Thursday, 9 June 2016

The 10 Must Read YA Books

I saw John Boyne speak recently, and he was very, very impressive. Here John Boyne and Jenny Valentine pick 9 of the 10 Must Read YA books, the Hay Festival audience rounded it out to 10. Check out the original article for fabulous endorsements of each book.
Bog Child - Siobhan Dowd

 Holes - Louis Sachar (see my review)

 The Bunker Diary - Kevin Brooks


A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (see my review)

 Trash - Andy Mulligan (see my review)

 Life: An Exploded Diagram - Mal Peet

 Looking for Alaska - John Green

 Brilliant - Roddy Doyle


How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff (see my review)

 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
5/10 - not bad.

 The Bunker Diary has gone straight to the TBR. I've been thinking about Bog Child for some time too. Brilliant- depression and the Irish written for kids.
There was a further long list for inclusion by the Hay audience.

 Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman

 Pack of Lies - Geraldine McCaughrean

 Junk - Melvin Burgess

 Red Shift - Alan Garner

 When Mr Dog Bites - Brian Conaghan

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1 comment:

  1. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz23 June 2016 at 08:46

    So many of these are unfamiliar to me. I think we should be compiling a list of recent books that should be on the 1001 list (maybe replacing Platero and I?!)

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