On behalf of Team Austenesque, I’d like to welcome you to AUSTENESQUE EXTRAVAGANZA, a month-long CELEBRATION of AUSTENESQUE novels and authors!
Today’s Austenesque Event is…
Channel your inner EMMA WOODHO– USE and attempt to make a match of “perfect happiness” between one of our dear friends and an Austenesque novel! Read the scenario CAREFULLY, and make sure you observe the given SPECIFICATIONS. (Answers that CORRECTLY follow the specifications will count DOUBLE towards the giveaway!!!)
THE SCENARIO: Angie’s friend, Olivia, has a twelve-year-old daughter who loves to read. Olivia and her daughter greatly enjoy reading books together such as: The Mother Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick and classics like Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, and Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. Olivia is an “ardent admirer” of Austenesque novels, and feels it is time to introduce her daughter to that genre. But there are so many different Young Adult Austenesque novels to choose from!
Can you help Angie’s friend, Olivia? It sounds like she is looking to be paired up with a charming YOUNG ADULT AUSTENESQUE novel! One that is age appropriate for her daughter, and fun for them both to read together. What would you recommend? What isYOUR favorite YOUNG ADULT AUSTENESQUE NOVEL? (yes, you can ONLY pick ONE!) 🙂
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Answers CAN include:
- YOUNG ADULT adaptations of Austenesque novels
- Austenesque novels where the main character is a TEENAGER or YOUNG ADULT
- Answers CANNOT include:
- Novels that ARE NOT geared towards Young Adult readers
- Novels that are considered ADULT FICTION or WOMEN’S FICTION
Share the TITLE and AUTHOR of your recommendation in the comment section below to be entered in a chance to win…
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Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg. It’s a really cute read and totally appropriate for a 12 year old.
Heather M
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Yes, that’s my favourite too in Austenesque YA genre though I hardly read YA fiction.
Meredith, I have these two books in my collection so you do not have to enter my name to it.
I was lucky enough to meet Diana Peterfreund yesterday at DragonCon. She wrote a teen/dystopian adaptation of Persuasion called, ‘For Darkness Shows The Stars’ that is mind-blowing!
I really liked “Pride and Popularity” by Jenni James. It’s a great YA novel, but very clever with the P&P parallels, so its fun for adults too, so they’d have a great time reading together. 🙂
I would recommend Pride & Popularity by Jenni James.
RobynsnestATbellsouthDOTnet
‘Enthusiasm’ by Polly Shulman ~ perfectly timed for ‘back to school’ !
Here’s the scoop, Angie, to share with Olivia ~
Ashleigh’s latest craze is P&P. But she doesn’t just appreciate the great read ~ she insists on emulating the heroines in speech and dress! Julie and Ashleigh, high school sophomores and Jane Austen fans, seem to fall for the same Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide their true feelings from one another while rehearsing for the school musical… misinterpreted messages, awkward incidents, romance + comedy ~ sounding familiar?
Hoping it’s one Olivia will enjoy with her daughter 🙂
Oh yes, can’t forget the minuets and quadrilles ~ I’m sure she’ll be ‘enthused’!
I’ll go with Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
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For the book answer for young Olivia and her mother would “Searching for Pemberley” by Mary Lydon Simonsen be a great start for a younger reader to start out with! Great book with a bit of surprise invovled.
Sophia-Elizabeth
How fun! I would try ‘Epic Fail’ because though I haven’t read it personally, it got good reviews.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
Sophia Rose
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I haven’t read any YA Austenesque yet but I did buy “Being Elizabeth Bennet” by Emma Webster at the bookstore a couple weeks ago. It’s a choose-your-own adventure book that incorporates characters from all the books, not just P&P. I was giggling as I was flipping thru it, so I think it’d be something fun for a mom and daughter to read together.
(I don’t need to be entered in this giveaway).
I don’t read YA fiction much, but if I did I may recommend Pride and Popularity by Jenni James. It looked interesting to make me think about reading it, and, though the characters may be a little older than the daughter, since Olivia reads the books with her daughter it may give them a chance to discuss things that could come up in the near future in or out of school. Also, since they’ve both read Pride and Prejudice they could make a game of finding all the parallels between the two stories.
