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11 Fiction Trilogies to get your Teen for the Holidays

     note: These list posts can get really long so I have only given the synopsis of the first book( so you can get the gist of the series) in each trilogy. I have also listed the genre right after the name of each trilogy so if your looking for a specific genre you can find it. If you want to find the name of all the books in each trilogy I have listed them in order at the end of the post.   the Legend series by Marie Lu age suggestion: 14+ Genre: young adult fiction; dystopian, romance, action summary A  New York Times  bestseller! What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as mali...

Bio - Marie Lu

age group: young adult fiction  Genre: dystopian, fantasy, romance, action                       (link to her website ⇾)  Marie Lu is an American novelist. The New York Times  has deemed her a "hit factory". She is best known for her dystopian, militarized series, the  Legend series, which was published in 2011 (in order: Legend, Prodigy, 2013 , Champion, 2013 ) (BTW, this series is awesome. And, yes, it needed to be stated). The film and television rights have been acquired by BCDF pictures with Joseph Muszynski, who was hired to write the script. There is no news about a film, though. She has also written multiple books related to this series, which consists of Life Before Legend (novella #0.5), 2013, Life After Legend  (novella #3.5), 2017, and Life After Legend  (novella #3.6), 2018. There are also graphic novels, which are adapted from this series, that have the same titles as ...

8 of the Best YA Romance Books

      I think the romance genre gets a bad rap. Usually what comes to mind is something like Fifty Shades  or some book that has a guy with a six pack plastered on the front. In my opinion, this isn't romance. I think it is merely an infatuation of the human body(gross, right?). The definition of romance is: romance; noun (1)    A feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. (2)  A quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from every day life.       Exactly, it should make you feel excited and good, not excited, good, and a little bit disgusted. Sadly, we are starting to lose real romance, as the line starts to get blurrier as to what that actually is.                                                  Okay, enough of my blabbering. The following books are some of the best roma...

10 YA Books to get your Teen for the Holidays

      note: I know that this is a very long post, but please, bare with me. Just in case you don't have time(or don't want to read) all of this post i have written an overview(at the end of this post) of all of the books that i have recommended.      I have written this post to try and assist people looking for books for teens, because lets face it, teens are hard to get gifts for. They're at a point in their lives where everything is changing.      Also, I have written this post with diverse characters, different genres, and newer books in mind. I hope you find what you're looking for 😊. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott(with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Laconis) age suggestion: 14+ Genre: young adu...