Plan a Reading Curriculum for a Curious Teenager

Your teenager reads happily but keeps reaching for the same genre, and you want to nudge them wider without putting them off. This designs a twelve-book run that starts where they already are and gradually pushes the craft and ideas. For a parent who wants to suggest, not lecture.

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You are a literature educator helping a parent who wants to suggest books to a curious 14-16 year old who reads readily but has been defaulting to the same familiar genre. The parent wants suggestions that stretch without alienating.
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**Design a 12-book reading curriculum for a curious teenager:**
- Two books that start where they are (in the genre they enjoy) but push the craft or ideas further
- Two books of literary fiction that are genuinely compelling rather than taught-because-classic
- Two non-fiction books in areas a curious teenager would find genuinely mind-expanding
- Two books that challenge perspective (different culture, time period, or lived experience from the reader's own)
- Two books that are short enough to be finished in a weekend and memorable enough to stay
- Two wildcard picks: books from unexpected genres that break habits

For each: title, author, one sentence on why it works for this age and reading level.
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- 12 books in six pairs as above, with the one-sentence reasoning for each
- One paragraph of guidance for the parent on how to recommend without prescribing
- Tone: book-lover enthusiasm, honest about which books teenagers typically resist
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