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- The Princess Bride by William Goldman {I just read this and LOVED it!}
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett {Its British and about Armageddon (sort of) and hilarious.)
- The Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing) {These are about magic and mystery and are excellent!}
- The Book Thief {This one is about Germany in WWII, but it is really good and unique.}
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When I was 12, the book I read that I really enjoyed was Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. It is, of course, science fiction. No sex; no dirty words; no drugs.
I still feel today that of all the books that I have ever read, that this book is the one that I enjoyed the most at the time I read it (when I was 12).
If you enjoy that, Jules Verne wrote a sequel to it called Mysterious Island.
In any event, good luck on your search.
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Idon't know specifically about long books, but I have read a tremendous amount of sci-fi, so here are some ideas:
Have you read "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card? One of the best sci-fi books ever written, in my opinion. It is marketed to YA even though originally published for adults. It is not such a long book, book there are many follow on books that are also excellent, so the story continues.
Also, Robert Heinlein wrote many YA books, like "Have Spacesuit Will Travel", "Podkayne of Mars", "Citizen of the Galaxy" and "Tomorrow, The Stars"
Others:
"Shadow Children" Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"Zoe's Tale" by John Scalzi (one of my favorite authors)
"Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
"The Forever King" by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
"The Dragonriders of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey -- this is fantasy, but very long and very good. I read it when I was not much older than you are.
"So You Want to Be a Wizard: The First Book in the Young Wizards Series" by Diane Duane
My son ,who is 14, is enjoying the Percy Jackson series by Rikc Riordan
Lastly, at your age I was reading Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury, who are amazing writers of very interesting stuff.
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The Time Quartet - Madeline L'Engle
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
Eragon - Chris Paolini
I think all of these would be reading level and age appropriate too.
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
Graceling
The Hunger Games
The first book is the first in a trilogy. The second and third are both the first books in series that are still coming out. Enjoy!
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Would definitely second most of Laura's suggestions (never read Eragon).
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The Golden Compass
Sabriel
A Wizard of Earthsea
Over Sea, Under Stone
Artemis Fowl
The Wee Free Men
And anything by Diana Wynne Jones, especially Dogsbody and the Chrestomanci books
All of them are the first books of various series. You might also like Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, particularly if you're interested in historical fantasy. It's not in a series, but at around 1,000 pages it's quite long enough on its own. :D
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I've been wanting to read this one Marelis, when I work in the middle schools, these books are in demand. "Uglies" sounds very good.
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The Redwall series by Brian Jacques is really good too.
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It's Reagan here. This is my first time posting and I am new to this website too.
I am looking for a book that is a real page turner! I want it to be kind of long and difficult. I am at about a 8th-9th grade reading level and normally am drawn to young adult books despite my age of 12. So, please keep in mind I am a little young for too much of curse words, sexual content, drug material, ect. But I am mature enough to handle some.
I do ask that the book is fantasy or Sci-Fi. Fiction is ok but I just finished the Twilight Saga and adored it. Fantasy is right along my alley. I appriciate series books so it is more of a long term thing. Already read Harry Potter, Unfortunate Events, Twilight Saga, and about every Jerry Spinelli book known to man plus others!
This is alot to ask for and sorry about that.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOMMENDATIONS EVERYONE!
-Reagan :o)