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Title: ISO Favorite books or series for young readers
Post by: TeriD on June 12, 2019, 08:08:57 am

Hello book lovers! I'm looking for summer reading list suggests for young readers -- picture books to YA. What are your favorites? And thanks in advance for the recs.

Title: Re: ISO Favorite books or series for young readers
Post by: AgathaC on June 12, 2019, 09:35:28 am

For YA, I always recommend The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. It won the Newbery Medal.

Great mystery for YA and older readers too!

https://www.amazon.com/Westing-Game-Puffin-Modern-Classics/dp/014240120X

Title: Re: ISO Favorite books or series for young readers
Post by: jgazis on June 12, 2019, 06:35:07 pm

For mysteries for young readers, the environmental books by Carl Hiaasen are wonderful: Hoot, Flush, Scat, and I see there's a new one I haven't read called Squirm.

Title: Re: ISO Favorite books or series for young readers
Post by: Becke Davis on December 07, 2019, 12:33:17 am

When my daughter was getting into reading, I made a deal with her that I would read anything she recommended. These are some of her favorites:

Christopher Golden's BODY OF EVIDENCE forensic mysteries

Lois Duncan's mysteries, including DAUGHTERS OF EVE, KILLING MR. GRIFFIN, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, RANSOM, SUMMER OF FEAR, etc.

The Harry Potter books

The Penderwick books

Jennifer Weiner's Bigfoot series

She liked the Twilight books but I didn't get into them.