Books for 12 year olds

[MLGTS08]

I used to read Sweet valley twins and Sweet valley high books. They were similar to babysittersclub. the high school ones were a little older.

I used to love the sweet valley high books when I was around that age.

 

[beerlover]

I read the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit when I was around 12 and loved it. I also really enjoyed Watership Down about that age and The Chronicles of Narnia.

 

[sockgirl77]

My daughter is loving the "Nancy Drew" books. I think it's so funny because she thinks they are new!
Also, they have Hannah Montana books out now and the girls love them!

Nancy Drew books are wonderful. They also have the Nancy Drew Files for more advanced readers. I loved them.

Or, another great one is Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul! Great for a 12 year old.

 

[sockgirl77]

I was always a Hardy Boys fan myself. I also loved anything Judy Blume wrote when I was about that age.

I loved Hardy Boys too. But, I read Judy Blume when I was 9 and 10 so she's probably ahead of that.

 

[bresamil]

My son is 12 and the boys in his class are reading war stories. The girls are reading "Inkspell" and "The Bartimeus Trilogy"

 

[sockgirl77]

Plus I think girls nowadays are more "mature" than they were in my day.

On average girls in my day started their period when they were 13. I was almost 14. Now they are starting them around 10 and 11.

 

[camily]

On average girls in my day started their period when they were 13. I was almost 14. Now they are starting them around 10 and 11.

Me, my mom, and my 2 sisters started at 10.
My daughter is 12 and nothing but the attitude yet.

 

[sockgirl77]

I remember that day well. It was the summer between 7th and 8th grade (I was almost 13). I told my mom "I can have a baby now!" That got me a big to th back of my head. I didn't mean that I was going to try to get pregnant right then. Guess I should have chose my wording better.

Um...yeah. My mom would have popped me in the mouth and chained me up.

Me, my mom, and my 2 sisters started at 10.
My daughter is 12 and nothing but the attitude yet.

 

[vegmom]

My daughter is 10 and has attitude to spare.

 

[amethyst_babes]

My (almost) 12 yr old daughter loves to read.

Have you heard of Stephenie Meyer? I found quotes from Publishers Weekly and ABC news that compare it to Harry Potter. The series is called Twilight and only the first 3 books (is supposed to be a 5 book series) have been published.

She also loves the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter. The series is divided up into three miniseries with six books in each series.

 

[Cowgirl]

I remember that day well. It was the summer between 7th and 8th grade (I was almost 13). I told my mom "I can have a baby now!" That got me a big to th back of my head. I didn't mean that I was going to try to get pregnant right then. Guess I should have chose my wording better.

Silly me, I thought you were a boy.

 

[Nickel]

Silly me, I thought you were a boy.

It was a miracle.

 

[vegmom]

Miracle would have been actually having a baby. :rofl:

 

[vegmom]

Had identical twins. both died- one before he was born and one about 6 months after birth.

removed foot from mouth... comment made about the "thought you were a boy" thing.

How old is your little boy now?

 

[sockgirl77]

removed foot from mouth... comment made about the "thought you were a boy" thing.

I think that anyone would have made that assumption. The only reason that I knew was that I saw her post something about last week.

 

[nomoney]

Yeah, I remembered reading them when I was 10, but I can't remember when I outgrew them.



How about VC Andrews?






































I'm just kidding by the way....she should be way older so she can deal with the effed up stories!

i started reading the vc andrews books right around that time, along with stephen king. Guess it all depends on the kid though. Hmmm...might be why I'm a little loony now

 

[vegmom]

Was it CDH as in the link in your sig? I read a bit from that page.

 

[Cowgirl]

i started reading the vc andrews books right around that time, along with stephen king. Guess it all depends on the kid though. Hmmm...might be why I'm a little loony now

I loved VC Andrews' books...but I think I was 14 when I started reading them. I think I was reading R.L. Stine books (easy to read, but scary) when I was in middle school.