Good books for teens to read in a book club?

My friends are starting a book club and we are trying to choose books that we will like, and that are parents approve of. The problem is, one of our friends can't read anything to do with romance, or horror, so we aren't sure what to choose. We are between the ages of 12-14.

Thanks, in advance.Good books for teens to read in a book club?
Brian Jacques's Redwall (fantasy) Series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwall

Hardy Boys mysteries (mystery) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Boys

Pierce Anthony's Xanth series (fantasy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanth

classic Mark Twain novels, like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

the Inkheart series (fantasy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkheart

chronicles of narnia

francine pascal's sweet valley high series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valle鈥?/a> and sweet valley twins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valle鈥?/a>
Dump the no romance, no horror kid. It's a form of censorship. Let her start her own book club. In case you don't really mind holding yourselves back from some great stories because you feel some kind of loyalty to your friend, try Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. It's a Norman Rockwell painting done in dark, mysterious tones about friendship between next door neighbors, relationships with fathers, books, libraries and a mysterious carnival that rolls into town in the middle of the night that changes everything that comes after it. Bradbury's best.

http://bit.ly/SomethingWickedGood books for teens to read in a book club?
Vampire:

House of Night by PC Cast

Anita Blake series by Laurell Hamilton

Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (not sure what the series is called)

Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith

Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

Vampire Kisses

Tantalize by Cynthia Smith

Nighworld LJ SMith

South Beach by Alex Duval



Werewolf stories:

Blood and Chocolate.

Demonata by Darren Shan

Wereling by Stephen Cole

Werecat

Unleashed



Spy stories (actually very good, although not fantasy. You should still check them out):

Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter

the Specialists by Shannon Greenland.

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz



Fantasy stories:

Tithe: A modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Wings by Aprilynn Pike



Also the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld is good, but its futuristic.



The Unseen series is really good.

The Mortal Instruments series

The Black Tattoo

Unwind





Witches (as in Wiccan)

Sweep series by Cate Tierman

Balefire series also by Cate Tierman



Wake by Lisa McMann

-Wake #1

-Fade #2

-Gone #3



Aliens:

Daniel X by James Patterson



Mythology:

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodan

Daughters of the Moon Series

Sons of the Night Series by: Lynne Ewing



The Gatekeeprs by Anthony Horowitz

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Deadly Little Lies
If you friend is okay to read adventure, try two on-line books, Dangerous Days %26amp; Blades, both by J. William Turner. There are important teen boy and girl characters aged 12 - 17, lots of international action and suspense, some violence, a small amount of teen love, and no obscene language or horror. Nothing to worry your parents I thinkGood books for teens to read in a book club?
The Goosegirl

Enna's Burning

River Secrets

Forest Born by Shannon Hale



City of Bones

City of Ashes

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare



The Host by Stephenie Meyer



The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan



Twilight

New Moon

Eclipse

Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer



Fable haven series by Brandon Mull



The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

(everything by Shannon Hale is awesome!)



Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale



Dragon slipper

Dragon flight

Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George



Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George



Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard



Eragon

Eldest

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini



The Hunger games

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins



No. 1 Ladies detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (10 books in all)



The girl who could fly by Victoria Forester



Maximum Ride series by James Patterson (a little slow, but good.)



The Naming

The Riddle

The Crow

The Singing by Alison Croggon



Evergone

Blue Moon

Shadowland By Alyson Noel (book 4 comes out summer 2010)



The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society BY Marry Ann Shaffer %26amp; Annie Barrows



Princess of the Midnight Ball BY Jessica Day George



The Summoning

The Awakeing By Kelley Armstrong



A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks



I DID NOT LIKE:

Marked series (too much swearing)

Interview with Vampire by Anne Rice (too violent for me)

The ugly series (Book 3 has emo type cutting going on)

Artemis Fowl series (evil genius kid)
I agree with Alice, dump the no romance no horror pal or else tell him/her to read something else if everyone else wants to read one of their "banned" genres. I don't like romance novels myself, but that doesn't mean no one else is allowed to read them, even if they do suck *** IMHO. Good books for teens %26amp; adults include

"Animal Farm" %26amp; "1984" by George Orwell - Big Brother is watching YOU...read these books!

