What's a good book for a girl in the 8th grade?
 

Just wanted to hear from some of the female gender on what books you came across when you were 12-13 that had a postive effect on you...made you think.... thank you.

Are You There God? It's ME, Margaret.


teeheee thank me later!

I take back what I said about Judy Blume. read THAT instead.

it has the dungeon companion to the DEADMINES (omglol).

ha!

Hmmm a bunch of suggestions from dudes in their 30's. Thanks but could anybody else give it a shot?

im not yet 30, but ive got nothing for you.

my guess is that seeing as it's a tuesday, and school is in session, it's going to be hard to find the 12-13 year old girls who post here on right now. they are like, uh, in school, and stuff.

no worries though, Glice should be back soon.

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This request isn't for any specific age group to respond. I'm just looking to give my sister a book and was curious what if any books people read when they were that age that they look back on as being a good read.

I'm not a woman...but...when I was 13-14 I read a lot of sci-fi/poli sci type books.

1984, Farenheit 451 (the fact that both of these stories are LOVE stories escape many), Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange, The Andromeda Strain, Jurrassic Park, etc, were all great reads when I was that age.

As far as gender specifics are concerned? Eh. Blah. Genderism is so 30 years ago.

Maybe Mother Night by K.Vonnegut

I didn't start reading in a rabid fashion until I was 14 and I somehow feel that those books would be too much of a mind spasm for someone I feel is very young.
I mean yeah... it's not like I'm passing off the Anarchists Cookbook....ok thanks SYGossip

8th grade is year 7 isn't it? apart from shakespeare i read

Naked Lunch?

Bloody hell. Here's some decent choices

The Colour Purple
and
Oranges aren't the only fruit

Both decent novels and don't patronise the reader.

Roald Dahl- Boy

I know it is an autobiography about Roald Dahl's being a young boy, but for males and females at age 13 it is a very good read.

jeezus, with this thread

get her some basic poetry, nothing about fucking-- khalil gibran or something.

as for novels-- im not well-versed in girly literature, i dont know-- don't people read "little women" anymore? i always liked the tomboy one, i forget her name-- jo? yeah.

when i was 12 i used to read a lot of adventure novels-- verne, salgari, all that shit.

girls are supposedly more into social life & relationships, or so the zoologists say.

You must spread some poop around before pooping on cryptowonderdruginvogue again.

for a girl in 8th grade get her...

I don't know. I did not realize there were any 8th graders left that read.