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My Childhood / Teen Favorites
These are the books I read over and over again – some are out of print now and I've tracked them down on the internet…
Blitz – Hetty Burlingame Beatty
The Secret Cave – Claire Huchet Bishop
The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury
Cowboy Andy – Edna Walker Chandler
Jane-Emily – Patricia Clapp
The Children's Story – James Clavell
ANYTHING by Beverly Cleary
(especially Ramona the Pest)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Tornado Jones – Trella Lamson Dick
Five Were Missing – Lois Duncan
A Gift of Magic – Lois Duncan
Moptop – Don Freeman
My Father's Dragon series – Ruth Stiles Gannett
Follow My Leader – James Garfield
My Side of the Mountain – Jean George
Cheaper by the Dozen – F. Gilbreth and Ernestine G. Carey
Old Yeller – Fred Gipson
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
The Forgotten Door – Alexander Key
ANYTHING by Jim Kjelgaard
(especially Desert Dog)
Henry 3 – Joseph Krumgold
Ferdinand – Munro Leaf
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle
Call of the Wild – Jack London
Mystery Player at Left End – Beman Lord
The Pushcart War – Jean Merrill
Knock on any Door – Willard Motley
Beautiful Joe – Marshall Saunders
Peanuts Treasury – Charles M. Schulz
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
The Nutshell Library – Maurice Sendak
Black Beauty – A. Sewell
Hills End – Ivan Southall
The Bronze Bow – Elizabeth George Speare
The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain
Banner in the Sky – James Ramsey Ullman
Charlotte's Web – E..B. White
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
(especially The Long Winter)
His Indian Brother – Hazel Wilson
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Favorite and Admired Children's / YA
that I discovered as an adult
Kit's Wilderness – David Almond
Strong to the Hoop – John Coy
Love That Dog – Sharon Creech
The Watsons go to Birmingham – 1963 – Christopher Paul Curtis
Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate DiCamillo
The Magician's Elephant – Kate DiCamillo
The Lottery – Beth Goobie
Looking for Alaska – John Green
The View From Saturday – E.L. Konigsberg
(George) – E.L. Konigsberg
Absolutely Positively Not – David LaRochelle
Fish – L..S. Matthews
My Friend Flicka – Mary O'Hara
Thunderhead – Mary O'Hara
My Name is Asher Lev – Chaim Potok
His Dark Materials series – Phillip Pullman
How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff
Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling (#5 is my favorite)
The Summer Sherman Loved Me – Jane St. Anthony
Out of Order – Robin Stevenson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor
Fox in a Trap – Jane Resh Thomas
Prizefighter en mi Casa – e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Homecoming – Cynthia Voigt
Feathers – Jacqueline Woodson
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
Fighting Ruben Wolfe – Markus Zusak
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Some Favorite Adult Fiction Titles
Empire of the Sun – J.G. Ballard
Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy
The Hours – Michael Cunningham
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
The Spanish Pearl – Catherine Friend
The Bone People – Keri Hulme
The World According to Garp – John Irving
The Stand – Stephen King
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
Gone to Soldiers – Marge Piercy
The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell
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