Best self-esteem books for children according to redditors
We found 159 Reddit comments discussing the best self-esteem books for children. We ranked the 68 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 159 Reddit comments discussing the best self-esteem books for children. We ranked the 68 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
There's a great CBT-based workbook for kids dealing with perfectionism issues called What To Do When Mistakes Make You Quake. It's aimed at slightly older kids, but you might be able to work through it with him.
I’m mixed (Italian and Haitian) and grew up with a lot of identity issues starting very young, including not truly feeling like a part of either side of my family because I didn’t look like them. I get mistaken for Indian and Dominican often, my dad is very dark and my mom white with dark long straight hair. I was never made to feel outcasted by a family member and there was so much love on both sides, but I still felt like I’d never truly be apart of or understand either culture.
Out of everything ever given to me the ONE book that has actually stuck with me when I got it at 5 years old was Shades of Black by Sandra Pinkey.
It’s a beautifully written book filled with pictures of mixed race kids of all the different shades you could imagine and comparing their skin tones and hair textures to beautiful things you find in nature and everyday life. Implying that there is no specific look to being partially black, that every shade of biracial/multiracial is beautiful and should be embraced.
I still enjoy looking back at it now at 25 years old so I think all the kids might enjoy it. Older ones will have a more introspective look at it.
I know this isn’t exactly what you were looking for but this post hit close to home and this is a book that has stuck with me through all these years.
If you have any other questions please feel free to ask! Everyone’s experience is different but it’s good to get insight from all sides.
You're in the First 100 Days of Darkness https://www.scarymommy.com/100-days-darkness-new-baby/
Today, my 2 year old told me she loved me, that she wanted to hug and cuddle me. She also practiced for 20 straight minutes all of the emotional regulation techniques I've taught her (embrace Daniel Tiger for toddlers, omg it's the best tool). She said how she felt, why she felt that way, started singing the relevant song, and did breathing exercises, and declared that she felt better. All on her own.
It does get better, little by little. It's all really freaking hard but one day you are able to sleep in increments of more than an hour, live in moments of more than 10 minutes at a time, and eat hot food and drink hot beverages without being interrupted. There will be a day where you're not touched out.
You've got this. You may not feel like it but you've got this. You're not alone.
And in case no one has told you, invasive thoughts are common. If you get them, you can go "hello thought, fuck you" or think the opposite of the thought. Or notice things around your room using all of your senses.
One thing that helped me get through the first two years is Pokémon Go on my phone for making sure I get outside. (I'm sure this is probably harder with twins)
Hugs and love to you. You'll get through this.
Edit: c&p from my comment below:
Sure! First of all, I got these books:
Daniel Tiger, the show, is on Prime Video, but there's DT apps for iOS and android. I highly recommend the Daniel Tiger Parents app as it has all the songs/episode clips. We embraced the ipad long ago so she can use it independently and will go to that app and play the songs.
I tried to memorize the DT songs for different emotions like mad, frustrated, and sad. Then when she's feeling a certain way, I would ask her how she feels, then say "Are you feeling mad/sad/frustrated/etc?" then sing the song, and say something like "let's reset", "how many blows do you think you would need to blow out...4 candles?" and held up 4 fingers. If she's feeling uncooperative, I'll go "can you help me blow out the candles?" and then we count as we blow them out. Or I'll ask her to help a stuffed animal.
We also talk about choices a lot, good and bad choices. When she's making a bad choice, I tell her that she's making a bad choice and needs to reset herself and make good choices. "Kicking me is a bad choice. It hurts me. I cannot allow you to kick me or kick people. Are we allowed to kick others? Let's reset and take big breaths"
I ask her a lot of open-ended questions, how are you feeling, what kind of choice are you making/was that, what was the bad choice, what can you do to make good choices next time? What can you do to reset?
This morning, what she was doing was bringing me magnetic blocks, saying I needed to make a ladder or a house for a giraffe. Then it broke as she grabbed it. "I'm mad! Roar! I do breathing exercises." then she blew out several times, got off the couch, said something about how the blocks broke and she could make something else (I've reiterated to her that "The best thing about blocks breaking apart is that you get to make something new") and said she felt better and happy.
