Reddit mentions: The best teen funny fiction books

You could make a donation towards a charitable organization- maybe one that would send her a card or something every once in a while in the mail so that she could be reminded of how nice it is to help other people? My aunt bought me "membership" in the Jane Goodall Foundation when I was 8 or 9 (I really really loved Jane Goodall) and it was a fantastic gift.
You could also get her a couple of books that go along with the theme of traveling/helping others.

• Lucky T by Kate Brian
  -Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwall
  -North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
  
  
  All of the above books feature protagonists her age that go abroad and broaden their horizons.
  You could also go the nonfiction route with this or this.
  Or you could get her a photography book- sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, you could get her a book of photos from around the world. This National Geographic book looks sweet. This one also looks powerful.
  
  
  Lastly, maybe think about going to your favorite charity's website. Most sites have a "shop to benefit" section or something similar where they sell gifts where all proceeds go to help the charity.
  Americares: http://www.americares.org/howtohelp/individuals/shop-and-give-back.html
  UNICEF (lots of resources here!): http://www.unicefusa.org/shop/
  The FEED Foundation: http://www.feedprojects.com/
  Invisible Children (SUCH an important cause): http://store.invisiblechildren.com/
  
  Good luck, hope I helped!

Hi, Doug. Thanks for the reply.

That's a shame that 1700 is so low. Poking around reddit KDP result posts, it seemed like a pretty decent number for a no-name nobody with no fans.

5-10% conversion rate is about what I thought. Still, that would give me, what, 100 people that might buy the complete collection? That's a pretty huge step from where I am now.

I had the individual stories priced at 99¢ for a while. Bumping them to $2.99 didn't seem to affect things in any way. Seriously, $2.99 for a 3000 word story is major rip-off. My "clever idea" was to get people to download the free issues which tout the price saving ability of the Complete Collection. $5.99 for 67,000 words is a price I can charge and still sleep at night(a little under 40¢ an issue). Who knows if my plan will work. (Hint: it hasn't yet!)

I really like the covers. I feel like they fit the stories perfectly. Some of them are more polished than others. Andi's still learning Adobe Illustrator just as I'm still a fledgling writer. What do you think of the cover for the Complete Series?

Can you give me some more detail about "professionalizing" the author bio? Obviously, you have nothing better to do than help a stranger on the internet.

I'll work on the descriptions. It's hard to make an interesting blurb about a short story without giving everything away.

Thanks for all your advice!

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>The Adventures of Blue Avenger

>Actually my favorite book of all time. It's a 'young adult' book, but don't let that turn you off. It has hilarious and clever writing, chock full of all kinds of insanely subtle jokes and references that get set up across the entire book. Every time I read it I discover something new. It's funny, happy, idealistic, and infinitely re-readable.

It's probably The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski

>On the morning of his eighteenth birthday, Jack Polovsky kidnaps his own baby, names him Socrates, stocks up on baby supplies at Walmart, and hits the road with his best friend, Tommy, and with the baby's mother, Jess. As they head to Grandma's house (eluding the police at every turn), Jack tells baby Socrates the Greek myths—because all stories spring from those stories, really. Even this one. By turns funny, heart wrenching, and wholly original, this debut novel by Emil Ostrovski explores the nature of family, love, friendship, fatherhood, and myth.

Try The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo

It's an incredibly entertaining noir mystery set in middle-school. Very accessible, very funny.

Or anything by Gordon Korman. He is like THE writer for 14 year old boys (or 29 year old girls, actually). Words can't express how much I love Gordon Korman.

Also this collection of novels by Daniel Pinkwater. Incredibly funny and interesting.

Ohh, hey thats what my sister is(does). I believe she just started working more with "mentally challenged"(sorry for the words I have chosen) children.

R.L. Stine! Jeez I've just about everything from him, have not read his newer stuff. These were my favorite. That takes me back.

Glad to hear your son loves the idea of school, are you going to get him involved, or if he wants, in music? Like playing an instrument or a sport?

Hope all goes well and everything gets beter, it is a pleasure to meet you.

While they're more historical fiction, I absolutely adored the Myth-o-Mania! series by Kate Mcmullan when I was a kid. I credit them with facilitating my interest in antiquity and Greece in particular. For a young reader they are written with enough humor to keep them interested and entertained while also providing an enough baseline information on greek mythology to still be educational.

On a second note, I took a children's literature class in college and decided to my make my final project a lesson plan to make history more interesting for child readers. In many ways I was piggy backing off Dan's approach to tell the 'interesting' side of history.
Inspired by the book Mau5 which I loved reading in high school, I tried to find a chronology of history using graphic novels. I think graphic novels are an interesting way to get children interested in reading, especially when they are so young.

Here is the list of graphic novels. Maybe you will find one interesting. If you want, I can PM you the whole project with my summaries of the books.

Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra- Haggard, H. Rider, Alfred Sundel, and Norman Nodel

Dark Ages

*The Dark Ages and the Vikings-Jeffrey, Gary, and Nik Spender.

Crusades

Crusades-Jeffrey, Gary, and Terry Riley.

