Give us your all-time favorites. Make it your personal 'Stuck on a Desert Island' sort of book list.
(Add your faves here at the top, so all our lists go down the page newest to oldest)Your first name (or alias) & home town:
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BookGirl, South Hill
(Not necessarily top favorites, rather each of these has something quirky, funny or unique enough that the story has stayed with me, or I am willing to recommend it. In no particular order. P.S. Only 10 is too short a list!) - Cordelia Underwood, or, The marvelous beginnings of the Moosepath League; by Van Reid -fiction.
- Murder on the Iditarod Trail; by Sue Henry - fiction.
- I am Jackie Chan: My life in action; Long Cheng - autobiography of Jackie Chan (aka Long Cheng)
- Polar Dream; by Helen Thayer - non-fiction, north pole adventure memoir
- Power of One; by Bryce Courtenay - fiction
- Ender's Game; by Orson Scott Card - junior fiction
- Angel in the whirlwind : the triumph of the American Revolution; by Benson Bobrick - non-fiction, history.
- Illiad; Homer - classic literature.
- Find the Constellations; by Hans Augusto (H.A.) Rey (of Curious George fame) - astronomy textbook which is accessible by all ages.
- The Orchid Thief; by Susan Orleans - fiction