Hope this helps! Sometimes it helps to have something physical for them to do when regulating. Or like, having them notice something around the room using their five senses. Oh! And you could have them hold their bellies and breathe in and out and notice how big their bellies get (I talk to her about how lungs work)
I'm sorry, but your husband is a little bit of an idiot. The first thing a black person should know when having kids is that we're very much so like calico cats. Black people can have kids that look white, Filipino, Hawaiian, Indian, Native American, hispanic, and that's all in my own family, without much outbreeding, for lack of a better term.
Like everyone here's saying, take the paternity test, shut your husband up about that, take him in for councelling, get him the children's book Shades of Black, and make sure you read it with your kids too so that if your husband keeps acting stupid about genetics, they don't develop any sort of psychological complexes.
Virgin English Diary of a Wimpy Kid vs the Chad Latin Diary of a Wimpy Kid
I don't read a lot of action-y graphic novels, so I can't really help you with finding more stuff like Watchmen, Wanted, etc. (However, you have to promise me you'll read Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.)
But I can recommend more laid-back graphic novels if you're ever in the mood for something different! Give American Born Chinese, Anya's Ghost, or Daytripper a shot sometime.
Persepolis and Maus are also graphic novel must reads, no matter what genre you usually favor. And Scott Pilgrim was super popular recently, with great cause.
And, if you're willing to settle down for a long haul and read your comics backwards, I really can't recommend Fullmetal Alchemist enough. 27 volumes, but it's the best action series I've ever read and one of my all-time favorites of any sort of media. Check out a stack of it from the library and you'll fly right through it. That's what I did one afternoon, and my time has never been better spent.
Edit: More suggestions, typos.
There's a Latin edition of DOAWK??
Edit: zoo wee mama
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Fingers-Toes-padded-board/dp/0547366205
https://www.amazon.com/One-Love-Cedella-Marley/dp/1452138559
https://www.amazon.com/I-Like-Myself-board-book/dp/0544641019
https://www.amazon.com/Different-Little-Doggy-Heather-Whittaker/dp/0982096216
Forgive me. I'm on mobile.
Edit: especially
https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Young-Bob-Dylan/dp/1416958088
This might be a good book for her.
I've posted a few times about brilliant work I've found in the YA section of the book store. I'll try to help you out here. I've done all my homework and read the adult fantasy greats, WoT, SoIaF, LotR, Sanderson, LeGuin, Wolfe, Feist, and countless others. I'll always say that if you need a breath of fresh air head over to YA and enjoy a lighter read with fascinating characters, plots, and magic. Authors seem to be given a bit more creative freedom with YA novels.
Here we go:
Sabriel still stands up as one of my favorite novels of all time. As a junior high student who hated to read, this is the book that opened my eyes to a world of literature. The novel reads very well as a stand a lone but the are also two sequels (Lariel and Abhorsen) that expand te story and the world. No book i have EVER read has painted a more fascinating view of the undead. It's not anything like you're expecting and won't be like anything else you ever read. Garth Nix is also working on a few more novels set in this world. I can't wait to get my hands on them!
Foundling, Monster Blood Tattoo book 1 This novel begins a compelling story by a passionate new author. D.M. Cornish has been crafting this world for years and you will be amazed by how deep and well thought out it is. Unique use of language and dark themes make this a rather intense book for the YA crowd. I threw up a post about this a few weeks ago in /fantasy if you'd care to see more of my thoughts on it.
Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians This is the YA series written by rising fantasy juggernaut Brandon Sanderson. If you're a fantasy fan I dearly hope you've read Elantris, Mistborn, and the Way of Kings. Also finishing the Wheel of Time is a pretty solid credential. Compared to the two previous suggestions these stories are perhaps aimed at the youngest age group. Still Sanderson is a brilliant writer with a brain full of more interesting ideas than any one man has right to. Give them a shot, they're light easy reads that are actually a lot of fun.
Anything by Diana Wynne Jones should work for you also. She wrote Howl's Moving Castle, which was made into an amazing movie by studio Ghibli. Her works are bassed on traditional fantasy themes but with refreshing new perspectives that set her works miles apart from the traditional lands of wizards and elves. There was another post here in /fantasy about her. Oh my god... as I was writing this I looked at her wikipedia article and saw that she passed away in march... how did I miss this? Ok you're required to read at least one of her novels now. Her books are without equal and without her I think there may be a chasm of creativity in the fantasy world.
