Favorite Reads
Here are a few of my favorite books (in no particular order):
Young Adult/Middle Grade:
Fantasy
The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman
Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale (And, really, everything she writes. I am a huge fan.)
Keturah and Lord Death, by Martine Leavitt
Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Winn Jones
My Fair Godmother, by Janette Rallison (I know Janette. This book made me laugh until I cried.)
Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (warning: for older readers–contains sexual content.)
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George (My friend and amazing author!)
Percy Jackson Series, by Rick Riordan*
Of Mice and Magic Series, by David Farland*
The 13th Reality by James Dashner* (Also my friend. Am I just name dropping here? Totally!)
Non-Fantasy, but still fabulous
The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt*
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis*
Little Britches, by Ralph Moody*
Story of a Girl, by Sara Zarr (Warning: for older readers, contains sexual content.)
Because of Winn Dixie, by Kate DiCamello
Palace Beautiful, by Sara DeFord Williams (My friend and fantastic author!)
*Books that my boys love, too.
Adult:
These is my Words, by Nancy Turner
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls