Ruined – Paula Morris
Rebecca Brown is staying with her Aunt Claudia in nineteenth century New Orleans, a city of voodoo, ghosts, and hurricanes. While walking in Lafayette Cemetery she is befriended by Lisette, a ghost who helps Rebecca to uncover shocking truths about her life and influences her to right the wrongs of the past.
Shift – Jennifer Bradbury
Two friends set out on a cross-country bike trip. Only one arrives in Seattle. What happened?
Project 17 – Laurie Faria-Stolarz
When six high school students sneak into an abandoned mental institution to make a film about their night there, they do not expect the inexplicable and terrifying events that keep occuring within the crumbling, maze-like building, causing them to question themselves and, ultimately, to make different choices about the course of their lives.
Story of a girl – Sara Zarr
After she is caught with her brother’s friend in the back seat of his car, Deanna has to deal with a ruined reputation.
Wait for me – An Na
When Mina falls in love with a young coworker at her parents’ dry cleaners, she struggles between her mother’s dreams for her and true love.
Someone like Summer – M.E. Kerr
When Annabel, daughter of a contractor, and Esteban, a Latino immigrant, begin a relationship, they are at odds with many of the supercilious residents in the resort town of Seaview.
More than friends – Katherine Spencer
After her brother dies, Grace finds herself falling for his best friend Jackson, who has some serious problems of his own.
Enthusiasm – Polly Shulman
Fans of Jane Austen’s novels, Julie and Ashleigh decide to imitate their heroine and try to discover True Love in high school.
Undercover – Beth Kephart
A quiet girl writes love notes for the people in her school, but her feelings for one student may change her.
The Market – J.M. Steele
When Kate finds out that someone is rating all the girls in her class, she is determined to make sure her score rises, no matter what it takes.
The It Chicks – Tia Williams
Tangie and her friends juggle romance, classes, and the arts with their friendship as the “It Chicks”.
Good enough – Paula Yoo
Patti is trying to get into an Ivy League school to please her parents, but this Korean-American teen also wants to have fun.
Divine Confidential – Jacquelin Thomas
After she moves from Hollywood to Georgia, Divine still wants to live her life as a diva and find romance.
A higher geometry – Sharelle Byars Moranville
In the late 1950s, Anna feels she must choose between the traditional role her parents expect of her and her dream of going to college to study mathematics.
Every crooked pot – Renee Rosen
Nina uses makeup and different hairstyles to hide her birthmark over one eye, in hopes of fitting in.
Maggie Bean stays afloat – Tricia Rayburn
Maggie has changed, through Pound Patrollers diet and exercise, but can she attract Peter Applewood and still keep her old friends?
Cures for heartbreak – Margo Rabb
After her mother dies and her father becomes sick, Mia deals with growing up and finding love.
Mistik Lake – Martha Brooks
Odella yearns to know the answers to family secrets that have affected three generations of women in her family.
Off-Color – Janet McDonald
A white girl and her mother are suddenly forced into public housing, where she struggles for acceptance while also discovering she’s biracial.
So not the drama – Paula Chase
Mina is determined that she will be as popular in high school as she was in middle school.
If you are anything like my 16 year old sister, then you desperately need to read any/all of the following:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Power of Logical Thinking: Easy Lessons in the Art of Reasoning by Marilyn vos Savant
Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language by Robert J. Gula
Also, Twilight is terrible.
The book Delirium it’s the best book I have every read, I am also in my teens I do not know anybody who does not like this book and also the sequel to it Pandemonium and the 3rd book is coming out this year and it’s called Requirium
Eve and Adem by Michael grant and Katherine applegate. It is about a girl who I think is around 16-17 and tries to build the perfect human being, I have really enjoyed it! You could also try the tempest by Julie cross.
Ruined – Paula Morris
Rebecca Brown is staying with her Aunt Claudia in nineteenth century New Orleans, a city of voodoo, ghosts, and hurricanes. While walking in Lafayette Cemetery she is befriended by Lisette, a ghost who helps Rebecca to uncover shocking truths about her life and influences her to right the wrongs of the past.
Shift – Jennifer Bradbury
Two friends set out on a cross-country bike trip. Only one arrives in Seattle. What happened?
Project 17 – Laurie Faria-Stolarz
When six high school students sneak into an abandoned mental institution to make a film about their night there, they do not expect the inexplicable and terrifying events that keep occuring within the crumbling, maze-like building, causing them to question themselves and, ultimately, to make different choices about the course of their lives.
Story of a girl – Sara Zarr
After she is caught with her brother’s friend in the back seat of his car, Deanna has to deal with a ruined reputation.
Wait for me – An Na
When Mina falls in love with a young coworker at her parents’ dry cleaners, she struggles between her mother’s dreams for her and true love.
Someone like Summer – M.E. Kerr
When Annabel, daughter of a contractor, and Esteban, a Latino immigrant, begin a relationship, they are at odds with many of the supercilious residents in the resort town of Seaview.
More than friends – Katherine Spencer
After her brother dies, Grace finds herself falling for his best friend Jackson, who has some serious problems of his own.
Enthusiasm – Polly Shulman
Fans of Jane Austen’s novels, Julie and Ashleigh decide to imitate their heroine and try to discover True Love in high school.
Undercover – Beth Kephart
A quiet girl writes love notes for the people in her school, but her feelings for one student may change her.
The Market – J.M. Steele
When Kate finds out that someone is rating all the girls in her class, she is determined to make sure her score rises, no matter what it takes.
The It Chicks – Tia Williams
Tangie and her friends juggle romance, classes, and the arts with their friendship as the “It Chicks”.
Good enough – Paula Yoo
Patti is trying to get into an Ivy League school to please her parents, but this Korean-American teen also wants to have fun.
Divine Confidential – Jacquelin Thomas
After she moves from Hollywood to Georgia, Divine still wants to live her life as a diva and find romance.
A higher geometry – Sharelle Byars Moranville
In the late 1950s, Anna feels she must choose between the traditional role her parents expect of her and her dream of going to college to study mathematics.
Every crooked pot – Renee Rosen
Nina uses makeup and different hairstyles to hide her birthmark over one eye, in hopes of fitting in.
Maggie Bean stays afloat – Tricia Rayburn
Maggie has changed, through Pound Patrollers diet and exercise, but can she attract Peter Applewood and still keep her old friends?
Cures for heartbreak – Margo Rabb
After her mother dies and her father becomes sick, Mia deals with growing up and finding love.
Mistik Lake – Martha Brooks
Odella yearns to know the answers to family secrets that have affected three generations of women in her family.
Off-Color – Janet McDonald
A white girl and her mother are suddenly forced into public housing, where she struggles for acceptance while also discovering she’s biracial.
So not the drama – Paula Chase
Mina is determined that she will be as popular in high school as she was in middle school.
If you are anything like my 16 year old sister, then you desperately need to read any/all of the following:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Power of Logical Thinking: Easy Lessons in the Art of Reasoning by Marilyn vos Savant
Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language by Robert J. Gula
Also, Twilight is terrible.
try the author AP’s blog http://fictionworldbyap.blogspot.com/
or her wattpad links:
night riser: http://www.wattpad.com/story/1630727-nig…
night riser 2: http://www.wattpad.com/story/1842694-nig…
the seen and unseen: http://www.wattpad.com/story/3648077-the…
**these books are a good light read
or
twilight (stephenie)
vampire academy and its spinoffs (rihelle mead)
hp (jk)
The book Delirium it’s the best book I have every read, I am also in my teens I do not know anybody who does not like this book and also the sequel to it Pandemonium and the 3rd book is coming out this year and it’s called Requirium
im also sixteen and a girl. go on google and look up 100 best books for teens. i literally have read fifteen books off of there and loves every one of them. http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels
Eve and Adem by Michael grant and Katherine applegate. It is about a girl who I think is around 16-17 and tries to build the perfect human being, I have really enjoyed it! You could also try the tempest by Julie cross.
Twilight
Believe it or not the books your English teacher provides you to read are good
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Not new but wrinkle in time is a classic!
My mad fat teenage diary