So I've gone on for quite a bit there. I hope you find something you can use in those suggestions. This is something I've said before and I'll say again. The YA section can easily be one of the most interesting places in the entire book store. It seems you're no exception to the rule that most adults are stuck in their ways about what they like to read. I'm an adult and I only read X. My fantasy needs to have dragons and elves in it fighting a dark lord because that's how Tolken did it and damn it if that's not the way everyone else should.
Thankfully the publishers believe that young adults are still flexible about what they'll read. Flip through a few YA books and you'll find exciting new ideas, visionary new authors, compelling new worlds waiting to suck you in and take you on a journey like none you've ever experienced before. I strongly support what your professor is doing by asking you to go outside of your literary comfort zone. He's not restricting your genera he's just asking you to take a completely different look at it.
So pick up one of my recommendations or do yourself a favor and cast doubt to the wind, get in your, car drive to the book store, and spend the afternoon exploring what's new, and even what's old in the Young Adult section. I promise you you'll be glad you did.
VIRGIN ENGLISH DIARY OF A WIMPY KID VS THE CHAD LATIN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
I think voice and tone are the main markers of YA, and those are incredibly hard to nail down.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Ranger's Apprentice, My Sister's Keeper, Miserere, The Midwife's Apprentice, The Catcher in the Rye, the His Dark Materials trilogy, Ella Enchanted, Catherine, Called Birdy, Fangirl, the Mistborn trilogy, Girls Like Us, various Tamora Pierce books, and Incarceron are all books that could be considered YA in some markets, but not in others (some are marketed up as adult literature, others down as children's books).
If you went solely by "characters being teenagers for most of the book" to define YA, (and even threw in caveats like "coming of age" and "no explicit sex") you'd get titles like Wild Ginger, The Poisonwood Bible, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Into the Forest, or The Year of the Flood on the YA shelves, possibly disappointing a lot of people who aren't interested in such a dreary world view and often a pervading sense of melancholy (which is perhaps coming from the slower pace, even if things are happening all the time?).
Endings seem to play a role too: those adult examples were all unhappy ends that could make the characters' entire journey seem pointless. YA doesn't necessarily shy away from the unhappy ending (The Fault in Our Stars, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, and Feed come to mind), but there's always a spark of hope and the books were more upbeat up until that point.
YA doesn't necessarily shy away from cynicism or ennui and/or despair either: there was plenty of that to go around in The Hunger Games, Looking for Alaska, Graceling, Delirium, and The Archived, but those tended to be character traits coming from character voice rather than the tone of the narration itself.
Bonus MG vs YA distinction: Does he liiiiike her and maybe kiss her or marry her or are they dating or secretly lusting?
tl,dr: Gut feeling. I know it when I read it, and I don't always agree with the official designation on the spine.
Look inside. If you sign in they let you read the entire first chapter, and it hooks you. Definitely worth a read.
Is there anything in particular you're leaning to?
Author Cherie Priest has a couple excellent books.
The Dresden Files series, by Jim Butcher, is a wonderful series. It's about a wizard-for-hire in the modern world, and delves into the wonderful magic environment that Jim has created. Jim likes to put his characters through trouble and turmoil, and it's good for character development! The series starts off with Storm Front.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is another great series. It's a post-apocalyptic/oppressed setting, centering around something called 'The Hunger Games' - an annual battle that captivates the capitol and all twelve remaining districts. There is a movie releasing next year, as well.
The Name of the Wind is a terrific book by Patrick Rothfuss, the first entry into his series The Kingkiller Chronicles. It's a fantasy setting, and is about a character named Kvothe recounting his life. The writing style has an absolutely artistic writing style that is captivating to read, and such interesting and progressing events that make you eagerly turn the page. I have not yet read the sequel, The Wise Man's Fear, but I'm told it's even better in every way.
Terry Pratchett is an amazing and renowned author. He has been knighted, an event for which he created his own sword for by hand, battles against Alzheimer's in a most respectable and commendable way, and has created such an interesting and provoking world that provides a lot of laughs and curious perspectives on matters. Where you start is a more difficult choice. A couple choice options might be as follows (I haven't read others yet, so I can't attest to others, but there are many!).
I haven't started this book yet, nor looked into it, but I have heard terrific reviews. The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch, is his first book in his Gentleman Bastard Sequence series.
And of course, if you haven't entered George RR Martin's world of Westeros, the series A Song of Ice and Fire could be a wonderful read. It's very complex and very long and not yet complete (five books so far). It starts off with Game of Thrones, which is what the recently-aired HBO series was based upon.
In the science fiction sphere, I would recommend Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It's the first in his Ender's series, and there are quite a few books set in the world. I have only read the first one, and it was an excellent read, insightful and thought-provoking.
...anyway, that should be a few to peek at!
If she likes Adventure Time (or if she hasn't heard of it) they did a fun run from their gender-bent AU called Fionna and Cake, and a run called Marceline and the Scream Queens. Lots more in the Adventure Time universe, but those in particular are great for a 10 y.o. girl.
Anya's Ghost is a great YA graphic novel.
OOOOoooo Bone! That's what got me started. It's a giant fantasy epic that is HUGE! It is all available to read for free on that website, but I recommend checking it out of the library because it's much more fun to read in book form - get the color reprint volumes. I didn't like it in black and white. (Even if your local library doesn't have it, one in your state should, and usually you can put it on hold and they will send it to your local library for you to pick up).
Editing to second the Tintin recommendation! I ate those up in 5th grade. Again - I really think the library is the way to go for some of these because they add up fast! The Tintin collection will run you out a few hundred if you get the best editions (the single story, full-size prints).
My wife and I got this one for our son.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
No need to discriminate, or maybe I just can't choose, but if I'm summoning one, I shall summon all.
My family reads a TON of graphic novels, (pro tip - Humble Bundle has some great deals on them fairly frequently), but my all time favorite is probably the Zita the Space Girl series. Granted, I have a ten year old, so my reading list lately is mostly things like Tiny Titans, Princeless and Abigail & the Snowman, but I've read the Zita series multiple times, and can't wait for the next one! I like all of Ben Hatke's stuff, full disclosure, but I have a soft spot for Zita, a space traveling little girl just trying to do the right thing for her friends, and encountering intergalactic shenanigans along the way. The robots are fun, the art is gorgeous, and the chickens don't try and kill you. # winning
Of course, Zita's not as swashbuckly as Delilah Durk, and it's not as gorgeously well illustrated as The Mouse Guard, but it's a fun, quick read, and stands up to multiple re-reads.
I am biased, and admit it - I love graphic novels, so I've a long list of suggestions that are favorites - if I had to pick just one, I'd take Zita, but I'm also partial to:
[Fables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comics) - fairly dark, and I'm a native New Yorker, so an adult fairy tale recasting in Manhattan was bound to appeal...
[The Jane Foster Thor saga - female reboot of Thor by Marvel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Foster_(comics) - I just dig it - cancer survivor, badass, and the holder of Mjolnir because the original Thor is an arrogant ass - what's not to love?
Anything by Raina Telgemeier, since this is my mini's favorite author and she will sit anytime, any place, and read these to me.
If you speak Italian, Lupo Alberto is hilarious, and good slapstick fun.
Man, I could go on for days. I've got Monstress and Delilah Dirk on my WL, but I'll definitely be perusing this thread as it grows and adding more. Long live picturebooks!
I second The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson series as recommendations.
Looking for Alaska is really popular among my high school students, both girls and boys.
Maybe Ender's Game?
The Seven Realms series is another one several of my kids have been raving about to me. I haven't gotten around to reading them myself, but it might be worth checking out. Starts with The Demon King.
But that's a whole race of people. People have established a term for making assumptions about an individual based on their race. They call it racism. The culmination of human knowledge, centuries of philosophical debate, to this point has lead us to the logical conclusion that racism is irrational. Have you been acquainted with any of these ideas? Here's some literature that you may find helpful. http://www.amazon.com/The-Skin-You-Live-In/dp/0975958003/ref=cm_lmf_tit_2
https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Duckling-Ian-Beck/dp/1846165806
Edit sheesh, I’m not selling a book. I’m helping you understand it’s from a story .. an ugly duckling .. that’s actually a swan. Stop telling me I am being rude.
So... I tried to recreate the issue.
I found the Books with Narration
Mockingjay
Here's the description of [kindle unlimited] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sv_kstore_2?ie=UTF8&docId=1002872331)
> thousands of Kindle books come with the free professionally narrated Audible audiobook. With Whispersync for Voice, whenever you see "Kindle Unlimited with Narration,"
Here's a book with actual narration
Amazon isn't wrong. Just a bit unclear until you read the directions.
For what it's worth, Daniel Gallagher deals with this a number of times in his translation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. His solution is to give the verb in the third person present active, singular or plural depending on how many people are represented as performing the action or making the noise.
Princeless by Jeremy Whitley, can't recommend that one enough. Bone is an all-ages must read as well. There's also lot's of DC Superhero stuff like Wonder Woman geared to young kids, you might want to ask your local comic store for recommendations (if they have a kids section).
Not sure how old you are, or what gender you are (apparently relevant to the enjoyment of the book) -- but I thought the books were --- meh.
Frankly, the one-star reviews on Amazon put it far more eloquently than I ever can:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/product-reviews/0439023521/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar
Some with similar production to Real Friends
Something similar to:
aivi & surasshu - Lonely Rolling Star (Missing You)
Orphee - Venant du meme rocher - Album as a whole
Anyone know if this is good?
Liquid Swords or Illmatic on vinyl
Reminds me of this book, which I have. It's only a picture book but it's sufficient for a small child who doesn't need a long story and it's good for starting a discussion about skin color (check the "Look Inside" button).
HAPPY FREAKIN' CAKEDAY !
Best gift I ever got was probably my dog. I categorize it as a gift, even though my parents made me earn her by getting all A's in school 3 times in a row, but that was a gift. They didn't have to do that and give me that incentive, they could have just expected me to get good grades. Anyways, she is the gift that keeps on giving. Still alive and kicking and the sweetest little brat in the world. Love her to death !
Linky for winny
/u/purrImacatpurpur get your butt in here and talk about the best gift you ever got. Which was totally me naming a fish after you. Totally. Yep. I'm just gonna keep on believing that :p
The book, Who Are You? has already entered into the California elementary education system, teaching children as young as 3 years old that gender is arbitrary and independent of sex and that they can choose what they are more easily than what to have for dinner.
Robert Heinlein wrote -All You Zombies-.
Gotta say I am the Messenger was a good read, too.
You can never go wrong with this book, it's a bit of a mystery type of book I think.
And well I'm Horrible, as are my friends haha
My item is the book Catching Fire. My favorite place is anywhere where I can spend time with my nephew. He's almost three, and I rarely get to see him. He lives about 50 miles away. So anytime I can see him, I'm happy.
Princeless is pretty fantastic if you like fantasy. It makes fun of female exploitation in mainstream comics and media. Black princess decides it's stupid to sit around waiting for someone to rescue her, makes friends with the dragon guarding her tower, and sets off to rescue other captured princesses. Kind of fantastic.
The Convicts
from The Curse of the Jolly Stone series
Not a group, but some helpful reading (a great kid’s book and one for adults though I haven’t finished all of the latter). The kid’s one really helped my son articulate how he felt (sometimes boy, sometimes girl, sometimes boy who loves dresses).
I’ve got a child in the same situation. I’m just 100% supportive of his gender play in public and private. I must be too intimidating to mess with about it, because I’ve never gotten anything to my face. I’d like to see them try. I heard someone snark behind my back to one of my friends about it. She stood up for us too, bless. They want to go after my kid, they’ll have to get through me first.
Good on her for sticking up for her child. She needs a mama bear club! You or she are welcome to PM me anytime.
Omgggg I love macarons! My favorite so far has been chocolate with a nutella ganache filling. It was amazing. Strawberry with nutella is also good. Yours look delicious!
Under $8 book!
Hey welcome! It's nice to meet you! Vet tech sounds pretty awesome, plus living overseas. What are the differences between there and the US?
Either this book or this pop figure would be absolutely amazing
Anxiety seems likely to me. I would try using a mindfulness app with her (we like BreatheKids) to start. I also highly recommend these workbooks for kids dealing with anxiety and perfectionism:
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What-to-Do Guides for Kids) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591473144/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4H9PDbREVBS1C
What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake: A Kid's Guide to Accepting Imperfection (What-to-Do Guides for Kids) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433819309/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3I9PDb63TQM42
My daughter has severe anxiety that requires therapy and meds, but she also found these books to be helpful.
I like the style, but it is a little japanimation and abstract for my tastes.
It did remind me a little of Anya's Ghost though. I think the style could definitely work in a Graphic Novel setting.
This is prime eligible, but it doesn't tell me the shipping on it. :( So if you random me I can do the kindle version, too. It's all about the karma
My little sister (adopted from Hati) when she was in preschool said something about a classmate not being dark enough to be black (it was something among those lines). My parents responded by getting her a book with pictures of various black kids of different shades.
This is a teaser for "Anya's Ghost," an upcoming graphic novel by Vera Brosgol. Not sure why the poster chose not to include that info.
Although, since First Second is publishing the book, I don't know why they don't seem to have that info on the teaser itself.
I would love to have this because it would make it easy for reading while at work [On breaks],doctors offices,ect without worrying my book is going to be destroyed. I would also use it for games for myself & my four year old daughter the parental controls such as the time setter for games/movies looks amazing & something I could use. I would love This book, I have been wanting to read it but haven't been able to get it as of yet.
Summertime and the livin' is easy
This is a picture of me my girlfriend and my daughter up on a beach in Nanaimo :)
I read on the beach all the time so here is a book I would love to read Or any book on my wishlist and I am ok with used (especially for the beach)
Congrats! I would love this book
I Am the Messenger
http://amazon.ca/dp/0375836675
It's a book that really makes you think (I've actually read it before) and I would love to add it to my collection so I can read it again! I'm also wanting my girlfriend to read it because she loved The Book Thief which is from the same author :) thanks for the contest!
I'm getting started on the Hunger Games series, and I don't have the second book lined up yet. I'm super excited to start it. I've heard both good things and bad things, so I can't wait to make my own judgement. :D I'd like some butterbeer!
[I'M NOT TELLING YOU; READ IT!] (http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Messenger-Markus-Zusak/dp/0375836675)
https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Duckling-Ian-Beck/dp/1846165806
of course she could always go for some books to read in free time! like this one
College Bound
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MQYOFW?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links
Always wanted to read hunger games after I saw the movie. I love a good book. You might be able to guess my name from my username :)
Everyone here should read The Hunger Games.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439023521/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0439023513&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0AKK1BN6CXDVSV60XS6M
It's about a bunch of kids forced into an arena where they fight to the death. They get to pick up random stuff around the arena. It's awesome
A room without books is like a body without a soul. I don't mind used. Actually, I prefer it. I need to own [this] ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0545586178/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&colid=1F9R74OEZ5ITT&sr=&qid=&coliid=IW6TGKPO9HXE3). I love the Hunger Games trilogy so much. :) thank you for the contest!
OH MY GOODNESS they are so cute!!! :3 I have a little chihuahua/rat terrior mix named Pookie :)
Young Adult is great! I really enjoy dystopias as well! If you're interested in trekking down that path, a few good Young Adult/Dystopias are The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Giver. I also highly recommend Ready Player One and The Handmaids Tale :D
Gotcha, I totally understand. I don't think your assessments are incorrect! PS I also loved A Monster Calls.
I always recommend from Marcus Zusak - I Am The Messenger. He wrote The Book Thief, which got a lot of traction (because of the movie) but this is an earlier work with I think more gravity/character development, and a good bit of humor. It's about this kid who's an underage cab driver, kind of a loser, and starts getting these cards in the mail, putting him on a bunch of missions, all the while wondering who's responsible, and why. A bit fantastical, but also grounded.
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Ready Player One crushes the atmosphere/setting, but if you're not into video games/VR as a theme, it might not be as interesting. However, my 65 year-old mom knows nothing about video games and she liked it, too, if that means anything, haha.
TGIF
I plan on relaxing and doing some thrift store shopping for my Halloween costume.
This would be awesome.
Thanks for the contest! Sounds like you've been stressed about something. Hope it gets better !
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Save the Ocean by Bethany Stahl
ABC I Love Me by Miriam Muhammad
I'm a Pretty Princess by Crystal Swain-Bates
Emi's Curly Coily, Cotton Candy Hair by Tina Olajide
Okay so, YA books are my jam, and I'll get to those in a second. But if you want a fun summer read you'll have trouble putting down, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is great. It's a really fun read, especially for people who like books. It's got mystery, humor, and you'll stay up way too late reading to figure out what's going to happen next. It's not the deepest or most challenging book in the world, but it's real fun and well paced.
For YA, anything by Laurie Halse-Anderson is amazing. I've read Speak more times than any other book. Her book Catalyst is also really awesome. And I just finished her book Twisted a few days ago, and it was a great, quick read. (I actually finished it in one lazy day!)
Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why is heartbreaking. If you liked Fault in Our Stars, I'm sure you'll love this. It's a great concept (girl who kills herself gives a series of tapes to a boy to explain why she did it), and it's just superbly well written. Along the same lines, Markus Zusak's I am the Messenger is also a great high-concept, all-the-feels read.
If you like the more fantasy-esque YA books, the best series I've found is Clive Barker's Abarat series. If you end up getting these, make sure to get the hardcover versions. The writing is great itself, but what really makes the series is that each book has over 300 paintings and illustrations done by the author himself. It's a great epic, and the third book of five just came out last year. The series gets darker as it goes, which is great.
And, finally, not a YA novel, but Adam Rapp's The Metal Children is an awesome play about a guy who wrote a YA book that's the focus of a censorship argument in a small town. It's got some great points in it, and is a fast, fun read.
Hope this helps! Sorry if I used the word 'great' too much. :P
Oh! I love reading books!
Princeless Volume 1: Save Yourself is the first trade of the main series.
Princeless Volume 3: The Pirate Princess introduces Raven, the titular Pirate Princess.
After that Raven spins off into her own series in Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Volume 1: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew.
Raven's series is noted for having a lot of LGBT representation, so if your coworker's one of those types who don't want their kids exposed to that stuff I'd avoid buying it as a gift.
Edit: Also the main series is the one with the black protagonist. Raven's asian.
http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Messenger-Markus-Zusak/dp/0375836675
The Hunger Games
It will, there's a few exceptions though. I had a link to it from XDA that explained how to do it, but I can't seem to find it anymore. You had to edit the ASIN in the meta data on the mobi to match the ASIN listed on the amazon site (i.e ASIN: B002MQYOFW which is listed at the bottom of the page). Then it would store your progress for sideloaded books.
I forget the exact process, and I lost the link for the tool that they used to do it.
You mean Princeless?
Here, you can find out for $8.06: http://www.amazon.com/Mockingjay-Final-Book-Hunger-Games/dp/0545663261/ .
That's that's really helpful. Will check them out.
I have also discovered "Ashtanga, the Swamp Boy". Can't forget that.
http://www.amazon.com.au/Children-book-Swamp-Boy-collection-Experience-ebook/dp/B00KJ81EO4/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1409529850&sr=8-6&keywords=ashtanga
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Thanks for the contest!
Awesome prize should I get lucky
Boomerang!
Here are some fantasy/sci-fi books that I liked at that age, or would have liked had they been published. A couple of them have some sexual content, but nothing overly detailed.
DEFINITELY "The Dark is Rising" series. They're short, but excellent. Also The Hunger Games is a good bet (never read the sequels, but that first book is great). Other suggestions: The Name of the Wind, Waylander, Rose of the Prophet, 1984, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Strain, any of the Dragonlance books (I would start at the beginning, with Dragons of Autumn Twilight), or nearly anything by Stephen King.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023521/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1345407798&sr=8-2&keywords=hunger+games
Divergent by Veronica Roth, or the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Both feature strong female protagonists; both have action galore; both were devoured by my fiance who denies he has the ability to read. I think Divergent's better, but all three Hunger Games books are out and the second in the Divergent series won't be out till May.. :'(
As everyone else is saying, it depends on your definition of "obscure." But recently, I very much enjoyed Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol, Ivy by Sarah Oleksyk and Empowered by Adam Warren.
An Unquiet Mind and Catching Fire are the next two on my to read list.