As you’ll notice my grammar isn’t great they obviously didn’t get her smarts from me lol.
Anyway my child is 13 loves to read and is college level according to school testing. (She got as high as possible in that area)
We’ve always had trouble finding books that are age appropriate but challenge her. I would like to avoid things like major drug use, explicit sexual depictions and anything that wouldn’t be rated higher than pg-13
Subjects she enjoys are mystery (Sherlock Holmes etc)
Lgtbqia romance books
Manga
And some classics
Thanks in advanced! Suggestions greatly appreciated.
by ParticularMuch4515
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Mystery… hmm. Agatha Christie? If she liked Sherlock Holmes, she’ll probably like Poirot too.
Also, just grab those summer reading lists they give out to high schoolers and give her that. Most of them won’t be terribly violent or explicit, since parents would complain. Just don’t let her read *Lolita* at her age… I did, and I’m still creeped out, to this day. Or *Lord of the Flies*, which is just friggin’ depressing. (And unrealistic. People do not behave that way. Just saying.)
But do remember–she doesn’t *have* to only read challenging books. Once you hit the ceiling in reading ability like that, everything’s open to you–including things that are easy for you, but still enjoyable. I’m 40 years old and I hit the ceiling on reading by the time I was thirteen, too; but I read a whole lot of stuff, only some of which I find challenging. I still read children’s books sometimes–I really enjoyed the “Series of Unfortunate Events” books for example.
Get that kid to the library, tell her to go down the shelves in kids’, YA, adult, whatever genre she likes, pick up a book and flip through it, read a few paragraphs, see if she likes it. Make sure she’s not too shy to speak to the librarians, tell them what books she loved and whether they can recommend more similar ones. Librarians love that sort of question; many of them were bookworms when they were kids, too.
Congratulations on raising a reader!
If you have access to a library or bookstore, I recommend letting her pick through the YA (young adults – written for ages 12-18) section. She’s more likely to read what she picked out for herself.