What is a good contemporary fiction book for a 14 year old?
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What does the 14 year old like?
Lil
March 28, 2013 at 10:56 pm
sorry idk
Janine
March 28, 2013 at 11:55 pm
-The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Lily Owens’ mother died in a tragic accident when she was just a child. Ever since then, she has been living with her domineering father, T. Ray. The only person Lily really cares about is Rosaleen, her African-American nanny who raised her ever since her mother died. When Rosaleen’s life is threatened, Lily cooks up a plan to run away with Rosaleen, leaving T. Ray and the town. Lily decides that she wants to go wherever her mother was, and so she heads to the town written on her mother’s picture of the virgin Mary—Tiburton, SC. In Tiburton, Lily learns about beekeeping, her mother’s past, and gains strength to live in her future.
-The Harry Potter series. If you haven’t read them already, you should.
-California Blue by David Klass. John, a 14 year old track athlete, loves runs in the woods. One day he discovers a new butterfly species during a trail run, which sets of a battle between him and the town. The townspeople want to tear the forest down for economic reasons, but environmentalists want to save the butterfly’s habitat. To add to John’s confusion, he deals with his father’s illness and his growing attraction to his sympathetic biology teacher.
-The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Susie Salmon is just 13 years old when she is brutally murdered. She decides to look down at her family and friends from heaven to see how they cope with her death, and how over the years, though they may not consciously acknowledge her death, the pain of the loss never goes away.
winter8778
March 28, 2013 at 11:57 pm