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My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?
She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
 
RenoG said:
My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?
She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
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I'd recommend The Hunger Games Trilogy and The Divergent Trilogy
 
RenoG said:
My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?
She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
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It's a little fantasy-oriented, but I highly recommend the "Pendragon" series. There are ten books in the series, and they are wonderful reads. Honestly, the hardest part was surviving the first twenty pages of the first book. The rest of the series is wonderful. It's great for teens, nothing too "sci-fy" about it, though it is a fantasy. Check out the first one, at least. It's really worth the while.
 
RenoG said:
My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?
She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
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The Fault in our Stars is the current must read book for teenage girls around here. Film is coming but has had mixed reviews.
 
vulcanvillalta said:
It's a little fantasy-oriented, but I highly recommend the "Pendragon" series. There are ten books in the series, and they are wonderful reads. Honestly, the hardest part was surviving the first twenty pages of the first book. The rest of the series is wonderful. It's great for teens, nothing too "sci-fy" about it, though it is a fantasy. Check out the first one, at least. It's really worth the while.
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A little sci fy/ fantacy is cool. Thanks I'll check those out.

Reg. Hunger Games, I can't get with the level of child on child violence thing this whole story presents so those books are off limits.
 
RenoG said:
A little sci fy/ fantacy is cool. Thanks I'll check those out.

Reg. Hunger Games, I can't get with the level of child on child violence thing this whole story presents so those books are off limits.
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Yeah, It's not Gladiator Child Style like the hunger games. Pendragon is a guy fighting against a super bad guy. It's hard to explain, but it's really worth it. I got addicted to the series (as an adult after my son forced me to read it.)
 
RenoG said:
A little sci fy/ fantacy is cool. Thanks I'll check those out.

Reg. Hunger Games, I can't get with the level of child on child violence thing this whole story presents so those books are off limits.
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Understandable, however, given the theme of the books, they are not very violent. It could have been a lot worse. That said, there are lots of great books out there if you don't like The Hunger Games.
 
vulcanvillalta said:
Yeah, It's not Gladiator Child Style like the hunger games. Pendragon is a guy fighting against a super bad guy. It's hard to explain, but it's really worth it. I got addicted to the series (as an adult after my son forced me to read it.)
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I was initially a bit nervous about the Hunger Games (kids stabbing kids etc etc) but it's really quite well handled and if you have daughters Katniss (sp?) is a welcome role model for them, especially when you consider what else they get exposed to these days!

Is that 'Pendragon' as in 'Uther'?
 
jeremy h said:
I was initially a bit nervous about the Hunger Games (kids stabbing kids etc etc) but it's really quite well handled and if you have daughters Katniss (sp?) is a welcome role model for them, especially when you consider what else they get exposed to these days!

Is that 'Pendragon' as in 'Uther'?
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No, its a teen series written by D.J. MacHale. Its not related to Uther, as far as I can discern.
 
AppleDApp said:
Anybody here read non-fiction?
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I do. Mostly history and politics. Occasionally science, and biographies.

RenoG said:
My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?
She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
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I'm not sure about mysteries; I'll have to give it some thought. Lemony Snicket is excellent and I assume that she has read the Harry Potter series.

Garth Nix's 'Abhorsen' series is excellent; Philip Pullman's 'Sally Lockhart' series is also excellent (while 'His Dark Materials' is outstanding)…….and Jonathan Stroud's 'Bartimaeus' series is also well worth a look.

While some might class these as 'fantasy', they are more a sort of alternative world, rather outright fantasy.
 
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I really liked the seventh tower series

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RenoG said:
My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?
She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
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The "His Dark Materials" collection starting with The Golden Compass, which was mentioned earlier, are great books on one condition, you're not hardcore religious to the point where you consider differing views on religion for a story as blasphemy.

It got the religious types all up in arms.

Fortunately, I was left to my own devices go as far as reading was concerned at that age.
 
VI[emoji769 said:
;19277087]The "His Dark Materials" collection starting with The Golden Compass, which was mentioned earlier, are great books on one condition, you're not hardcore religious to the point where you consider differing views on religion for a story as blasphemy.



It got the religious types all up in arms.



Fortunately, I was left to my own devices go as far as reading was concerned at that age.
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I love the series but I agree that that's an important point to take into account prior to reading the books. The books were praised by critics and have won several prestigious awards however they have also been challenged and banned because the Catholic League believes they promote atheism, they undermine the Christian faith, and attack the Catholic Church (the books depict the Catholic Church as being evil and oppressive).

Pullman in an interview stated that he does not object to God or religion "rather the way that the structures and ideas are used for ill. In my view, belief in God seems to be a very good excuse, on the part of those who claim to believe, for doing many wicked things that they wouldn’t feel justified in doing without such a belief.” He also said, "In one way, I hope the wretched organisation will vanish entirely".

In the final book, The Amber Spyglass, this is how he portrays God:

"He was never the creator. He was . . . the first angel, true, the most powerful, but he was formed of Dust as we are, and Dust is only a name for what happens when matter begins to understand itself".

The Authority, God, the Creator, the Lord, Yahweh, El, Adonai, the King, the Father, the Almighty—those were all the names he gave himself. (The Amber Spyglass)
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So yes, I agree with VI. If you think this will offend you as a Christian then I don't recommend it. I'm not a Christian though I know a lot of Christians who were offended by the books.


RenoG said:
My daughter loves to read she's 15. She has a nook glow light and sometime I like to treat her to a download of a book or two from time to time. Any recommendations?

She loves mysteries (she read all the Lemoney Snickets twice) something thats not all dark and violent but not campy either thats fitting for a teen. She's not really into Fantasy at all so no Hobbit, LOTR types. Suggestions?
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Medz1 said:
Not in the UK?!View attachment 478100!
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Switch your Kindle account to US temporarily. Buy it then go back to UK. Those with a UK account do that all the time. Even people with a US account sometimes change their country settings to UK if they want an ebook that isn't available in their country's Kindle Store, they download the Kindle book and then go back.
 
LadyX said:
Switch your Kindle account to US temporarily. Buy it then go back to UK. Those with a UK account do that all the time. Even people with a US account sometimes change their country settings to UK if they want an ebook that isn't available in their country's Kindle Store, they download the Kindle book and then go back.
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Ha! Never thought if doing that. Cheers.
 
Thanks guys you've given me some direction to check in. Oh and thanks for the heads up on 'His Dark Materials'.
We're going on a 8hr road trip next month so I want treat her to a few new books so every book you guys are posting I'm checking.
 
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