-Amanda Mauldin
Young Master Darcy A Lesson in Honor by Pamela Aidan
a novella, a quick read about Darcy as a boy…
I would recommend Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler as a starter Austenesque novel. I enjoyed it a lot and referred it to my daughter.
Felicia
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Since we are to only pick one, off the record, I have to say that I also enjoyed Love, Lies and Lizzie by Rosie Rushton. 🙂
Felicia
I think the book I would recommend is Echoes of Pemberley by Cynthia Ingram Hensley. I picked it because in the scenario the Austen book mentioned was P&P and this is a young adult FF version of P&P.
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Though not a YA Pride and Prejudice variation, I would recommend Northanger Alibi, Northanger Abbey taking place in Seattle with Twilight-obsessed teenage girl Claire. Another highly recommended read is Keeping the Castle by Patricia Kindl, a Georgette Heyer style regency teenage romance reminiscient of Pride and Prejudice.
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Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg definitely! It was endearing, adorable and was pure in its romance, which is definitely appropriate for a pre-teen 🙂
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I have not read a lot of YA, but Prom & Prejudice looks fun. I would also suggest they watch the movie Clueless, which is great for a young girl and a fun introduction to Emma!
Joy
How lovely! I would recommend “Epic Fail” by Claire LaZebnik. It’s a YA adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that is witty and fun, and could spark some conversation about differences between it and the original.
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Hmm! For dear Olivia, I would recommend Pride and Popularity by Jenni James! Hopefully this will lead to further Austenesque YA reading for her!
I am in the middle of reading Skylar Hamilton Burris’ Conviction. It features Georgiana Darcy at about age 19. There is a depth to the book that is refreshing, so a mother/daughter read would probably generate some great conversation. It is not a YA book, per se, but so far there is nothing that would be inappropriate for a reader of any age. I am assuming the rest of the book does not veer into anything untoward.
Having read Prada & Prejudice, I’d be concerned Olivia might find language an issue – especially with the books she & her daughter have favoured to this point.. a consideration 🙂 some YA books seem definitely geared more to the mid & older range which isn’t always appropriate for a twelve yr old [speaking as a mom :)]. I found a particular scene in my own recommendation probably more suited to the older YA readers, but could be a discussion around that issue if Olivia’s daughter is mature enough.. I’m recommending Mom pre-reads the YA books to prevent any unexpectedly unsuitable influences or surprises..;)
Actually a difficult assignment this matchmaking 🙂
I have to agree with several others who posted the title “Prom & Prejudice” by Elizabeth Eulberg 😉
Valerie R.
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I would recommend Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland. It is age appropriate for a twelve year old and such a fun story!!=)
(You do not need to enter me in this giveaway since I already own both of these lovely books!)
love the title of this one! will check it out.. Thanks for sharing =)
definitely putting my vote behind this selection now that i’ve had a chance to check into it.. thx Kelli!
I would recommend Northanger Alibi by Jenni James from the Jane Austen Diaries series. It looks like a fun book in a modern setting. (I really haven’t been able to find out about many Austenesque books for teens but if I did, a historical one would be a plus.)
Michelle Fidler
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Here are a couple of other Y.A. honorable mentions that aren’t exactly Austenesque but good books for that age range: Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle (featuring a teen witch and a young Queen Victoria about to ascend the throne) and The Season by Sarah MacLean (a teen Regency story).
I have to agree with a lot of other posters who recommended Pride and Popularity by Jenni James. I don’t read a lot of YA novels but I think her books are really fun. Lumee23 at gmail dot com
I would recommend Prom Kings and Drama Queens by, Dorian Cirrone. It was a really fun & cute variation of Pride & Prejudice.
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I recommend trying Pride & Prejudice by, Nancy Butler. It is a Graphic Novel version.
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Prom and Prejudice, that book is so cute! If only I could talk my sister Olivia into reading Austenesque books…
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