:
The Fill-In Boyfriend (girl)
The Blind Side
The Call of the Wild
Paper Towns
Legend
The Kill Order
The Scorch Trials
The Death Cure
The Maze Runner
Dead Connection
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
Insurgent (girl)
First Shot
Wolf Brother
The Right Fight
I noted the two books that my two girls have read - the rest of the books were read by boys.
My 12th grade girls have read:
Second Stringer
The Lost Flower Children
When Happily Ever After Ends
Dreamland |
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Location: California | Is she into horses? I was going to suggest the Heartland book series (which also has a TV show now)
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| ccarpe18 - 2015-12-15 9:58 AM
Is she into horses? I was going to suggest the Heartland book series (which also has a TV show now)
Loved the heartland series!!!! |
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| I would suggest asking her what types of books she likes to read, and if she has any titles she wants. I know as a teen, I had a list of books I wanted to complete series that I had started, and had certain genres that I liked reading. I wouldn't go by suggestions, just simply for the fact that she may have read them, or that she may not like that type of book.
Also make sure and ask her who else she's told to buy books, then she won't get multiple titles of the same book. (I've had that happen.) And be very careful about choosing what she says....I've had people find the author and buy books I've already had, when I gave them a specific list. :/
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Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | Nateracer - 2015-12-15 11:11 AM I would suggest asking her what types of books she likes to read, and if she has any titles she wants. I know as a teen, I had a list of books I wanted to complete series that I had started, and had certain genres that I liked reading. I wouldn't go by suggestions, just simply for the fact that she may have read them, or that she may not like that type of book.
Also make sure and ask her who else she's told to buy books, then she won't get multiple titles of the same book. (I've had that happen.) And be very careful about choosing what she says....I've had people find the author and buy books I've already had, when I gave them a specific list. :/
Amazon also offers you suggestions of similar books based on your browsing history. For example, my sister-in-law has been reading The Hunger Games and so I'm going to Amazon to look for similar books. If I pull up The Hunger Games series books, Amazon will give me suggestions of other books and I'll shop from that list. |
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