I second the Book Thief. I'm reading Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier right now. Other books... Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaleson The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Out of the Dust by Hesse Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm by O'Brien Beloved by Toni Morrison Any of the Cynthia Voight books Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence Welcome to the Ark by Stephanie S. Tolan (One of my favorites) Looking for Alaska Flowers for Algernon
Here's a link to the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award books http://myssyra.org/. This links for 3-5 and 6-8 winners for this year are at the top of the page. Our kids are reading Scat again this summer. Love that book!
I just perused the YA section in B&N last night so let's see how much I can remember: Tiger's Curse/Tiger's Quest (book2) Fallen series. Fallen/Torment/Passion Elsewhere If I Stay/Where She Went Blue is for nightmares series The absolutely true diary of a part time Indian Perks of being a wallflower Looking for Alaska Authors: Meg Cabot Ellen Hopkins Libba Bray Cassandra Clare Megan McCafferty That's all I can think of for now!
Not sure of the "young adult" classification, but as a kid I loved both The Outdiers and That was Then; This is Now by S.E. Hinton.
Thanks everyone! I like the idea of reading some of these books as an adult. Not only are they fun and easy reads, but then I have an idea of what kids are reading these days.
I read YA almost exclusively during the school year; my students give me recommendations. I like to know what they are reading and I enjoy talking to them about their books.
I'm currently reading the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter & i am really enjoying it! The first book is "I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You."
I wholeheartedly second the Chaos Walking trilogy and the Hunger Games trilogy and the Vampire Academy series (I can't wait for her new series to come out). I finally started reading Ellen Hopkins (Crank and Glass) and she is amazing. Elizabeth Scott Simone Elkeles (these are the only books my oldest niece actually makes it through) Caster Chronicles Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness and The Soul Screamers series by Rachel Vincent.
I agree about Hopkins. I had a YA class in college and a professor did a read aloud every day from one of her books.
I think those books, Crank, Glass, and Burned were in the hands of every girl in my building at one time or another this year.
We were about 80 pages away from the end of the book when my professor had to cancel class for the rest of the semester because she had to have surgery. Right after we made sure she would be ok, we immediately all pointed out we would never finish the book and were bummed. All of us, including the guys, had really gotten into the book. I'm pretty sure we were reading Burned
Here is what I brought home from school to read this summer. Cryer's cross City of Bones Fallen Chains 11th grade Burns 12th grade kills The Knife of Never Letting Go Paranormalcy Will Grayson, Will Grayson 13 Reasons Why The Roar Beautiful Creatures Beautiful Darkness I am # Four Ender's Game Heist Society The Monstrumologist Incarceron Solitary: Escape from Furnace 2 Matched Linger Torment The Maze Runner I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil & I want to be Your Class President Before I Fall Bruiser Harry Potter 7
