YA Recommendations

So you’re ready to jump into the fresh and exciting world of YA books? Well, I’ve got some favorites for you. This list is by no means exclusive or complete. It will grow as long as there are new YA books going out into the world, so like forever…

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

A protag we can all learn from.

Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak, Wintergirls

Rape. Eating Disorder. Finding your voice. And watching it disappear.

Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why

Why would someone end it all?

Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Life on the outside looking in.

Liz Coley, Pretty Girl 13

Will haunt you for days.

Debra Driza, Mila 2.0

Finding out who you are, can destroy you.

John Green (You CANNOT go wrong with any of his books. Male Protag typically.)

An Abundance of Katherines

Looking for Alaska

The Fault in Our Stars

Will Grayson Will Grayson

Ellen Hopkins, Crank

Drug addiction in verse. (Yeah, it’s freakin’ amazing)

Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

How would you change your last day?

Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

A story about real life and first love and so much more.

Kimberly Sabatini, Touching the Surface

It will touch your heart.

I am a sucker for a series. Here are some of my All-time Favs.

Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush

Paranormal Romance

Ellen Hopkins, Crank

*I already mentioned her, but she’s great. Try her out.

Stephenie Meyers, Twilight

Paranormal Romance

Lauren Oliver, Delirium

Dystopia

Veronica Roth, Divergent

Dystopia, Sci Fi

**To find any of these, type the title or the author into Google and hit Enter!

Write on,

Kim Briggs

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Dear Kim, Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! We had fun with Bomi Park's gorgeous FIRST SNOW last week. We used the book as a mentor text to explore personal narratives and poetry. We also explored watercolor resist techniques. (We also made a mess-- which is kind of my modus operandi during writing workshop. Sorry, Kelley! ) I used the sentence starter from the jacket copy: Look up. One flake falls, then another. And just like that—it's __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . The kids worked cooperatively at their table groups to discuss what word might fill in the blank. I love hearing them chat. "Well it is a snowflake because 'one flake'." Followed by: "No. It has seven letters, snowflake has nine." And: "It is an action. A-- what's that called-- a verb because it is something falling." Eventually we filled in the blank by using spelling clues to check our thinking, which might not sound like a whole lot of fun, but spell

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Dear Alison and readers, Have I got a surprise for you...Guess who stopped by to chat? Any guesses? No peeking at the title. Wait, I guess it's too late. Okay, I'll tell you anyway, KM Walton, the YA Author of all of these books... Hi K.M., Thanks so much for stopping by to talk to me. Care for a chai latte or a glass of wine? It’s Friday. Let’s go for the wine. Excellent choice. I’ll have one as well. So tell me, when did you become a writer? Despite my debut novel releasing when I was 44, my stacks of journals from childhood onward prove that I’ve always been a writer. Yeah, it took me a while to figure out what I really wanted to be when I grew up. The bulging folder filled with scraps of paper and napkins of all my “book” ideas and “story” ideas didn’t make me realize my true calling until six or seven years ago. So tell me, what do you love about writing? Possibility. I’m a wildly anticipatory person, always have been. A dreamer for

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