I'm taking a YA lit. class this semester; in addition to the assigned novels, I have to read and review 10-15 books (fiction and non) that were written expressly for teens. They should be relatively contemporary, covering a variety of genres, and something you would be likely to find in a public library. So far, I've picked out Looking for Alaska and Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. Any suggestions?
In case you're wondering what's on the assigned list (and I know you are), here it is:
- Forever by Judy Blume
- Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
- Fast Talk on a Slow Track by Rita Williams-Garcia
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
- Peeps by Scott Westerfield
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
- Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman by Eleanor Updale
- Dr. Franklin's Island by Ann Halam
- Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
- Any book from the Gossip Girl series
- The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
4 comments:
Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Identical, Ellen Hopkins
a northern light, jennifer donnelly
i can't tell you, hillary frank
hard love, ellen wittlinger
let us know what you pick! the reading list is great!
That's funny, Amanda, I almost said Hard Love too. I love that book.
I am way late to the game, but Hard Love, totally.
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