| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Member of the Wedding (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback) Author: Carson McCullers Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd |
Young Adults |
2/8/2015 Add | |||
| John said: Frankie Addams is a twelve year-old girl in a small, southern town in the Forties, during WWII. She is still a bit tom-boyish, but this spring finds her in a state of heightened awareness and tension...more tags: MG/YA novel , rites-of-passage , old south , | |||||
| 1,698 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Looking For Alaska (Printz Award Winner) (Hardcover) Author: John Green Publisher: Dutton Juvenile |
Young Adults |
2/7/2015 Add | |||
| John said:
I've usually been an enthusiast for the boarding school story, beginning with "Tom Brown's School Days," and continuing on through others. "A Separate Peace," also comes to mind. When "Looking for...more tags: boarding school , Alabama , last words of famous people , , I read , I recommend , YA novel , rites-of-passage | |||||
| 51,353 Reviews | |||||
| 3. The Hunger Games (Hardcover) Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic Press |
Young Adults |
2/6/2010 Add | |||
| John said: This is an engrossing read. Collins has created a retrograde world of a future America, which has followed on some unnamed societal disaster. A central government, the Capitol, has put down rebelli...more tags: I recommend , YA , fantasy | |||||
| 250,108 Reviews | |||||
| 4. The Underneath (Hardcover) Author: Kathi Appelt Illustrator: David Small Publisher: Atheneum |
Ages 9-12 |
11/25/2008 Add | |||
| John said: It was such a pleasure to read "The Underneath," by Kathi Appelt. It would be hard to suggest which age group it might best appeal to, perhaps middle grade, but high school, or younger child, or adult...more tags: myth , east Texas , middle grade & up | |||||
| 2,048 Reviews | |||||
| 5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover) Author: Sherman Alexie Illustrator: Ellen Forney Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers |
Young Adults |
4/12/2008 Add | |||
| John said: Only Sherman Alexie could have written "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian" and have carried along the reader so effortlessly, and intriguingly. It's not that a good writer couldn't imagi...more tags: YA novel , rites-of-passage , Native American , | |||||
| 25,982 Reviews | |||||
| 6. What I Was: A Novel (Hardcover) Author: Meg Rosoff Publisher: Viking Adult |
Young Adults |
3/21/2008 Add | |||
| John said: Author Meg Rosoff has come up with another thoughtful YA novel, "What I Was." Generally, boys are not known for intensity of emotional relationships with other boys, without becoming the story of an o...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 449 Reviews | |||||
| 7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Audio Library Edition (Audio CD) Author: Brian Selznick Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books |
Ages 9-12 |
1/15/2008 Add | |||
| John said: The Caldecott Medal was announced yesterday for "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," by Brian Selznick. I'd just finished reading (assimilating?) the book, which is an artful arrangement of text and graphi...more tags: I recommend , | |||||
| 9,076 Reviews | |||||
| 8. Edenville Owls (Hardcover) Author: Robert B. Parker Publisher: Philomel |
Young Adults |
1/10/2008 Add | |||
| John said: An MG/YA novel about an indie club of Middle School basketball players who take on local JV school teams, the team leader's journey toward discovering his first girlfriend, and a diabolical adult figu...more tags: I read , I recommend , MG/YA novel | |||||
| 117 Reviews | |||||
| 9. Twisted (Hardcover) Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Publisher: Viking Juvenile |
Young Adults |
12/11/2007 Add | |||
| John said: Some YA authors are able to construct stories that will keep a reader turning pages even though the conflict situation and structure may be somewhat familiar. Laurie Halse Anderson's "Twisted" is like...more tags: YA novel | |||||
| 2,470 Reviews | |||||
| 10. Re-Gifters (Minx Books) (Paperback) Author: Mike Carey, Sonny Liew, Marc Hempel Illustrator: Sonny Liew, Marc Hempel Publisher: CMX |
Young Adults |
11/15/2007 Add | |||
| John said: "Re-Gifters" is one of the new graphic novels, though one can as easily refer to it as a mass market—which includes literary work—comic book, geared to Middle-Grade or High School readers, but app...more tags: I read , I recommend , MG novel , graphic novel , Korean-American | |||||
| 239 Reviews | |||||
| 11. Touching Spirit Bear (Hardcover) Author: Ben Mikaelsen Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 9-12 |
9/20/2007 Add | |||
| John said: A youth struggling to survive in the wilderness makes for compelling reading, and "Touching Spirit Bear," by Ben Mikaelsen, 2001, is another addition to the genre, with an interesting twist. The wilde...more tags: MG/YA novel , wilderness | |||||
| 4,001 Reviews | |||||
| 12. Feathers (Hardcover) Author: Jacqueline Wilson Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Ages 9-12 |
9/4/2007 Add | |||
| John said: Another good MG fiction work by Woodson. I've always enjoyed her intimate portraits of inner city life, and her sensitive, compelling characters. Franny in this story has just the right amount of v...more tags: MG novel | |||||
| 1,410 Reviews | |||||
| 13. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Library Binding) Author: Ally Carter Publisher: Hyperion |
Young Adults |
7/19/2007 Add | |||
| John said: Innovative, good summer read. tags: chick-lit , YA | |||||
| 8,009 Reviews | |||||
| 14. Sins of the Fathers (Hardcover) Author: Chris Lynch Publisher: HarperTeen |
Young Adults |
7/7/2007 Add | |||
| John said: In all strata of life, in every neighborhood, and every ethnicity, there seem to be common rites of passage that all boys must wend their way through in one style or another. Girls will have their ow...more tags: MG novel , rites-of-passage , parochial school | |||||
| 21 Reviews | |||||
| 15. Wait for Me (Hardcover) Author: An Na Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Young Adults |
4/2/2007 Add | |||
| John said: “wait for me,” by An Na, her latest novel after her Printz Award winner, "A Step From Heaven," is able to summon a good deal of emotional response from the reader. It draws on the powerful, basic ...more tags: YA novel , techniques , distancing , Korean-American | |||||
| 116 Reviews | |||||
| 16. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1:... Author: M. T. Anderson Publisher: Candlewick |
Young Adults |
3/26/2007 Add | |||
| John said: "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing—Traitor to the Nation," by M. T. Anderson is a challenging read on many accounts. To start reading without benefit of literary reviews, it takes many pages ...more tags: YA historical novel , reading ease | |||||
| 1,597 Reviews | |||||
| 17. American Born Chinese (Paperback) Author: Gene Luen Yang Illustrator: Lark Pien Publisher: First Second |
Young Adults |
3/18/2007 Add | |||
| John said: This is a handsomely done graphic novel about a young boy of Chinese immigrant parents growing up in America, mostly centered around his life and friendships in school. Episodes from the Chinese Mon...more tags: graphic novel , Chinese-American , heritage | |||||
| 8,047 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
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John O'Rourke - Occupation: Writer
- Company: J. E. O'Rourke
- Locale: Manchester, CA, United States of America
- Member Since: 2/1/2007
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