Civil War

Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and Turning Point of the Civil War. Vansant, Wanye

Congo Civil War (Child Soldiers)

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War - Humphreys, Jessica Dee, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Dávila.

World War 1

True Stories of World War 1 - Nelson Yomtov and John Proctor

Civil Rights Movement

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography - Helfer, Andrew and Randy Duburke

The Holocaust*

Maus: A Survivor's Tale* - Spiegelman, Art

Just want to put this out there because I've studied young adult lit and I'll never grow too old to love it: YA is an incredibly fascinating genre. It's an absolute goldmine if you're looking for character development. Even the books with horrible photoshop-vomit covers often have merit if you give them a chance, and the fact that something appeals to teenage girls does not invalidate its quality.

If anyone is interested in reading good young adult fiction, I'd recommend the following:

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Looking for Alaska is good, too)
  
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
  
• Legend by Marie Lu
  
• Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Kind-Funny-Story-Novel/dp/0786851961
It's definitely relevant and may provide you with some comfort. Funny story about it's kind of a funny story, it was my favorite book like 4 years ago and last year I was travelling in Peru in this little town called Urubamba and at the hostel we stayed at behind the desk there was a copy! I read it again and it was just as wonderful.

Well, much of the subtle satire might go other their heads.

Sadly I haven't read all the books myself yet :( Of what I have read, general content wise, I would say you could read them to your kids. Whether or not they will like them I can't really say as it's geared to more of an adult audience :p

Pratchett did write 4 young adult novels that they may like better. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents being the first.

Here is kind of a map for how to read the books. Though I'm pretty sure this one is already out-dated :p since there are more books than are listed on here. I am sure there are other better ones.

How about Several huge litters of puppies all at the same time? Three large dogs all have 12 pups each. They are tasked with taking them somewhere else to find homes for them, because that little town can't handle that many dogs, and certainly not large ones like mastiffs or great danes. This gives a little traditional road action, an inn to stay in on the way, etc.

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Terry Pratchett characters: https://www.candyapplecostumes.com/fo79488.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwt_nmBRD0ARIsAJYs6o01Rz1IQ7-1-FIJ3JdRketgxZwpzsRIybqw5SMoyFSUnm6yXvOeakAaAgEyEALw_wcBhttps://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Maurice-Educated-Rodents-Discworld-ebook/dp/B000YGIIPO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ISB62C85DAT6&keywords=the+amazing+maurice+and+his+educated+rodents+by+terry+pratchett&qid=1558213293&s=gateway&sprefix=The+Amazing+Maurice%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1 (great book overall, but has smart animals and dumb people. This is a 'childrens book' that's so well written it's enjoyable for an adult to read too)

I'm forgetting the name of the street dog who shows up in all his books that take place in Anhk-Morpork, that can speak human because he spent too much time sleeping on the roof of Unseen University. That one is a fun one too

Super Awkward by Beth Garrod - £1.99. UKYA funny contemporary, an absolute favourite of mine which made me laugh on pretty much every page. Don't miss it!

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These were free when I got them, and they were wonderful!

Suite Scarlett

Wool

Old Man's War

Lethal People

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents should be great for her: http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Maurice-Educated-Rodents-Discworld/dp/0060012358

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks! Just finished reading it with a book club that I run for teen girls. It's one of my favorites, they loved it, it's full of standing up for yourself and discovering who you are and making good decisions and making bad decisions and friendship and awesomeness. Can't recommend it enough.

Neverwhere. Nine times.

First and only book I started re-reading immediately after finishing it.

Also Pratchett's 'The Amazing Maurice...', which I sort of love :]

Peaches! After a rat in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett. A must read. :)

Youth in Revolt is an excellent, laugh-out-loud book that I loved when I first read it many years ago. I must mention, however, that many people consider it to be an inferior regurgitation of the older British Adrian Mole series.

Pretty sure its from this:

http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Vertical-Flight-Emil-Ostrovski/dp/0062238523

Magoch is a dialogue-heavy fantasy filled with comedic moments and some subtle Meta humor, making fun of certain tropes.

Our protagonist, Ezreth, a mage that's a long away from home, stands out like a sore thumb in the populous city of Kale and on his journey, he pairs with a stressed out retail associate who is itching to learn about him and the magic he does. Follow as what Ezreth does drastically affects the boring, stress-filled lives of a few other city-dwelling citizens and everything around them within a 2 day span.

Buy "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4".

Awesome book! British author.

The most obvious title that springs to mind would be The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.

Or how about Bill The Galactic Hero? This one seems more relevant now than when it was written.

The Adventures of the Blue Avenger? In the sequel he does go to Europe.

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Blue-Avenger-Norma-Howe/dp/0064472256

Yes it is.

The Big Splash!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0810997126/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_U-sTBbWN6WG36

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 is another one of those books on the cusp between MG and YA...

And published in 1982 - before either distinction was really a thing.

Reminds me of The Monster Exchange Program.

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Exchange-Program-complete-ebook/dp/B008OYMJEY