What to read?

Don't know what to read? Try these two books (and watch their movies!).

Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen is a book for teens and tweens. It's about a girl named Juli who's been crushing and stalking on her neighbor and schoolmate, Bryce. Bryce is doing everything to make Juli to stop; going out with the school's prettiest girls, hurting her feelings, etc. The reason why Juli's been crushing on Bryce is because of his dazzling eyes. Juli starts to look at Bryce's personality and realizes that  she doesn't really like him as much because of the things he's been doing to her. On the other hand, Bryce starts to fall for Juli. How will this turn out? Read the book to find out.

The movie released in 2010 with Madeline Carroll (Farren from The Spy Next Door) as Juli and Callan McAuliffe (Sam Goode from I Am Number Four) as Bryce.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is about a girl named Susie, who's been raped and murdered by George Harvey, a serial killer. After she dies, she watches her family and her friends from her own heaven as they struggle to get over her mysterious death. I recommend this book for teenagers, because this book has a lot of realizations and life lessons.

The movie released in 2009 with Saoirse Ronan (Briony Tallis from Atonement) as Susie and Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman from The Hunger Games!!!!) as George Harvey.