I might have more responses when my own 12-year-old gets home from school, but I can tell you that she recently LOVED Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass, This is Not a Drill by K.A. Holt, and All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero. I'll also recommend one she pushed on me so enthusiastically that I read it and loved it too, although i…
I might have more responses when my own 12-year-old gets home from school, but I can tell you that she recently LOVED Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass, This is Not a Drill by K.A. Holt, and All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero. I'll also recommend one she pushed on me so enthusiastically that I read it and loved it too, although it's not strictly realistic: You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro -- it's GREAT (and it's a "going back in time to relive your life and fix mistakes" plot, so not realistic, but also not high fantasy).
Oh thank you! I had not heard of any of these. And I can definitely see the appeal of the premise of You Only Live Once, David Bravo. If she's not into it I'll read it myself :)
I am a realistic contemporary gal myself but Ramona (my daughter) really hollered enthusiastically about David Bravo. It's got everything! Humor! Heart! Tough topics! Diversity! A talking dog!
More recs: The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss, The Lost Language by Claudia Mills, The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe by Tricia Springstubb, Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King. Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy.
I might have more responses when my own 12-year-old gets home from school, but I can tell you that she recently LOVED Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass, This is Not a Drill by K.A. Holt, and All You Knead is Love by Tanya Guerrero. I'll also recommend one she pushed on me so enthusiastically that I read it and loved it too, although it's not strictly realistic: You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro -- it's GREAT (and it's a "going back in time to relive your life and fix mistakes" plot, so not realistic, but also not high fantasy).
Oh thank you! I had not heard of any of these. And I can definitely see the appeal of the premise of You Only Live Once, David Bravo. If she's not into it I'll read it myself :)
I am a realistic contemporary gal myself but Ramona (my daughter) really hollered enthusiastically about David Bravo. It's got everything! Humor! Heart! Tough topics! Diversity! A talking dog!
More recs: The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss, The Lost Language by Claudia Mills, The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe by Tricia Springstubb, Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King. Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy.