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Rune* Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads posted on: 5/25/2006 7:48:05 AM What would be your top 10 best YA reads?
fobe Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 5/25/2006 4:17:42 PM hmm, 1)Nick Sagan - Idlewild 2)Nick Sagan - Edenborn 3)Canavan - High Lord 4)Canavan - Last of the Wilds 5)Potter nr. 6 6)Canavan - The Novice 7)Canavan - The Magicians Guild 8)Potter nr. 5 9)Canavan - Priestess of the White 10)Philip Pulmann - The Subtle Knife and that's about it, folks
Rune* Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 5/26/2006 2:06:00 PM Well here goes, not any any kind of order of preference mind - 1 - Harry Potter series - J K Rowling. Still one of my favourite YA reads 2 - The Barimaeus Trilogy - Jonathan Stroud - books 1 & 2 were brilliant, I really enjoyed this series 3 - The Black Magician - Book 1 wasnt OK, but this series got better as it progressed and book 2 & 3 were very good 4 - Pellinor - by Alison Croggon. Dont see much about this author, but I really like her writing and the books in this series have been very entertaining so far 5 - Tales of the Otori - Lian Hearn - really enjoyed the 3 books in this series. There are others that follow, but as yet Ive not been able to get them. 6 - The Saga of Darren Shan - Darren Shan - quite a lot of books in this series, but very entertaining 7 - Keys to the Kingdom - Garth Nix - a very colourful YA series, that Im still enjoying Hoping to be able to extend this list as I discover more YA authors.
fobe Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 5/27/2006 11:58:51 AM i forgot to add Bartimaeus
Rune* Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 6/14/2006 4:56:57 PM Any others for this list
AJ_ Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 6/16/2006 10:16:25 PM 1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling 2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 3. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 4. The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix 5. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 6. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker 7. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper 8. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman 9. Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle 10. Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
warmbeachbrat Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 7/19/2006 6:04:21 PM A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle Beauty - Robin McKinley Obernewtyn - Isobelle Carmody The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis Wolf Tower - Tanith Lee Dealing with Dragons - Patricia Wrede A Diamond in the Window - Jane Langton Dragonsong - Anne McCaffrey The Silver Kiss - Annette Curtis Klause The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster Hmmm-I'm going to have to think about this some more. There a couple on this list that could be considered sci-fi instead of fantasy, but it's rather iffy either way.
Rune* Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 7/20/2006 12:50:43 PM Good to see a widely read YA reader
warmbeachbrat Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 7/20/2006 3:54:40 PM Sometimes I think YA books are better written than adult ones. I'm not dying to read graphic sex and violence, so YA is usually a better fit for me (although, not exclusively). Plus, some of my favorites are obscure books from my high school years--I guess I'm always trying to find some books that capture my imagination as they did back then.
Tessadragon Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 7/25/2006 7:55:18 AM 1 Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian 2 Dark Materials trilogy 3 Alex Rider series 4 Saddle Club series 5 Narnia 6 Darren Shan series 7 Looking Glass Wars 8 Tamora Pierce's quartets 9 Harry Potter 1-4 10 Jenny Carroll: Mediator and Missing series
Tessadragon Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 7/25/2006 8:01:14 AM quote: Sometimes I think YA books are better written than adult ones. I'm not dying to read graphic sex and violence, so YA is usually a better fit for me (although, not exclusively). I agree with you. I always like the teen books better than the adult ones...the adults feel they have to go into everything with such immense detail and intricacy that i can never remember at what parts i'm meant to go 'oh! so that's why so and so did that!' quote: Plus, some of my favorites are obscure books from my high school years--I guess I'm always trying to find some books that capture my imagination as they did back then. i've had that a lot with childrens books as well as teens...one time i was hunting down a book called 'bird mountain' just because i kept remembering it and longing to read it again, and it was the same with a novel called 'house of birds' Tessa
warmbeachbrat Quote \| Reply \|	Top 10 - Best YA Reads replied on: 7/26/2006 2:51:38 PM My favorites from high school are the sci-fi ones by Hugh Walters. I've been trying to track down and buy them when I find them. But, hoo-boy! Are they expensive!! I believe I have nine of them and need to buy about that many more. The ones I need range in price from $50.00-$150.00, so it will take a good long while to acquire them.
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