Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins **
Septimus Heap Book One: Magyk, by Angie Sage *
Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister, by Liz Kessler
Inkdeath, by Cornelia Funke *
Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini
The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech **
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart *
How to Steal a Dog, by Barbara O'Connor
The Road to Paris, by Nikki Grimes *
River Secrets, by Shannon Hale *
Witness, by Karen Hesse **
House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer **
Full Tilt, by Neal Shusterman * (for those who like thrillers)
The Dark Side of Nowhere, by Neal Shusterman *
Aleutian Sparrow, by Karen Hesse **
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry *
Hate that Cat, by Sharon Creech **
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, by Lynn Jonelle *
Pilgrim's Progress, retold by Gary D. Schmidt *
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star, by Brandon Mull *
The Emerald Tablet, by P.J. Hoover *
The Shadow Thieves, by Anne Ursu *
Savvy, by Ingrid Law **
The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis **
I could be forgetting some, but if I remember, I'll promptly amend this post. ;-)
I agree with all of your choices when it came to the stars! I hope people read these books, they are all pretty great!
ReplyDeleteJaybird
Making a list like this would require some heavy duty thinking for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rebecca! That's a ton of great books!
ReplyDeleteAngie, I did do a lot of thinking, and asking my kids to remind me what books I read, and looking at my bookshelves for memory-joggers.
ReplyDeletePJ--The Navel of the World is on my list for 2010!