Best teen science fiction & adventure books according to redditors

Wrote a book. Apparently, this book.

Here are a few of the YA series I have enjoyed:

• The Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman. Link to first book, Everlost. Link to second book, Everwild. Link to third book, Everfound. It is a series following a group of teenagers who find themselves stuck in afterlife-on-earth after dying. These books are FANTASTIC; I'd put them on the same level as The Hunger Games.
  
  
• Also, I'd recommend Unwind, also by Neal Shusterman. "In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, a parent may choose to retroactively get rid of a child through a process called "unwinding." Unwinding ensures that the child's life doesn’t “technically” end by transplanting all the organs in the child's body to various recipients. Now a common and accepted practice in society, troublesome or unwanted teens are able to easily be unwound.
  With breath-taking suspense, this book follows three teens who all become runaway Unwinds: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents' tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious tithing. As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Shusterman examines serious moral issues in a way that will keep readers turning the pages to see if Connor, Risa, and Lev avoid meeting their untimely ends."
  
  
• Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (same guy who wrote Uglies) follows the world as it falls into a unique sort of zombie apocalypse, started by non-fictional a parasite which resides in over half the population's brains.
  
  
• The Chaos Walking Trilogy The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men follows Todd, a boy trapped in a world completely made up of men who can hear each other's thoughts, finds something he has never seen before: a girl.
  
  

Hey, OP! High school English teacher/book nerd here. Hopefully I can help you find a book that you enjoy! I reviewed your criteria, and the only thing I would like you to reconsider is the length. I know, I know, typical English teacher trying to get you to read more, but I promise you if us Redditors can find you a book you LOVE, then you won't want to put it down! I've read the following list, and think they fit your list for the most part (especially the suitable for a 13-year-old young man, this is essential for my job every day!)

Here's some young adult books that fall into the horror (read: horror, supernatural, psychological thriller, etc) or realistic fiction.


The Replacements: Mackie is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement — left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is slowly dying in the human world.


Asylum: Super creepy, twisting plot line, male protagonist, definitely a great read all around.


Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BOOK ON THIS LIST A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. If you like this book, definitely read Asylum; I found those two went well together.

Unwind: This is a dystopian (realistic fiction) novel that we teach in 7th grade in my school district. Our students LOVE it, and the good news is that it is a series! We do require mom and dad to sign off before they read (and have never had any complaints...), but check with your parents before you delve into this one!

My big news: next week, my first self pub title, The Body Electric is released! I am super stoked and super ready for it to be out there so I can focus on my next projects!

For it, though, I've got a ton of stuff in the work, from podcasts to interviews to online scavenger hunts to contests to omg. If you're interested in that sort of thing, I'll be detailing it all in my newsletter in a few days.

Additionally, I've started rewriting a pet project I love, starting with completely changing the tense of the entire effing thing from present to past. /sigh/

I am 24 years old and just picked up The Hunger Games after being suggested by a friend. Blew through the first one in a day and am now about to finish the second one and cannot wait to get the third.

They are so great and fun to read and I highly suggest them to anyone who likes YA fiction or dystopian future scifi.

• The 5th Wave - After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
  
  Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, ad on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.
  
  
• The Giver - Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world.
  
  When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does Jonas begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.
  
  

Oryx and Crake is excellent, and I would recommend it to anyone. It's part of a trilogy that continues with The Year of the Flood, which covers the same time period viewed by entirely different characters (segregated lower class and a hippie-ish religious cult rather than the biotech-happy upper crust in Oryx and Crake). MaddAddam is meant to tie the two together.

Depending on what type of dystopia you're interested in, I have several recommendations:

• For mass surveillance, Little Brother
  
• For fundamentalist Christian extremism, The Handmaid's Tale, again by Margaret Atwood
  
• For the effects of rampant capitalism and constant advertising, Feed
  
• For the psychological effects of civilization's collapse on ordinary people, Into the Forest (caveat: did not like the book)

It's YA, but Unwind by Neal Shusterman is vaguely medical, dystopian, has an upcoming movie (of course), and has one of the few scenes in any book that's come back to haunt me in the middle of the night.

So I'm currently listening to the audiobook for Little Brother, and it gets a whole-hearted recommendation from me. It hits a lot of points we seem to frequently talk about:

• diverse characters (admittedly all in supporting roles)
  
• YA books that appeal to male readers
  
• Male MC in touch with his emotions
  
• embracing technology and social media (and depicting it accurately)
  
• realistic depictions of science
  
  Add to that a natural lesson in math and programming as well as plenty of paranoia, and I'm enjoying it immensely. I may have to flip through the book when I'm done to see if it passes the Bechdel test and its variations though.