"Call of the WIld" %26amp; "White Fang" by Jack London

"Tom Sawyer" "Huckleberry Finn" "Life on the Mississippi" "The Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain

Sherlock Holmes stories %26amp; novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Hobbit" %26amp; "Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien

"Catcher in the Rye" by J D Salinger

Short stories by Mark Twain, O Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe

Short novels by John Steinbeck inc. "Grapes of Wrath" "Of Mice %26amp; Men" "Cannery Row"

"Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

"Watership Down" by Richard Adams

"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams

"The Sirens of Titan" "Slaughterhouse-5" by Kurt Vonnegut

See the sources for lots more suggestions
The Hunger Games %26amp; sequel, Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. (third book is coming out soon)

The Darkest Powers series by Kelley Armstrong. (The Awakening, The Summoning %26amp; The Reckoning, which is coming out in April)

Wake trilogy by Lisa McMann. (Wake, Fade and Gone, which is coming out this month)

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. (City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass. Another book is being added - City of Fallen Angels, which is coming out next year)

Anything by Sarah Dessen - fabulous author for teen girls.
omfg u guys have to read a book called Drums Girls and Dangerous Pies by Jordan Sonnenblick



its soo effin good and its for kids grades 6-9

i literally cried reading that book



and you guys can read another book called Maximum Ride by James Patterson but theres like 6 books to it

that book is one of my favs

or Percy Jackson and the Olympians theres also 6 books

they made a movie for that book

it looks awesome

well hope you chose one of them and let me know if you liked them :)
(5 Star) Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls

by Rachel Simmon Age Range: Young Adult ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!!!!



The Whole You A Guide to Life by Jeannie Kim (4 part series) Excellent!



(5 Star) Also you can research books through Discoverygirls.com, backing a magazine For Girls By Girls. Excellent reading lists are given that are just what your book club is seeking. Your group can write Discovery Girls and maybe even end up featured in the magazine! Especially if you made DiscoveryGirls the Magazine of your Book Club.



Some of my personal favorites:

Diana Wynne Jones series:

The Lives of Christopher Chant (published 1988)

Conrad's Fate (2005)

Charmed Life (1977)

The Magicians of Caprona (1980)

The Pinhoe Egg (2006)





ALSO:

The Chronicles of Narnia (series)

Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (series),

A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama (author Laura Amy Schlitz!!),

Ella Enchanted (based on the Cinderella story, but is so much better!),

The Royal Diaries of Anastasia The Last Grand Duchess Russia 1914, (author Carolyn Meyer)

The Egypt Game (author Zilpha Keatley Snyder!),

The Strictest School in the World Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines Mostly Broken (author Howard Whitehouse!!),

The Giver (author Lois Lowry),

Missing Pieces (Norma Fox Mazer has won a ton of awards for her young adult writing but this one is my Absolute favorite of hers).



Consider poetry, autobiographies, non-fiction and even art books from time to time. Adds texture to your experience.





Another I'd recommend but have parents permission first is

Make Lemonade, (trilogy, Scholastic is publisher) by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Hello, and way to go! Organizing a book club is a great activity for girls your age. Some books recommended for on my website are:



Middle Grade:

Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma (more for girls)

Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston



Young Adult:

Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan

Fire by Kristin Cashore (more for girls)

Gentlemen by Michael Northrop (more for guys)



I also think the Hunger Games books would be a great choice. Hope this helps ... and good luck!
the Devil's Arithmetic

The Secret Garden

Johnny Tremain

Red Badge of Courage

Lord of the Flies

Les Miserables (abridged)

41 Stories by O. Henry

War of the Worlds

The Chronicles of Narnia



anything by Roald Dahl



The Hobbit (it is easier to understand and follow than The Lord of the Rings)



matter of fact I suggest you read The Hobbit. That is a great book, and most people don't even try it. What a great story! Go get a copy and try it out. I loved it!
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)

Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell)

Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan)

Playing Beattie Bow (Ruth Parks)

My Sister Sif (Ruth Parks)

