(Part 2) Top products from r/YAlit

Sherwood Smith. Start with Crown Duel because it's the best to start with from Pierce, but she has a number of really wonderful books. Possibly Maria Snyder's books as well. I didn't discover those until many years since I'd worked through every Pierce book more than once, but they're probably still age appropriate. I'd start with Poison Study. The Enchanted Forest series could also be a nice option. Walter Moers might be a bit intimidating at 12, but I'm a big fan. Robin McKinley's Damar series would also be good.

One of my favorite YA books when I was actually in high school is Not A Swan by Michelle Magorian. This is the American version; the British version, which I have not read, is A Little Love Song, which I have not read. I do know there are some significant differences in some details (For example, Swan has three sisters, but Love Song only has two.), but the story itself is supposedly the same. Anyway, it's set in WWII and is about sisters who get sent to the country to get away from the bombing, and the youngest, Rose, is the main character. It's really a coming of age story for her, and I still love it. (I was able to get a library copy from Amazon, but Swan is out of print.) I read it every summer for at least five summers in a row, maybe more.

S by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst is all about the footnotes (and the effluvia - it includes tons of letters, notes, maps, whathaveyou).

http://www.amazon.com/S-J-Abrams/dp/0316201642/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408996926&sr=1-1&keywords=s+book

Very fun book to read, I can't imagine writing anything like it, personally.

Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky) is probably the most recent one I've read that is set in Paris. This is an incomplete book. What's neat about it is that it's literature, but in the style of a symphony. And you can totally see the Overture and a the first part of the Allegro movement.

I thought Newton's Cannon (Gregory Keyes) was interesting, although it was between Paris and Versailles.

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (Michael Scott) has portions in Paris.

There are also the usual lineup: Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Three Musketeers.

I *hate* the Winner's Curse cover because:

• the vertical text is super hard to read
  
• fashion aesthetic is Medieval reenactment cross with bridal expo
  
• she looks like she's getting a menstrual migraine or something

Has anybody else read Feed by M.T. Anderson? One of my favorite young adult lit books - highly recommend putting it on the list under Dystopian.

This anthology has 16 YA authors and ran a contest for a short story from a previously unpublished author to be the 17th contributor. One is included in the anthology--which is out today. Two runners-up are posted on the book's website and available for free--they're really good and totally worth a read!

Hunger Games, which is in the process of being made in to the movie. My coworker tells me that the trilogy is riveting.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

> This box won't be delivered until January, when the Queen of Nothing book is released.

I thought that QoN had a November release date? Amazon is reporting November 19.

Lucy and Linh https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399550488/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_2WgsDbKCFY34R

Jasper Jones https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375866272/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_tXgsDbRCF8272

This is for 8-to-12-year-olds, but The City of Ember is told from the perspectives of two main characters -- a boy and girl -- with the perspective swapping in each chapter.

Some more YA books with religious figures and themes:

• A Wrinkle in Time, briefly, but generally positive
  
• His Dark Materials trilogy, definitely negative
  
• Good Omens, satire
  
• There's also the Left Behind crap. I hear terrible things about it.
  
• Speaker for the Dead and the rest of the sequels to Ender's Game deal heavily with religion (haven't read the sequels, but this was my husband's contribution)
  
  I think it's important to turn "trusted" figures into dangerous entities in YA fiction, whether that's by turning parents, teachers, coaches, and other authorities into antagonists or just portraying them as occasionally flawed people. While younger readers may benefit from some reassurance that authority figures can usually help them, teenagers are growing up and should be aware that questioning authority and the bases of their moral systems is important!
  
  You should cross-post this thread to /r/YAwriters. Looking for more discussion topics there, and I don't think everyone's subscribed to this sub.

I'm not sure if they're what you're looking for, but these books I read recently had a "YA-feel" to me:

The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone


Spotless by Camilla Monk


Also, Rainbow Rowell's "Adult" novels Landline and Attachments