Allegiant

If you haven't read Harry Potter, that is a must.

On the other hand, a series that I absolutely love that isn't as widely known is the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness. The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, and Monsters of Men. It is dystopian fiction and extremely well written with a gripping plot. I've read the series multiple times.

Edit: Here's the synopsis of the first book, but I don't think it does it justice. [Link to Amazon] (http://www.amazon.com/Knife-Never-Letting-Reissue-bonus/dp/0763676187)
Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

Here's one for you: A science fiction from Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

>In a world of the far future, the great city of Indra has two faces: a beautiful paradise floating high in the sky, and a nightmare world of poverty carved into tunnels beneath the surface of the earth. Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest sisters in the Kardashian dynasty, have written a gripping tale of air, fire, and a bond of blood.

Imagine, if you would, those two young ladies sitting down for 100s of hours to write a fiction novel.

Something to read $6.99 from his Books list and Hand wrap mesh wash bag from his boxing list. $3.99

I like books

1. Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan it's my favorite of the Wheel of Time books form which I got my current handle. But there's a lot of other books I really love like When the Hero Comes Home or The Caves of Steel by Asimov or The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce which I liked because it was so not my genre and yet it was utterly compelling.
   
   
2. I don't really have least favorite books. I'm good at judging them by their covers so to speak. I can tell you I hated Dredlocks, and I didn't enjoy The Boys of 58 but over all Scratch ALL of that Witch and Wizard is TERRIBLE. It's abhorrent. Not only does it struggle to make sense. The universe is barely coherent. I mean the characters are Whit and Whisteria (aka Whisty) which is bloody annoying to keep track of because they keep switching perspective every other chapter but not EXACTLY every other chapter. The terrible "faux books" like "Creature Plantation" and "1894" and stupid things like that. Completely unrelatable characters. I mean for crying out loud their names are "Allgood". I read that book thinking "Oh hey James Patterson is the guy who wrote "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came A Spider" and I love those movies. This sounds interesting. And it failed on every. single. front.
   
   
3. Fav book adaption? Hard to say. Maybe Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It was what I've heard to be the best adaption of the series. I'd have to go through movies to find a better one off my head. But everything that happened in the book showed up in the film. They cut out very little. It was a fun movie, paced well. It was everything I wanted in a harry Potter film.
   
   
4. Least Favorite Adaption? Oh I know i have some of those.. can I say Green Lantern? or Batman Begins? Because I love DC but their LA films aren't doing it. Green Lantern was doomed from the moment they said the suit was going to be all CGI. I mean they had Ryan Freaking Reynolds. He was fantastic for Hal but they ruined it. Now I'll never get to see more of it because it's just dead. Batman Begins, where to begin on that. Well we start with his voice. It was stupid. You can't defend it. It was just stupid. And it literally ruins the film. Honestly I don't mind a realistic depiction of Batman, but WHY? Why are we doing this because once the Nolan films end you have to start over again. Because that world isn't a world where you can have a "Flash" and "Batman" you could barely fit in a "Catwoman" and without those you can't expand into a multi film universe like Marvel did. So now in spite of the money and fame we've gotten with the Batman Begins trilogy we have a Batman that's dead and over. You can't continue it with a new actor, you have to scrap it and start over and now everyone wants to compare it and argue over the actor all over again. Oh books.. I also have Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I love that book. It's a favorite of mine, and yet the movie didn't do it right. The movie was geared towards the battle. Instead it should have (like the book) been geared towards the school. The whole point about Ender's Game is that the story is about battle SCHOOL. It's about training for graduation so you can go fight. Doing all these pointless games that only Ender realizes is pointless because the threat of war is ever present. The SPOILER revealthatthefinalgameswereinfactnotreallygamesbutactuallycombatfromadistance /Spoiler is what changes the whole feel of the book. The movie did some good things, like showing us the commanders watching Ender but they pushed that too hard to the point where any idiot watching figured out what was going on.
   
