Thread: Need book recommendation for 15-y.o. girl

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I have young cousins to whom I send gift books every year around Halloween. This year, I'm still choosing what book to give the 15-year-old girl. She has average to above-average reading skills. The book can be fiction or non-fiction. Nothing too outré; I don't want to get in trouble with her parents. She's already read the Harry Potter books. I'll have to ask her mother if she's read A Wrinkle in Time, but that's a good example of the type of book I'm looking for.

Witch Child by Celia ReesDuring
And if she's into those japanese characters like most young teens and pre teens, then
Dance in the Vampire
Nozomu Tamaki

These recommendations are from my 16 year old daughter:

House of Night Series....12 of these books (she says they're amazing!)
Blue Blood Masquerade and Revelations Series
Vampire Academy
Sisters in Sanity (non-vampire book LOL)
Right Behind You (non-vampire book)
Project 17

She says she can't think of anymore right now, but she will give me a list tonight. She is a HUGE book fan and loves to read. Right now, because of Twilight, she is into Vampire books.

HTH
Kaye

I highly recommend [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Witch-Apprentice-Joseph-Delaney/dp/0060766182/ref=ed_oe_h"]The Last Apprentice[/ame] series by Joseph Delaney. Like the Potter books the main character starts pretty young, 12 I think, and grows a year older with each book. Although I loved Potter, I find myself enjoying these probably more because the the magic is more earthy and elemental and the setting is definitely creepier. If she likes ghosts and witches (the witches in these books are more primal and gritty) she would enjoy them.

Although they are rated for a younger crowd I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to older kids, even adults. I'm constantly caught off guard by how scary they can be for kid's books.

Pride and Prejudice...and Zombies.
Fun book!

Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
(One unwritten book in the trilogy...)

Any Fablehaven books by Brandon Mull
(Series not complete.)

The Vampirates series by Justin Somper
(Series not complete.)

Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
(Stand-Alone novel... one of my all-time favourites)

The Warrior Heir, The Wizard Heir, The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
(The Heir Trilogy complete)

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
(Series not complete.)


Wide Awake in Dreamland by John Duel
(Classic, collectable... somewhat difficult to find... great stand-alone novel)

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
(Part of a series, but a stand-alone novel)