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Great teenage girl books
Ruby RedRuby Red by Linzi Glass
Buy new: £4.14 / Used from: £2.32
Complex relationships during apartheid
Before I DieBefore I Die by Jenny Downham
Buy new: £3.86 / Used from: £2.24
What would you do if you only have a few months to live?
Bog ChildBog Child by Siobhan Dowd
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £5.50
Read 'A Swifty Pure Cry' and 'The London Eye Mystery' too
Just In CaseJust In Case by Meg Rosoff
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £0.45
I laughed out loud and them felt guilty, very black humour
What I WasWhat I Was by Meg Rosoff
Buy new: £6.12 / Used from: £3.55
Atmospheric, shows the naivety and innocence of another time
Good GirlsGood Girls by Laura Ruby
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.22
A real plot and a salutary tale
Finding Violet ParkFinding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
Buy new: £3.29 / Used from: £1.89
A cracking story
Girl, MissingGirl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £1.30
Really gripping
Forget Me NotForget Me Not by Anne Cassidy
Buy new: £1.72 / Used from: £0.01
She writes gripping stories
The Book ThiefThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £2.69
A lot of reading, but well worth it
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Definitions)The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Definitions) by John Boyne
Buy new: £4.75 / Used from: £2.97
A must read
OnceOnce by Morris Gleitzman
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Just great
Goodnight Mister Tom (New Longman Literature 11-14)Goodnight Mister Tom (New Longman Literature 11-14) by Michelle Magorian
Buy new: £4.44 / Used from: £0.01
A real modern classic
Twilight (Twilight Saga)Twilight (Twilight Saga) by Stephenie Meyer
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £3.00
Vampires and romance, what more could you want? First of a series.
Jamaica InnJamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Buy new: £2.83 / Used from: £0.99
A strong gothic feel to this story
SovaySovay by Celia Rees
Buy new: £6.59 / Used from: £5.52
Celia Rees writes great teenage historical adventures. Sovay has to become a highwayman to survive.
Leaving PoppyLeaving Poppy by Kate Cann
Buy new: £0.66 / Used from: £0.02
I really enjoyed this
Broken SoupBroken Soup by Jenny Valentine
Buy new: £3.29 / Used from: £0.01
Just excellent
Black Rabbit SummerBlack Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks
Buy new: £5.77 / Used from: £4.98
Unputdownable - deffinitely teenage, not younger. Kevin Brooks is a fine writer of teenage books, read 'Candy', 'Lucas', well all of them!
A Friend Like HenryA Friend Like Henry by Nuala Gardner
Buy new: £5.09 / Used from: £2.49
A true story, one you won't be able to put down
My Sister's KeeperMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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This will get you thinking
A Thousand Splendid SunsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £3.18 / Used from: £2.74
Harrowing at times, but beautifully written look at two women's lives in Afghanistan in recent times.
Rani and SukhRani and Sukh by Bali Rai
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Romeo and Juliet type story with an Asian cast, excellent.
Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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The original comedy of manners/romance, just brilliant
Far from the Madding Crowd (Penguin Red Classics)Far from the Madding Crowd (Penguin Red Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £3.25
No you don't always fall in love with the right man. A wonderfully atmospheric book.