   
5. Best book from something else? Can I say Knightfall? Knightfall was a comic series which introduced Bane. Bane came out of nowhere, Freed all the psychos from Arkham Asylum, when Batman was worn out recapturing them, he had to fight Bane and Bane won in the most brutal manner possible. He just broke his back. It was great. I started reading the novelization which elaborates on Bane's backstory making him out to be even Smarter and more methodically psychopathic than the comics. Also Total Recall by Piers Anthony which I didn't realize was made after the movie which was made from a short story. That's how good it was.
   
   
6. Least favorite book adaption? that's tough. Hardest uestion of the lot. i don't read books adapted from things often. I honestly doubt I'll be able to think of anything that would apply.
   
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7. When the Hero Comes Home
   
8. When the Villain Comes Home
   
9. When the Hero Comes Home 2
   
10. Mitosis
    
11. The First Confessor

Yay! First ever contest!

I would gift /u/kickballa because she rocks! (seriously love her). I'd gift her Allegiant because it is a great book and she should have the pleasure of reading it!!

I really hope she wins! Thanks for the contest! :)

(Context for anyone else reading this comment: Tuftybee sent me Divergent, by Veronica Roth.)

I definitely recommend it! The idea of this whole society built off what are essentially Hogwarts-like "houses" ("factions" in the book) is really interesting. The protagonist is always analyzing her actions as being part of one faction or another, and constantly trying to figure out where she really belongs. It's really, really interesting so far! If you get a chance, check it out. Thanks again! :) ♥

Shade's Children
From what I remember, the plot was basically that some sort of apocalyptic 'event' had occured, leaving only those 14 and younger alive. (Four?) dictator types moved in and started harvesting the kids for their body parts to sew into creatures who fought war games for them. The book follows a group of kids that have escaped capture, and have developed unique special abilities from the 'event'.

Found it in the young adult section years ago, and needless to say it was nothing like I had read before at that age.

So, basically a movie on a police-state, with the defenders of free speech fighting for their freedom? Hrm, with themes from the Matrix, Cloverfield, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Little Brother (Haven't read it yet though), and possibly references to Monty Python, this movie would rock!

If it was done properly, I think that it could be propagated solely via word of mouth and the internet as its distributor. I know that I would watch it.


On the other hand, a novel would be better, as one would be able to see what one is thinking.


Whatever the case, this would be an interesting subject to see/read.

Has she done Unwind by Neal Shusterman? If not, I'd definitely hand her that one! She might also like The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Divergent by Veronica Roth. Second book comes out May 1.

Good lord, yes! I love this series so much. I also liked Shade's Children

I always tell people to read The Wanting Seed. Such an amusing yet thought-provoking read.

Edit:

• The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
  
• Matched series by Allie Condie
  
• The Barcode Tattoo series by Suzanne Weyn
  
• Violet Eyes by Nicole Luiken
  
• Shade's Children by Garth Nix
  
• The Game by Monica Hughes
  
• The Uglies series by Scott Westerfield
  
• Proxy series by Alex London
  
• The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
  
• Incarceron series by Catherine Fisher

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow It is hard for me to put this book down once I start. If anyone knows of any books like this, please let me know.

The wand part doesn't quite click, but the rest of it--especially the submarine--might be Shade's Children, though I guess the overall scenario might fit a lot of YA books out there.

Now I'm curious about what you're thinking of!

Hehe, it's a book https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763676209/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I fell your pain. I was destroyed for about a month afterwards...


Hold your mouse over the spoiler tag to see it btw.
[spoiler](#s "But no, it's not another trilogy. It's a four (the number, not Tobias) book collection that is about 270? pages and it depicts the time before Tobias joins Dauntless, some of the experiences he had there, and then a story taking place after the knife throwing scene. And if you haven't read the knife throwing scene from Four/Tobias' prospective I suggest doing so here:")

[Spoiler] Don't click on this link until you've read the spoiler.

http://www.amazon.com/Free-Four-Tobias-Divergent-Knife-Throwing-ebook/dp/B008B11K04

Hello. Insurgent! It is the second book in the Divergent series. I just finished Divergent and I loved it! For some reason failing Utopian societies are really interesting settings for great stories. It also helps that this has great themes and a combination of action, adventure, mystery and romance! I can't wait to dive into the rest of the series!

I can't seem to find anyone with it - does anyone have this on their WL?

JK guys, I got this.

For people interested in this concept, I highly recommend Shusterman's Unwind. It's quick reading but quite interesting.

I haven't read this series yet, but Unwind comes pretty close -- it posits a world where abortion is effectively illegal, but teenagers can be "unwound" and recycled for organ donation. Let me know if it's any good.

