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Cassie (21 KP) is asking for a recommendation

Jan 21, 2019  
Recommend Me
Looking for good books for my 10 year old daughter. She is reading on a young adult/adult level. I want her to feel challenged but dont want her reading content that is too mature for her age. She enjoys most genres. Open to all ideas!
      
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Kelly (279 KP) Jan 22, 2019

I had, same issue with my son, most school library books at his reading level were blocked to him until recently. What about books by Frank Cottrell Boyce? He used to love those at that age.
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Cassie (21 KP) Jan 22, 2019

Thanks for the recommendation!
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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones in Books

Aug 9, 2017  
The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments 1: City of Bones
Cassandra Clare | 2007 | Children
9
8.2 (111 Ratings)
Book Rating
City of Bones was one of the first Young Adult novels I read after college. It was an easy read, and I was desperate for the next volume after reading it.
  
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Melinda McGuire Abel (1 KP) rated Go Ask Alice in Books

Mar 14, 2018  
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice
Beatrice Sparks | 1971 | Young Adult (YA)
7
7.3 (25 Ratings)
Book Rating
An eye opening account of a young girl. Definitely not a middle school book. Interesting story of a girl who has run away and lives a life as an adult quickly.
  
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Catherine (40 KP) rated The Book Thief in Books

Aug 31, 2017  
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.8 (129 Ratings)
Book Rating
Unique in its Approach (1 more)
Written Well
For Young Adults (0 more)
A Favorite
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The Book Thief is one of my favorite young adult novels. The creativity of writing from the perspective of Death made this story memorable to me. I felt close to the characters and empathized with them.
  
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Steven Pinker recommended One, Two, Three, Infinity in Books (curated)

 
One, Two, Three, Infinity
One, Two, Three, Infinity
George Gamow | 1989 | Science & Mathematics
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"A delightful introduction to number theory, Einstein’s theory of relativity, higher dimensions, and other mathematical and scientific topics. I read it as a young adult, but it’s informative for old adults too."

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LibrarianBeth (6 KP) rated Fangirl in Books

Jul 19, 2017  
Fangirl
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell | 2014 | Young Adult (YA)
10
8.9 (46 Ratings)
Book Rating
Cath is relatable. (2 more)
Draws in young adult readers but also allows "older" adults to relate.
Made me fangirl Rainbow!
wanted more!!! (0 more)
Fantastic Teen Fiction
Rainbow Rowell knows how to relate to young adult readers and how to get "older" adults to reflect back and see themselves in the characters' situations. This book made me fangirl Rainbow so bad! Cath and Wren are twins trying to create their own paths as they step into adulthood. Cath struggles along that path
  
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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall in Books

Feb 19, 2018  
TG
The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall
Mary Downing Hahn | 2010
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Perfect for younger young-adult readers. This reads like a classic Dickensian ghost story, plenty of creepiness but nothing that will keep a young reader awake at night! This story was very well told, and I enjoyed it even though it was written for a much younger audience.
  
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Cumberland (1142 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback

Sep 4, 2018  
I was adding a book, and I noticed that you could mark something as children or young adult but not middle grade. Can you add middle grade? A lot of books fit into that category.
   
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Bird (1700 KP) Sep 5, 2018

Hi @Cumberland - thanks for the feedback.

Would love anybody else feedback on this too?

Should we add 'Middle Grade'?

?
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Heather Heatso Culbertson (295 KP) Sep 5, 2018

Yes, please!
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 26, 2017
We’re living in a golden age of young-adult literature, when books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation.

So here are a few books (continually updated) from The Guardian's selection.
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The Guardian's Children's Books Roundup

Protesting chickens, a mischievous bear, hunt the ballerinas and a Swedish horror story, here are The Guardian's best pick of children's books.

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be

Gemma Cairney

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Book

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big, bad...

Fir: Red Eye Series

Fir: Red Eye Series

Sharon Gosling

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Book

Moving from Stockholm to an isolated pine plantation in northern Sweden is bad enough, but when the...

Young Adult Horror
All About Mia

All About Mia

Lisa Williamson

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One family, three sisters. GRACE, the oldest: straight-A student. AUDREY, the youngest: future...

Children
The Secret Keepers

The Secret Keepers

Trenton Lee Stewart

7.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Book

When Reuben discovers an old pocket watch, he soon realizes it holds an incredible power: it can...

Children
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

Stephanie Burgis

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Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest kind of dragon, and she's ready to prove it to her family by...

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Celeste Schlager (1 KP) rated Eleanor & Park in Books

Jul 8, 2017  
Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell | 2016 | Young Adult (YA)
9
8.5 (77 Ratings)
Book Rating Watch
Great story
This book was very good and I would recommend it to anyone looking to a young adult fiction book that was very realistic to the families who live like the ones in the book.