YA list (in progress)

(A mixture of YA / older children’s books)

• the Tillerman family series – Cynthia Voigt (The Runner is probably my favourite)
• A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline d’Engle
• I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith
• At the Sign of the Sugared Plum – Mary Hooper
• Apocalypse – Tim Bowler
• When Hitler Stole My Pink Rabbit – Judith Kerr
• Carrie’s War – Nina Bawden
• The Secret Countess – Eva Ibbotson
• A Company of Swans – Eva Ibbotson
• The Morning Gift – Eva Ibbotson
• Island of the Aunts – Eva Ibbotson (young children)
• The Giver – Lois Lowry
• The Changeover – Margaret Mahy
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
• Noodle Head – Jonathan Kebbe
• Dead Gorgeous – Malorie Blackman
• Slam – Nick Hornby
• The China Garden – Liz Berry
• Mel – Liz Berry
• Monster – Walter Myers
• The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
• No Fear, No Shame – Anne Turnbull
• You Don’t Know Me – David Klass
• Alone on a Wide Wide Sea – Michael Morpurgo (note: I was very tired when I read this, so I have reservations on whether it’s as good as I remembered.)
• any – Sarah Dessen