1. This book, so I can learn how to knit. Because I really need a hobby.
   
2. Allegiant is my most wanted e-book right now, I've read the first two in the series, and I would really love to finish the series. :D I wanna know what happens! lol.
   
3. If I were a book, I hope that I'd be a great one.

Kindle store - I'm on UK but it looks like they're on the US version too.

https://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Dystology-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912053

Yeah, I'm reading Catching Fire ATM.

What?? But...they write YA science fiction!!

This one is next on my list Unwind a lot of my friends have read it and loved it

Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765319853

Monument 14

Definitely Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

The stories in the Steal the Network series are fiction wrapped around realistic computer security themes and exploits. They even include screenshots where applicable. I especially enjoyed the last one in the series.

I'm totally Awesome

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Here is a book I would really like to read :)

http://www.amazon.com/Free-Four-Divergent-Knife-Throwing-ebook/dp/B008B11K04/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2S13H6VJDXAGZ&coliid=I31R83PAUAIXIK


[Edit] Redid my pic :) sorry about that.

I'm pretty sure this isn't your book, but there is a character in Shade's Children who can see into the very near future -- like moments away. If I recall, his name is Gold-Eye. There is also a scene in a bus, but I don't think it's moving anywhere. There are no zombies (which is why it's probably not your book), but there are weird mutant creatures.

https://www.amazon.com/Shades-Children-Garth-Nix/dp/0064471969

I read the book was wholly disappointed in it. The narrative was different from the other two books that I fell in love with, the characters were unfamiliar, and the ending was terrible. But rather than go on, I'll post this review of the book that I sums my thoughts up:
http://www.amazon.com/Allegiant-Divergent-Series-Veronica-Roth/product-reviews/006202406X/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_see_all_top?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=byRankDescending

Hey feel better!!! Being sick sucks, so get better soon :)

They say laughter is the best medicine! And what is a better way to laugh, then with cats?

And another!

But wait... there's more!

But, books always make me feel better! --- you can select used! :)

Feel better!!!!! <3

Allegiant is labeled highest because I NEED TO KNOW what happens. Plain and simple.

Axel

< $5: The Prince & The Guard

< $1.50: Free Four

Frank and Beans!

I want Allegiant so hard!

Thanks for the contest!

Would it be Shade's Children by Garth Nix?

I vividly remember the part about the kids getting paired off each night. I think the goal was to repopulate the movement or something?

Divergent by Veronica Roth, or the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Both feature strong female protagonists; both have action galore; both were devoured by my fiance who denies he has the ability to read. I think Divergent's better, but all three Hunger Games books are out and the second in the Divergent series won't be out till May.. :'(

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Uh, I really liked Steelheart. I also always recommend "Machine of Death" cause its a really good book. :)

thanks for the contest!

Annnnd here we go again. I'm doing this with all books, just because.

Allegiant

Berenstain Bears

Calvin and Hobbes

Dune

Edgar Allen Poe collection

Fahrenheit 451

Gulliver's Travels

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Julie of the Wolves

Kite Runner

Little House on the Prairie

Machine of Death

Neverending Story

Omnitopia Dawn (The book I'm reading now, actually!)

Pilgrim's Progress

Quarter Share (Also available free as a podiobook!)

Room

Snow Crash

[Tell-Tale Brain](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=tell-tale brain&sprefix=tell-tale%2Cstripbooks%2C222&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Atell-tale brain&ajr=2)

Uglies

Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Watership Down

Xenocide

Year Zero

Zen and the Art of Knitting

That's so sick, it's like that book Little Brother I read as a kid, and still cool for anyone who's into this stuff.

But yeah, can anyone tell me how to do this haha. Like how to make a key and where the Soul Nexus people are.

Have you read the book Unwind? Possibly the creepiest book I've ever read about a society that allows you to "abort" unwanted kids when they're 16. C R E E P Y

Thanks for this!!! I'm putting it on my TBR list.

Currently reading:

Possible Side Effects - Augusten Burroughs

https://www.amazon.com/dp/031242681X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_FZfvzbZ7A7QTT

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375703764/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_L2fvzbYG3S65S

Scott Pilgrim Series - Bryan Lee O'Malley

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620100002/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_x4fvzb5VEAD9N

Just bought:

More Than This - Patrick Ness

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763676209/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_R1fvzbENH1GPE

Looking into the list that your provided too!

Hmm

Hmmmmmm

You might wanna try googling.

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Amazon link for those that want to know more about it

I think you could end up enjoying The Fifth Wave series. It's got elements of both throughout.

• Divergent/Insurgent (First two in an unfinished trilogy)
  
• The Maze Runner (This is a trilogy)
  
• Battle Royale
  
• I've heard good things about The Knife of Never Letting Go (The first part of the Chaos Walking trilogy)
  
  To be honest, these are just some dystopia themed books I recommended because of Hunger Games. However, I could give better recommendations if you tell me more of what she wants. Young adult? Fantasy? Romantic aspect?

"There's a boy named Todd who lives in this weird place called Prentisstown with his dog, Manchee. What's so weird about Prentisstown? Well, there are no women in Prentisstown, for starters, and there's also this weird germ called Noise that makes everyone's thoughts loud enough for everyone else to hear. So yeah, weird place."

I know its not much but its just so good I can't bring myself to give even minor spoilers. If you can ever trust an anonymous person on the internet, trust me. It's rough, fast, and beautiful.

http://www.amazon.com/Knife-Never-Letting-Reissue-bonus/dp/0763676187

Pro tip: get the 2nd book before you finish the first one, cuz the cliffhanger will hit you in the gut, hard.

P.s. if you end up reading it, let me know how you like it!

2: Shade's Children?

http://www.amazon.com/Shades-Children-Garth-Nix/dp/0064471969

[This] (http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Dystology-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912053/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1BGV2L2FWNXQM&coliid=I2IB05LZCRBV85) book looks like an interesting concept. I have a love for dystopian novels and this one fits the bill. It is about people having the right to "unwind" their children. It sounds like a scary concept and I am intrigued by it. I have quite a few books like it on my [book WL] (http://amzn.com/w/1BGV2L2FWNXQM). I just recently read a great book about North Korea called [Escape from Camp 14] (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=escape%20from%20camp%2014&sprefix=escap%2Cstripbooks%2C282&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Aescape%20from%20camp%2014&ajr=2) which is a great memoir about a man's journey out of North Korea. I used to live in South Korea so the idea of North Korea and how they treat their people fascinates me.

I like big books and I cannot lie. I love to read and have several books to read on my nightstand but sometimes no time to read them. But that is life so it goes!

1. Cake or birthday related - For keeping my birthday suit clean
   
2. Simon Pegg - You've got red on you
   
3. A book you are eager to read - Anxiously awaiting its release
   
4. Eating Utensils - Emergency rations need no utensils!
   
5. Animal - Jacque Moosteau fits this!
   
6. Purple - Flameless Lavendar candle!
   
7. A game - I have a whole Tabletop list, but Catan will suffice
   
8. A guilty pleasure - Thai tea, yum
   
9. A Tool - Weights are a tool for a healthier me!
   
10. Something from your childhood - Darth vader sheet set... that I want... even though I'm 36.
    
11. An organizational item - Stackable pyrex dishes organize my food mess
    
12. Hobby - Yarn, for my crochet habit
    
13. Nerdy/ Geeky - I have a whole list, but this TARDIS Nyan cat shirt should suffice
    
14. Something Natural - Mmmm Good Earth tea
    
15. Green - Green lame for stripes for my Columbia shorts
    
16. Something you wear - Tap shoes! Again, for Columbia
    
17. Funny - This is funny if you've seen LOST
    
18. Beads, Bees or Beans - It's no longer available, but still on my list - this fabric reminds me of Bees!
    
19. Gardening - Mooquet came from the garden
    
20. Your absolute favorite item on your wish list no matter the price. - This is one small piece to a big Columbia puzzle for me, I can't wait until our October show!!
    
    Happy happy cake day!!!!
    
    I hope that this is what you'll be getting for yourself because mason jars are SUPER useful in tons of ways! :D

Wow, I am so glad you mentioned this! Absolutely loved it. You may also want to try Unwind by Neal Shusterman
http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278536573&sr=8-1

I have The War of the Worlds and a collection of six Sherlock Holmes adventures, if either one interests you. I also have Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, Witch and Wizard, and The Gift by James Patterson.

Unwind

I love reading books!

If you like YA and sci fi like Ender's Game, try The 5th Wave. It's a pretty darn cool alien invasion story.

Made me of the cover of The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0399162410?pc_redir=1409054686&robot_redir=1

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Thanks!