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Some of Pat's childhood / teen favorites
The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury
Cowboy Andy – Edna Walker Chandler
Jane-Emily – Patricia Clapp
The Children's Story – James Clavell
Five Were Missing – Lois Duncan
A Gift of Magic – Lois Duncan
My Father's Dragon series – Ruth Stiles Gannett
My Side of the Mountain – Jean George
Cheaper by the Dozen – Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth 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
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle
Call of the Wild – Jack London
The Pushcart War – Jean Merrill
Knock on any Door – Willard Motley
My Friend Flicka – Mary O'Hara
Beautiful Joe – Marshall Saunders
The Nutshell Library – Maurice Sendak
Hills End – Ivan Southall
The Bronze Bow – Elizabeth George Speare
The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain
Charlotte's Web – E..B. White
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
(especially The Long Winter)
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Some YA that Pat loves and admires as an adult:
Love That Dog – Sharon Creech
The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963 – Christopher Paul Curtis
The Magician's Elephant – Kate DiCamillo
The View From Saturday – E.L. Konigsberg
Fish – L..S. Matthews
My Name is Asher Lev – Chaim Potok
How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff
Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling (#5 is my favorite)
The Summer Sherman Loved Me – Jane St. Anthony
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor
Feathers – Jacqueline Woodson
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Some favorite adult fiction
Empire of the Sun – J.G. Ballard
Prince of Tides – Pat Conroy
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
The Stand – Stephen King
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
Jitterbug Perfume – Tom Robbins
The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell
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