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By: Allison Creekmore » Blog Archive » Young Adult Books Have Come Out of the Closet

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:47:28 +0000

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By: orannia

orannia — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:39:39 +0000

Where to start? Hmmm, Judy Blume’s Tiger Eye definitely springs to mind. I just loved that book. Also, Mercedes Lackey – I all but devoured The Last Herald Mage trilogy. I too read Beverly Cleary And dare I say it, although this is less YA and more children’s books: Enid Blyton!

By: Lisa from Temple

Lisa from Temple — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:15:50 +0000

Oh, I loved Fifteen too! In fact, I loved Bevarly Cleary when I was a little girl. I read all of the Ramona Quimby books, and another one of hers I really liked was Muggie Maggie and Mitch and Amy. (I know those are more kids books than YA, but still!)

And yes, I devoured the Sweet Valley High books. But is it just me, or do the guys and gals on the covers of those books look NOTHING like teenagers? They looked much older to me, now that I’m looking back.

But thanks to all of you for the book recommendations!

Marisa-I just double checked and it’s still not working for me. Sorry.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:05:59 +0000

Kati, I loved “Fifteen”. One of my favories, and cyclops8, I read The Outsiders atleast ten times, I’m sure it was more, and when the movie came out I had C. Thomas Howell posters and Mat Dillon posters ALL over my bedroom walls, but the series I loved the most, that probably turned me on to romance eventually, was the “Sweet Valley High” books. I devoured them in 7th grade. I also read a book called “P.S. I Love You”, I don’t know who wrote it, but my best friend and I took turns reading that one quite a bit too. It was sad though, the boy ended up dying of cancer in the end, the P.S. stood for Paul Storbe I love you. Anyone know what I’m talking about?

By: cyclops8

cyclops8 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:45:17 +0000

The first book I remember reading as a young adult was S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders.”

By: AnimeGirl

AnimeGirl — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:20:25 +0000

The fist YA book I read was Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot – thank you Spain Book Week where all books are at discount- when I got to go to the south of Spain when I was 18. So I started late.

Princess in the Spotlight is the second book in the Princess Diaries series- which I didn’t know but I still loved- and introduced me to Meg Cabot and her other wonderful series both YA (like Mediator and 1-800) and Adult (Boy Books, Heather Wells) and now, seven years later I still read all her books.

I completely agree that a good book will appeal to a person regardless of his or her age.

One of my favorite book series ever, The Wedding Planner’s Daughter by Coleen Paratore is a tween book (not even a YA) and I read it when I was 22 and the only word I can use to describe it is Amazing. There is also the Bard Academy Series by Cara Lockwood, which are funny and smart and awesome (and I still hold a serious grudge against MTV books for not publishing more of them! I want my Heathcliff!!).

And I could go on and on with amazing books and authors which I discovered after I stopped being a teenager but which still filled a literary hole in my heart that I didn’t even know it existed before.

Absolutely must read books, besides The Wedding Planner’s Daughter and The Bard Academy Series,: Melina Marchetta’s books (it just doesn’t get more awesome her books), The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks, and anything by Sarah Dessen. Oh, and The Song of The Sparrow by Lisa Sandell (if you like Arthurian Legends and kick-butt girls, this is the one for you).

By: Marisa

Marisa — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:40:36 +0000

Teresa, I’ve yet to read the Twilight books… soon, soon. Funny you mentioned Whitney My Love – Kati has challenged Maria to read it and they’ll be blogging about it in July.

Kati, Stacey and Kate told me I MUST read Melissa Marr – so I’ve got my order in.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:37:45 +0000

Lisa, two of my favorite books are Anne of Green Gables and To Kill a Mockingbird. I read them when I was quite young, but a classic stays with you forever.

(we think we’ve fixed the problem with Lady Jane’s blog)

By: KatiDancy

KatiDancy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:13:37 +0000

Ah, so many good memories for young reading:

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Tiger Eyes
Solitary Blue
The Man Without a Face
Fifteen

I loved reading from a very young age, and always adored books about teenage girls.

I have to say though, that I think YA is SO much better these days. I’m listening to Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr right now. It’s an extraordinary, lush and very dark book. It is truly superb!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:08:10 +0000

I’m 22 and I have never read an young adult book until my cousin who is 29 told me to read the Twilight Saga’s. I was hooked. I read all four books in eight days. When I was a teenager I didn’t even know that there was YA books out there. So now I still read my adult romance but I will pick up a YA and check it out. I wasn’t a huge reader until I got out of school for some reason I picked up a book and now I read at least three books a week. So the first book I’ve read was Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught, I was 16 so I really missed the YA genre unti my 20’s.