Leisure Reading Suggestions

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  • October 26, 2017 at 6:43 am
    mom2five
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    Hello ladies,

    I am looking for some book suggestions for my almost 15 yo daughter. She loves to read so I am looking for titles to add to her leisure reading list. She enjoys a wide variety of styles. Thank you in advance for chiming in with yours or your children’s favorites!

    October 26, 2017 at 12:05 pm
    mom2five
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    Ok, so I have been using the bookfinder and using different search criteria. I have found some “new” books. I really don’t know why I didn’t start there. Thanks again, SCM!!

    October 26, 2017 at 12:37 pm
    totheskydear
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    You could also check the free reading lists on AmblesideOnline.com.

    October 26, 2017 at 1:20 pm
    art
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    These are some of my teens’ favorites.
    An Old Fashioned Girl
    Little Women
    Kisses From Katie
    Cheaper by the Dozen
    The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
    Esperanza Rising
    original Nancy Drew books
    The Witch of Blackbird Pond
    Stargirl
    Understood Betsy
    The Westing Game
    They Loved to Laugh
    Murder on the Orient Express
    The Golden Goblet

    October 27, 2017 at 4:39 am
    Melanie32
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    I have a 15 year old daughter as well!

    Some of her favorite books are:

    Pride and Prejudice as well as Emma by Jane Austen

    She loved Little Women part 1, but not part 2-lol by Alcott

    The Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Alice in Wonderland by Carroll

    The first few books in the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery

    The Mysterious Benedict Society series. I can’t recall the author’s name off of the top of my head.

    The first three books in the Harry Potter series by Rowling.

    Hope you find some great reads for your daughter! If you list some of her favorite books, we might be more helpful.

     

     

    October 27, 2017 at 10:22 am
    mom2five
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    @totheskydear Thanks for the reminder of the AO lists!


    @art     Your list reminded me that I have several of those titles on my shelf. She grabbed The Story of the Trapp Family Singers and started reading it last night. She is also currently reading Pilgrim’s Progress. Thank you so much for your suggestions!


    @Melanie32     I see some similarities in types of books our daughters might pick. She listened to Alice in Wonderland on audio book at a young age and consequently can pretty much quote the book (great for story telling for her kiddos in the future-wink). It was definitely a favorite. She has also read Little Women and the first few Anne books. I may pick up the next couple in the series. Thanks for your suggestions!

    Here are some others that she has read:

    The Knights of Arrethtrae series and the Wars of the Realm series by Chuck Black

    Twice Freed by Patricia St. John

    The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

    A Peep Behind the Scenes by O. F. Walton

    For one Moment by Christmas Carol Kauffman

    The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins

    By Searching by Isobel Kuhn

    The first few books in the Elsie Dinsmore series by Martha Finley

    The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

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