From reworked fairy tales to moody quasi-emo (and boderline abusive) love stories, and empowering epics about feminine perseverance, books have a lot of knowledge embedded into their narratives to offer to a 16-year-old girl that is beginning their quest of maturing into a world full with challenges to throw at them.
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#1 Teen: So You Want to Write Fiction? (book)
Book recommendation by Cynthia MacGregor from Cynthia MacGregor’s website
This book will spur a teen girl’s interest in writing novels and short stories while guiding and helping her to improve the quality of her writing
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#2 On A LARP / Zero Sum Game (The Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventures)
Book recommendation by Stefani Deoul
The Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventures are an award-winning, contemporary young adult series featuring seventeen year old, self-described lesbionic brainiac, Sidonie “Sid” Rubin and her posse of friends. Diversity, hijinks, and lots of smarts make the series compelling and fun. Per NBC Out, “Sid is the smartest seventeen-year old you’ve never met, at once funny and brilliant, forthright and insecure, too-good-to-be-true and utterly real.”
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#3 Searching for God in the Garbage
Book recommendation by Bracha Goetz from Bracha’s Books
Searching for God in the Garbage is a coming-of-age memoir about a Harvard grad searching for the purpose of life and actually finding it – what a joy!
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#4 So Here I Am: Speeches by great women to empower and inspire
Book recommendation by White Lion Publishing from The Quarto Group
Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. The first dedicated collection of seminal speeches by women from around the world, So Here I Am is about women at the forefront of change – within politics, science, human rights and media; discussing everything from free love, anti-war, scientific discoveries, race, gender and women’s rights.
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#5 Grit and Grace: Uncommon Wisdom for Inspiring Leaders Designed to Make You Think
Book recommendation by Rock Point from The Quarto Group
Grit & Grace is a collection of quotes, stories and sage advice from female trailblazers, creatively designed to inspire modern-day leaders. Grit & Grace is the perfect companion for dreaming up fresh possibilities and translating vision into action. Its pages pair sourced quotations with the uncommon stories of a host of remarkable women, readying today’s leaders to imagine new futures. Plus, it’s stylishly designed so readers can creatively share what inspires them. The book makes a meaningful gift for sisters, daughters, friends, teammates, teachers, colleagues, newly minted grads, and the other dreamers and doers in your life.
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#6 Classics Reimagined, Pride and Prejudice
Book recommendation by Rock Port Publishers from The Quarto Group
Experience this amazing re-imagining of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s classic story of love and misunderstanding. This modern edition features illustrations for a new range of readers. Biting commentary, romance, and misunderstanding are abound in this classic story, which now features Alice Pattullo’s colorful illustrations.
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#7 Classics Reimagined, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Book recommendation by Rock Port Publishers from The Quarto Group
The classic fairy tales of The Brothers Grimm are now re-imagined through the deft illustrations of internationally recognized artist Yann Legendre, in Classics Reimagined, Grimm’s Fairy Tales. French artist Yann Legendre takes readers on a beautiful journey through the classic stories of the brothers Grimm with his superbly illustrated insight.
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#8 Classics Reimagined, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Book recommendation by Rock Port Publishers from The Quarto Group
Enjoy Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as you’ve never seen it before! Andrea D’Aquino’s modern, illustrative interpretation of this classic tale follows Alice on her fanciful journey down the rabbit hole where she meets friends like the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, and the Caterpillar! The lush, multi-faceted images breathe new life into this classic novel, making it a collectible for book and art lovers every where.
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#9 Classics Reimagined, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Book recommendation by Rock Port Publishers from The Quarto Group
Enjoy Frank L. Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as you’ve never seen it before! Olimpia Zagnoli’s modern, illustrative interpretation of this classic tale follows Dorothy on her infamous journey to Oz. The quirky, colorful images breathe new life into this classic novel, making it a collectible for Oz lovers every where.
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#10 Can Do: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes for Teens and Young Adults
Book recommendation by ID Offokansi from Can Do Motivation
This is a great easy to ready, yet impactful book for teenagers . Available in Kindle and paperback. it’s a book for life as it is very relevant to everyday day life for teens and young adults.
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#11 Slater Mountain: The Journey
Book recommendation by Judy Ricketts-White from Mecate Press
Slater Mountain: The Journey is a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award winning fun, fictional adventure perfect for 16 year old girls, especially those who love horses.
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#12 Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History
Book recommendation by Emily Debenham from Wordery.com
“””An illustrated and informative primer on the progressive social change movements of the last 60 years as told through the stories of 60 diverse female and non-binary leaders in those movements, from the Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall riots through today””
Modern HERstory Hardback edition by Blair Imani”
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#13 Watch City: Waltham Watch
Book recommendation by Jessica Lucci from Jessica Lucci’s Watch City: Waltham Watch
New friends combine their talents to kick some totalitarian ass! LGBTQ romance, epic battles, and steampunk living: what more could a gal want?
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#14 This I Know
Book recommendation by Eldonna Edwards from Eldonna Edwards, Author
“This I Know is a luminous coming-of-age story about a girl who is shunned by her peers and community for being different, and how she learns to overcome rejection to embrace her special gifts.
“”Readers of all ages will find an unlikely hero in 11-year-old Grace Marie Carter—who was born with a type of clairvoyance she calls the “Knowing”—as she bravely forges her own path in a world that is constantly trying to silence her voice.”—Amy Impellizzeri, author of The Truth About Thea”
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#15 OverRuled (The OverRuled Series, book 1)
Book recommendation by Brittney Joy from Brittney Joy Books
OverRuled is perfect for fans of Harry Potter and Throne of Glass. The first book in a young adult high fantasy series, OverRuled is full of magic, secrets, adventure, and a twist of romance. In the kingdom of Sterling, the only thing more powerful than betrayal is magic…
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#16 Slater Mountain: The Legend
Book recommendation by Judy Ricketts-White from Mecate Press
Slater Mountain: The Legend is a fun, fictional adventure perfect for a 16 year old female, especially on who loves horses. Follow teenager Bailey Mathews and her friend Noah Collins as they go on a trail ride and through strange and dangerous circumstances get trapped in a beautiful and forgotten canyon. They must survive and find a way home.
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The Allatra book is the best book on spirituality. I really love reading it!
All of this are books I read when I was like, 11.