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    YA literature?

    Hi everyone,
    I'm currently taking a course on Young Adult literature. As part of my course work I have to read about 20 novels, magazines, websites, etc. aimed at young adults. I've read a number of great books so far but I'm always looking for recommendations. If there are any from your youth that you'd like to share, or any your kids are currently enjoying, I would love to know about them!

    Also, if you are looking for any reading suggestions then I would be happy to post a couple of reviews of what I've read so far (I've already written about everything I've finished reading since it's part of the assignment, so it would be no trouble to copy and paste here).

    Oh, I also have to watch some TV and listen to some music that is popular with teens these days. I have no idea on that front so again I would be so grateful for any recommendations. Thank you!
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    Re: YA literature?

    What age bracket?


    These leap to mind but may be an age group lower than your target. My oldest is 12.

    My Side of the Mountain
    Rick Riordan series (Starts with Titan's Curse -4 books in total)
    Harry Potter (duh!)
    Angie Sage series (Magyk, etc also 4 books in total)
    Golden Compass series
    Narnia series
    Lord of the Rings trilogy + The Hobbit
    Judy Blume......you must have read them!
    Meg Cabot Princess series
    Ella Enchanted, books by same author
    My son loves Eragon series as well (me, not as much)
    Ender's Game series (for older - but my son has read all and loves them)
    Angie
    Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
    Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

    "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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    • #3
      Re: YA literature?

      Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book won the Newbery this year. It's very very good. Highly recommended.

      I have a friend who's really into YA lit; I'll ask her and let you know what she says, too.
      Sandy
      Wife of EM Attending, Web Programmer, mom to one older lady scaredy-cat and one sweet-but-dumb younger boy kitty

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        Re: YA literature?

        Sad books! (Heavy at least!)
        Angie
        Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
        Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)

        "Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

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        • #5
          Re: YA literature?

          To Angie's suggestion of My Side of the Mountain, I would add the two sequels. My daughter loves these. I can't remember the title of the other Rick Riordan (sp) book -- 31 Clues? Something like that. Those are very popular right now.

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          • #6
            Re: YA literature?

            I would definately recommend anything by Neil Gaiman, Madeline L'Engle. Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys were favorites when I was a kid.
            Kris

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            • #7
              Re: YA literature?

              I haven't read Holes by Louis Sacher but a friend thinks it is fantastic. Did anyone mention Madeline L'Engle books yet?

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              • #8
                Re: YA literature?

                Some more good YA authors:

                Robin McKinley
                Ursula K LeGuin (the first three Earthsea books are YA)
                L'Engle (as already stated)
                Diana Wynne Jones (Chestromanci Chronicles are kinda fun)
                Terry Pratchett has some good YA books (Maurice and his Educated Rodents, The Wee Free Men, Hat
                Full of Sky, and Wintersmith)
                Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence (ignore the movie, and if you have to pick just one, I liked the Grey King best - it also won a newbery)
                John Christopher wrote a couple of YA trilogies (White mountains and tripods)
                Anne McCaffrey's Harper Hall trilogy is one I *loved* as a kid (dragonsong, dragonsinger, dragondrums)
                Lois Lowry (Giver trilogy especially)

                Pretty much anything on the Newbery list, probably:
                http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/ ... ymedal.cfm
                Sandy
                Wife of EM Attending, Web Programmer, mom to one older lady scaredy-cat and one sweet-but-dumb younger boy kitty

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                • #9
                  Re: YA literature?

                  Some really good ones have already been mentioned. I actually want to go back and re-read some of them! Here are a few others that I can think of:

                  Bill Wallace: A Dog Called Kitty, Buffalo Gal, Snot Stew
                  Avi: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (ship mutiny), Nothing But the Truth
                  James Howe: A Night Without Stars, Bunnicula series
                  Go Ask Alice (diary of a girl addicted to drugs)
                  Ouida Sebestyen: The Girl in the Box (very disturbing story of a kidnapped girl)
                  Patricia C. Wrede: Dealing with Dragons (series, sort of reminds me of Shrek)
                  Annette Curtis Klause: The Silver Kiss (vampires)
                  Louis Sachar: Wayside School series
                  Laurie
                  My team: DH (anesthesiologist), DS (9), DD (8)

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                  • #10
                    Re: YA literature?

                    Oh my gosh, you guys are amazing. I will have tons of good books to read! Thank you for your thoughtful suggestions. I'll have to get reading!

                    And yes, I recommend YA lit for all! I like the satisfaction of getting through a book (the fact that they are only like 100 pages does not take away from this, haha). I am thoroughly enjoying reading and re-reading some of these books. I think I am enjoying them more and am more open minded than I would have been as a teen (wouldn't have been caught dead reading the romance-y ones, etc.).

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                    • #11
                      Re: YA literature?

                      I LOVE YA lit. LOVE IT.

                      I read it for fun -- they make great beach or airplane books.

                      I will just say Lilysaywhat's has a lot of my favorites!!!

                      Also, James Patterson has a YA series: "Maximum Ride" (for 11+ kids who can handle some minimal violence)

                      There are three books in the series.
                      Flynn

                      Wife to post training CT surgeon; mother of three kids ages 17, 15, and 11.

                      “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets " Albus Dumbledore

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