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Hey everybody!!! My little sister’s thirteenth birthday is coming up, and I want to give her thirteen books that will go with her throughout her teen years (and hopefully into adulthood)… I’ve picked out some great ones that meant so much to me, but I’m still down a few… does anyone have any recommendations? What books shaped your teen years?
— Feb 27, 2025 06:26PM
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Feb 27, 2025 06:45PM
Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, and the Anne of Green Gables series (the entire series is incredible) are some of my favorites...also I love this birthday idea!
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Awww love it!!! (I am getting her a hardcover Little Women!!!!) thank you! Only problem is… it’s getting expensive lol! She is WORTH IT, though!
oh that's awesome!! I can totally relate books can be so expensive! that's such a sweet present though!
Why is this the sweetest idea ever 🥺
The Sisters Grimm and Ranger's Apprentice series! The Sisters Grimm might be a lower reading level, but it was one of the series that got me into reading. And Ranger's Apprentice is one of my favs (fyi it has super mild and infrequent swearing)!
You all are amazing!!! Taking notes hehe!
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Ooo, I love this birthday gift idea!! I think the books I read the most as a younger teen were some of Jane Austen's books, Little Women (of course), and the sequels, The Hiding Place, A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke, The Bonnet and Bungles Series by Gilbert Morris, and the Elsie Dinsmore series by Martha Finley. There's probably more, too, but that's all I can think of right now.
I’m 14 rn and some of my favorites have been the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Powerless, Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, Lightlark, Cinder, and Renegades
Thank you!!! I’ve actually not read any of those!!
Better Than the Movies, Six of Crows 🤍
omgosh this is the sweetest idea I've ever hearddd🥹🥺I wish I had a little sister noww
I love the idea! The Penderwicks is a favorite of me and my sisters. Also, the Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, The Wednesday Wars, Gregor the Overlander, The Princess Academy, and an author that I enjoyed at that age (and still love honestly) and that my younger sister is enjoying now is Gordon Korman :)
Awwwww!!!! 🥹Thank you!!!! It’s a pretty special relationship!
The Christy Miller series
I just read this Christian series called the delusion( I think) it's really interesting and good!
the one and only ivan and the remarkable journey of coyote sunrise are two books that i loved at that age, they were great and they had good meanings and messages !! <3
Love it all!!! I will definitely be taking these into consideration!!
honestly Anne of Green Gables, Cinder, and The Maze Runner were my roman empires growing up
Kotlc and the Frostblood Saga were big ones
Keeper of the lost cities for sure <33
Jane Eyre, The Perilous Garde, PG Wodehouse, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Some Must Watch, The Hobbit, Till We Have Faces, the Father Brown stories, Barchester Towers, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The enchanted April, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Endless Steppe…I love this idea, btw
Oh my goodness! This is wonderful!!!! I cannot wait to watch her open her package after I pick everything out!!! You are gonna make me cry with all this support!!🥹❤️❤️❤️
I mean it is a whole series but that got me into reading
I love that idea! I'm still in my teen years but Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, and The Wingfeather Saga are books that will definitely stick with me through adulthood.
A good girl’s guide to murder if she’s in thriller!
And you can never go wrong with better than the movies
aww this is so cute!! here are some that definitely shaped me a lot!!!- the girl who drank the moon⭐️
- enders game⭐️
- eragon
- savvy
- bridge to teribethia ⭐️
- the outsiders
- the lunar chronicles
-harry potter
-the christy miller series ⭐️
This is such a lovely idea. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 🍃
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That is a wonderful idea!! 🥹
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The Princess Companion by Melanie Cellier!!
Heard good things about her books!!! Sounds wonderful!!!🥰
An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott & The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery were a big part of my teen years. <3~Kayti
The inheritance games really shaped my teenage years so far :) I love little woman also!
♡Maddie (currently in love) wrote: "The Christy Miller series"I completely agree! Those made such a difference when I read them<3 They will be forever in my heart.
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ChildOfGod💜🙌🏽 (for God I live and for God I die)
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@Emma Jo I just bought a little women hardcover (unabridged) for $11 dollars on Amazon and it’s so pretty. If u want the info just pm me! It has a preface written by a women who studies women, gender and sexuality (tho the preface is simply abt the gender roles at the time of little women and Victorian books and such) if ur fine with that 😊
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I’ve never read but I know people love the Christy miller series