Holes (Louis Sachar)

Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit

Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)

Eragorn trilogy

Narnia

The Golden Compass

Requiem for a Princess (Ruth M Arthur)

Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta)

Angels Gate (Gary Crew)

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Pelican's Creek (Maureen Pople)



The Diary of Anne Frank

Anne of Green Gables (L M Montgomery)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)

The Shiralee (D谩rcy Niland)

My Place (Sally Morgan)

Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)

The 3 Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas)

Anything by the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen



Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Witches, Matilda)

Megan鈥檚 Star (Allan Baillie)



The Princess Bride (William Goldman)

The Princess Diary (Meg Cabot)
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Graceling and Fire by Kristin Cashore

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Wake series by Lisa McMann

Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld

The Vampire Acedemy series by Richelle Mead

The Vampire Diaries series by LJ Smith

The Evernight series by Claudia Gray

The Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The Mediator series by Meg Cabot

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Anything by Laurie Halse Anderson

Anything by Elizabeth Scott

Anything by Sarah Dessen



Hope this helps!
Momo, Michael Ende

Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson (a comedy)

The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, Weinberger and Paz

The Giver, Lois Lowry

Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia, Paterson
Harry Potter by JK Rowling

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

The Naming by Alison Croggon

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Preacher's Daughter by Beverley Lewis

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursala K Le Guin
Harry Potter

The Mediator Series books by Meg Cabot



Remember a lot of them might be in different reading levels, I think you might want to start somewhere in between....
*Maniac Magee

*Where the red fern grows

*The devils arithmetic

*The cay

*Ella enchanted -if its a girl book club-

*Lion boy

*The giver
The " Twilight" series is a good place to start, along with Harry Potter. If you go to your local library they can recommend alot more.
Harry Potter by JK Rowling or Percy Jackson %26amp; The Olympians by Rick Riordan
Of course atleast one person mentions twilight.
How about Harry Potter or even Twilight saga, would be a start for your club. Hope I have helped you.
Dr. Franklin's Island
Artemis Fowl
You might enjoy some of these:



- Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett. Blurb on the back of the book:



On a warm October night in Chicago, three deliveries were made in the same neighbourhood. A plump tangereen moon had just risen over Lake Michigan. The doorbell had been rung at each place, and an envelope propped outside...The same letter went out to all three:



Dear Friend,

I would like your help in identifying a crime that is now centuries old. This crime has wronged one of the world's greatest painters. As those in positions of authority are not brave enough to correct this error, I have taken it upon myself to reveal the truth. I have chosen you because of your discriminating eye, your intelligence, and your ability to think outside of convention...Although you may never meet, the three of you will work together in ways none of us can predict. If you show this to the authorities, you will most certainly be placing your life in danger...



The letter was not signed, and it had no return address.



- Pharaoh by Jackie French. It's a quick read, but extremely good, and is set in 3000BCE and is about a prince of Egypt and his journey to becoming King through all the complications. It is based on a real story, and is in a time before even the pyramids were built. And it's all true! Here's some more information about it:



Prince Narmer is heir to the throne of Thinis. Narmer has everything a young prince could want 鈥?good looks, his father鈥檚 love and respect, and the love and respect of his people. But he is the younger son, and his older brother Hawk isn鈥檛 as helpful and subservient as he appears to be. A visit from a well travelled trader and his assistant Nitho introduces Narmer to the Oracle, and suddenly Thinis, the largest town on the Nile, doesn鈥檛 seem like the centre of the universe to him. When he is attacked by a crocodile, and betrayed by those closest to him, Narmer鈥檚 world closes, but as he takes his own journey across the desert, the world suddenly opens, along with the future.



Well researched, and beautifully characterised, Pharaoh is, at its heart, a story about coming of age鈥攁bout growing from youth to maturity. It touches on all the big themes 鈥?beauty below the skin, honesty, courage, understanding, and the nature of change, both psychological and global. That it鈥檚 set in a historically rich context makes it more fascinating...



Also, if you want to read the blurb on the back of the book, click here: http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/97鈥?/a>



That's all I can really think of. Hope I helped!