While reading my latest book I got very nostalgic for the books I read when I was younger. I thought it would be fun to revisit them a bit. In no particular order...
Both Sides of Time By: Caroline B. Cooney
The Time Traveler's Wife for the Teen set. An action-packed romantic quartet of books with better-quality writing than Twilight.
Don't Think Twice By: Ruth Pennebaker
Fantastic novel about a pregnant girl in the 1960s who's sent to a home for unwed mothers. Easily could've been coded as adult fiction- regardless- a truly spectacular story.
Fat Chance By: Leslea Newman
An entertaining but heart-wrenching picture of the full-scale beginnings of an eating disorder. Actually provides a great message for young girls with body issues.
Come in From the Cold By: Marsha Qualey
A riveting portrait of the effects of the Vietnam war in America as seen from two teenagers in 1969.
The Face on the Milk Carton By: Caroline B. Cooney
Hardcore page-turner about a teen who finds out she was abducted as a child. A quartet of books with the first two being the strongest.
Princess Ashley By: Richard Peck
A very interesting look at peer pressure and conscience through the eyes of a new kid who befriends the "popular girl".
Just Ella By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
One of my favorite "alternate" Cinderella stories. What exactly happens the day after the glass slipper finds it's way to Ella's foot?
Slightly younger books, but equally wonderful:
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler By: E.L. Konigsburg
Matilda By: Rahl Dahl
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing By: Judy Blume
Sideways Stories From Wayside School By: Louis Sachar
The Dollhouse Murders By: Betty Ren Wright
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