Philip Pullmans, His Dark Materials trilogy is amazing;
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
You can probably write an awful lot about it, and the story is absolutely brilliant.
That, or I might recommend for someone of your age, although at times I found it got a little tricky, is;
Christopher Paolini's The Inheritance Cycle, which too is fantastic;
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance (Schedule for release on November
8th 2011)
Again, they're a great story and have touches of romance, sadness, belonging and other aspects of which you can write about.
Plus, they're always fun to continue reading after you've done your report.
FInally, a nice one which I've enjoyed, although I have yet to finish it as I got distracted and fell out with reading for a while, is:
Adrian Tchaikovsky's, Shadows of The Apt;
Empire in Black and Gold
Dragonfly Falling
Blood of the Mantis
Salute the Dark
Scarab Path
The Sea Watch
Heirs of the Blade (Not yet released)
The Air War (Not yet released)
I have only read up to about half way through Blood of the Mantis, and then he released a crap load of new books. He writes them rather fast, with a new book almost every 6 months. I was quite surprised when I went to my local book shop, to find that he had double the amount of books from the last time I checked.
Anyway, these too are a great read and have a lot to talk about, particularly, racial conflicts and genocide, which you can likely link to some recently modern real life aspect...
So, those are just
some ideas you can use.
Even if you don't use them, I recommend you read them for your own enjoyment.
That and The Chronicles of Narnia, which are a really epic collection of stories.
Maybe not the best writer.
S'okay, you don't need to be a fantastic writer to be a good reader. :P
