I like to challenge myself to read at least 100 middle grade and young adult books each year. My writing has improved a lot since I began all this reading! Here's my list for this year:
1. Jane by April Lindner (YA)
2. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Septys (MG)
3. A Long, Long, Sleep by Anna Sheehan (YA)
4. Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick (YA)
5. Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck (MG)
6. The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (YA)
7. Undergrounders by David Skuy (MG)
8. The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer (MG)
9. Cupcake Diaries: Emma on Thin Icing by Coco Simon (MG)
10. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
11. Seven Kinds of Ordinary Catastrophes by Amber Kizer (YA)
12. Ghost Messages by Jacqueline Guest (MG)
13. The Glory Wind by Valerie Sherrard (MG)
14. 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass (MG)
15. The End of the Line by Angela Cerrito (MG)
16. Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver (MG)
17. Bad Apple by Laura Ruby (YA)
18. Hound Dog True by Linda Urban (MG)
19. The Middle of Everywhere by Monique Polak (YA)
20. Betsy Wickwire's Dirty Secret by Vicki Grant (YA)
21. The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records by Colleen Sydor (MG)
22. Crossing to Freedom by Virginia Frances Schwartz (MG)
23. Ask Amy Green: Boy Trouble by Sarah Webb (MG/YA)
24. Dumpling Days by Grace Lin (MG)
25. Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen (YA)
26. Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren (YA)
27. Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt (MG)
28. Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs (YA)
29. Better Than Weird by Anna Kerz (MG)
30. Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (MG)
31. Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu (MG)
32. Flyaway by Lucy Christopher (MG)
33. Stolen by Lucy Christopher (YA)
34. Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story) by Barbara Ensor (MG)
35. The Longest Whale Song by Jacqueline Wilson (MG)
36. The Clearing by Heather Davis (YA)
37. The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard (YA)
38. The Day Before by Lisa Shroeder (YA)
39. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (MG)
40. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (YA)
41. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (MG)
42. The Selection by Kiera Cass (YA)
43. The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks (YA)
44. Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler (YA)
45. So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti (YA)
46. A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce (YA)
47. Over My Head by Marie Lamba (YA)
48. The Color of Bones by Tracy Edward Wymer (MG)
49. The Rumplestiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde (MG)
50. The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (MG)
51. Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard (YA)
52. Star Crossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce (YA)
53. Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth (MG)
54. Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen (MG/YA)
55. The Finnish Line by Linda Gerber (YA)
56. Missing by Becky Citra (MG/YA)
57. Masterpiece by Elise Broach (MG)
58. Wonder by R. J. Palacio (MG)
59. This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel (YA)
60. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (MG)
61. Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau (YA)
62. Gilt by Katherine Longshore (YA)
63. Swoon At Your Own Risk by Sydney Salter (YA)
64. Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee (MG)
65. Pregnant Pause by Han Nolan (YA)
66. The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis (MG)
67. Cages by Peg Kehret (MG)
68. Ring of Fire (Century Quartet Book 1) by P.D. Baccalario (MG)
69. Liar's Moon by Elizabeth C. Bunce (YA)
70. Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer (YA)
71. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (YA)
72. What She Left Behind by Tracy Bilen (YA)
73. The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson (YA)
74. The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech (MG)
75. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (YA)
76. Spider Boy by Ralph Fletcher (MG)
77. True Blue by Deborah Ellis (YA)
78. Bunheads by Sophie Flack (YA)
79. The Healing Spell by Kimberley Griffiths Little (MG)
80. Quarantine: The Loners (Book1) by Lex Thomas (YA)
81. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (YA)
82. Sleuth or Dare: Sleepover Stakeout by Kim Harrington (MG)
83. Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead (MG)
84. Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon (MG)
85. The Lions of Little Rock by Krista Levine (MG)
86. May B. by Caroline Starr Rose (MG)
87. The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (MG)
88. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally (YA)
89. Rip Tide by Kat Falls (MG)
90. Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli (MG)
91. Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon (MG)
92. Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe (YA)
93. Dead to You by Lisa McMann (YA)
94. The Humming Room by Ellen Potter (MG)
95. Ten by Gretchen McNeil (YA)
96. Racing Home by Adele Dueck (MG)
97. Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook (YA)
98. 37 Things I Love by Kekla Magoon (YA)
99. Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner (MG)
100. See You At Harry's by Jo Knowles (MG)
101. Send by Patty Blount (YA)
102. Pie in the Sky by Jane Smiley (MG/YA)
103. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (YA)
104. Under the Moon by Deborah Kerbel (YA)
105. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (YA)
106. The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (YA)
Link to Books read in 2011
Link to Books Read
2010
