| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (Paperback) Author: Chris Crutcher Publisher: HarperTeen |
Young Adults |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: I love Chris Crutcher. These are for anyone who thinks of jocks as necessarily dumb and insensitive - Crutcher unfailingly tears those stereotypes to shreds. His characters have endless wit and charm ...more | |||||
| 816 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Vision Quest (Hardcover) Author: Terry Davis Publisher: Bantam Books |
N/A |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: I believe in Louden. I believe in every second that transpires from the first breath in this book to the last. It was timeless when it came out, and just as timely today. | |||||
| 35 Reviews | |||||
| 3. The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising, Book 2) (Hardcover) Author: Susan Cooper Illustrator: Alan Cober Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry |
Ages 9-12 |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: Beautiful. Unparalleled. I also love her _Seaward_. It's written on the same scale as Dorothy Gilman's _The Maze in the Heart of the Castle_. | |||||
| 1,006 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Danny the Champion of the World (Paperback) Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake Publisher: Puffin |
Ages 9-12 |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: This is my favorite of all. | |||||
| 859 Reviews | |||||
| 5. The Maze in the Heart of the Castle (Hardcover) Author: Dorothy Gilman Publisher: DoubleDay |
Young Adults |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: Timeless and unmatched - Gilman weaves a myth into a full-scale novel that captures her readers for the rest of their lives. Its dreamlike quality of symbols somehow never quite becomes abstract.. it ...more | |||||
| 47 Reviews | |||||
| 6. A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4 (Paperback) Author: Madeleine L'Engle Publisher: Square Fish |
Young Adults |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: Who but Madeleine could travel so fluently between the mystery and wonder of faith and science? | |||||
| 573 Reviews | |||||
| 7. Chronicles of Narnia (Hardcover) Author: C. S. Lewis Publisher: HARPER COLL CHILDREN |
N/A |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: I remember a good part of my elementary school years, when walking the dogs meant going on a trip to Narnia.. My favorite has varied through the years, but _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ seems to have h...more | |||||
| 7,411 Reviews | |||||
| 8. Winnie the Pooh (Hardcover) Author: A. A. Milne Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard Publisher: Methuen & Co |
N/A |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: Glorious. | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 9. The Westing Game (Hardcover) Author: Ellen Raskin Illustrator: Ellen Raskin Publisher: Dutton Juvenile |
Young Adults |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: Ellen did it all. This is a masterpiece - story, design, and words. And after thirty years, impossible to put down. | |||||
| 4,743 Reviews | |||||
| 10. Changeover (Mass Market Paperback) Author: Margaret Mahy Publisher: Scholastic |
N/A |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: Such beautiful writing, such a brilliant story.. | |||||
| 163 Reviews | |||||
| 11. The Blue Sword (Mass Market Paperback) Author: Robin McKinley Publisher: Ace Books |
Young Adults |
10/14/2008 Add | |||
| Michaele said: A classic. Who but Robin can write about cultures crossing paths with such grace, adventure, and beauty? | |||||
| 1,863 Reviews | |||||
| 12. A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet) (Paperback) Author: Madeleine L'Engle Publisher: Square Fish |
Ages 9-12 |
10/11/2008 Add | |||
| 12,543 Reviews | |||||
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