The Swiss Family Robinson
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swiss_Family_Robinson> (1812)Oliver Twist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist> (1838)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo> (1844)
Tom Brown's Schooldays
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brown%27s_Schooldays> (1857)
Great Expectations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations> (1860)
Alice in Wonderland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland>
(1865)
Little Women <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women> (1868)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer> (1876)
Heidi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi> (1880)
Treasure Island <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island> (1883)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn> (1884)
Kidnapped <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapped_(novel)> (1886)
The Jungle Book <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book> (1894)
Moonfleet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfleet> (1898)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_of_Sunnybrook_Farm> (1903)
Anne of Green Gables <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables>
(1908)
The Secret Garden <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden> (1909)
The Yearling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yearling> (1938)
My Friend Flicka <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friend_Flicka> (1941)
Johnny Tremain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tremain> (1943)
The Outsiders <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel)> (1967)
Authors to read:
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Cory Doctorow <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow> (born
1971): Canadian author. His novels include Little Brother
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brother_(Cory_Doctorow_novel)>
and For the Win <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Win> .
Lisi Harrison: author of bestselling series The Clique and The Alphas
V.C. Andrews <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.C._Andrews> (1923-1986):
American author of several popular gothic horror
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_horror> family sagas for teenagers;
examples include Flowers in the Attic
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Attic> and Melody
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_(Logan_series)> .
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Laurie Halse Anderson
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Halse_Anderson> : American author
of both fiction and non-fiction. Some of her more well-known novels include
Speak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(novel)> , Fever 1793
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever_1793> , Catalyst, Prom, Twisted, and
Wintergirls. Anderson is a Margret A. Edwards Award
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedw
ards/margaretedwards.cfm> recipient.
P. C. Cast <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._C._Cast> and her daughter
Kristin Cast <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Cast> : American
writers of the House of Night <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Night>
series of vampire-based fantasy novels.
David Belbin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belbin> (born 1958):
English author. His novels include Love Lessons
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Lessons> and Denial
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial> .
Tim Bowler <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bowler> (born 1953):
English author. His novels include River Boy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Boy> and Frozen Fire
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Fire> .
Judy Blume <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Blume> (born 1938):
American author; wrote teen classics Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_There_God%3F_It%27s_Me,_Margaret.
> and Forever <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_(novel)> .
Rae Bridgman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Bridgman> : Canadian
author known for her fantasy-adventure series The MiddleGate Books,
including The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia and Fish & Sphinx
Meg Cabot <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Cabot> (born 1967):
American author of many popular books and series, such as The Princess
Diaries <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Diaries> series.
Isobelle Carmody <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobelle_Carmody> (born
1958): Wrote the award-winning, Obernewtyn Chronicles
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obernewtyn_Chronicles> . Born in
Melbourne <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne> , Australia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia> as was Garth Nix
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Nix> , they are often compared and
are close friends.
Eoin Colfer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin_Colfer> (born 1965): Irish
author noted for the Artemis Fowl
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_(series)> series.
Suzanne Collins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Collins> (born
1964): American author of the popular The Hunger Games Trilogy which
includes The Hunger Games
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games> , Catching Fire
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catching_Fire_(2009_novel)> and Mockingjay
the last novel of the series.
Susan Cooper <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Cooper> (born 1935):
British author, Susan Cooper wrote the popular The Dark is Rising
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_is_Rising> series.
Sarah Dessen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Dessen> (born 1970):
American author of such popular young-adult fare as The Truth About Forever
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_About_Forever> and That Summer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Summer> .
Cornelia Funke <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Funke> (born
1958): German author, Cornelia Funke wrote the successful Inkheart
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkheart> trilogy.
John Green <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Green_(author)> (born
1977): The American Michael L. Printz Award winning author of Looking for
Alaska <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_Alaska> , An Abundance of
Katherines <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Abundance_of_Katherines> , and
Paper Towns <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Towns> , also awarded a
2007 Michael L. Printz Award Honor for An Abundance of Katherines and the
2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel for Paper Towns.
William Golding <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Golding> (19111993): British author, Nobel Prize for Literature
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_for_Literature> laureate best
known for his novel Lord of the Flies
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies>
Robert A. Heinlein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein>
(1907-1988): American science fiction writer, whose novels include Tunnel in
the Sky <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_in_the_Sky> and Citizen of the
Galaxy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_of_the_Galaxy> .
S.E. Hinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.E._Hinton> (born 1950):
American author, wrote The Outsiders
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel)> , Rumble Fish
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Fish_(novel)> , That Was Then, This Is
Now <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_Then,_This_Is_Now> , and Tex
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_(novel)> .
Ellen Hopkins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Hopkins> (born 1955):
American New York Times Bestselling author, wrote "Crank
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(novel)> " series, and several other
novels in verse
Anthony Horowitz <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Horowitz>
(born 1956): British author, Anthony Horowitz is writing the best selling
Alex Rider <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rider> series.
Brian Jacques <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jacques> (born 1939):
British author of the successful and critically acclaimed Redwall
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwall> series.
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Maureen Johnson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Johnson> (born
1973): American author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Little_Blue_Envelopes> and the Suite Scarlett
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suite_Scarlett&amp;action=edit&am
p;redlink=1> series.
Jana Laiz
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jana_Laiz&amp;action=edit&a
mp;redlink=1> (born 1960): American author of Weeping Under This Same
Moon
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weeping_Under_This_Same_Moon&
amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1> the award winning novel which debuted in
2008.
C. S. Lewis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis> (1898–1963):
British author, 95 million copies of his Chronicles of Narnia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles_of_Narnia> series have been
published worldwide since The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe>
debuted in 1950.
Megan McCafferty <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_McCafferty>
(born 1973): American author of the New York Times Bestselling Jessica
Darling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Darling> series, which debuted
in 2001.
Lurlene McDaniel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurlene_McDaniel>
(born 1948): American author; penned a series of novels dealing with
terminal illness <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_illness> that were
enormously popular during the 1980s and 1990s.
Stephenie Meyer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenie_Meyer> (born
1973): American creator of the popular vampire romance franchise Twilight
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(series)> .[5]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-adult_fiction#cite_note-4>
Robert Muchamore <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Muchamore>
(born 1972): British author, known for writing the hugely successful
CHERUB <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHERUB> series, and the new spinoff series, Henderson's Boys
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson%27s_Boys> .
Walter Dean Myers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dean_Myers>
(born 1937) : American author, known for his writing about Harlem
including Fallen Angels
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_Angels_(Myers_novel)> , Monster
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster> , Scorpions and many other books.
Garth Nix <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Nix> (born 1963):
Australian author, Garth Nix wrote the Keys to the Kingdom
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keys_to_the_Kingdom> and Old Kingdom
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Kingdom> series.
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Mark A. Cooper (born 1963) : British author, wrote Jason Steed
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Steed_(Book_series)&amp;actio
n=edit&amp;redlink=1>
Francine Pascal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Pascal> (born
1938): American creator of the popular Sweet Valley Twins
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valley_Twins> and Sweet Valley High
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valley_High> franchises.
Gary Paulsen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen> (born 1939):
American author, wrote Hatchet
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatchet_(novel)> and many other young-adult
novels.
Philip Pullman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman> (born
1946): British author, Philip Pullman wrote the successful and controversial
His Dark Materials <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials>
trilogy.
Rick Riordan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Riordan> (born 1964):
American author, wrote the award winning Percy Jackson and the Olympians
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Jackson_and_the_Olympians> series.
J. K. Rowling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling> (born 1965):
British author, J.K. Rowling is an award winning young-adult author today
and arguably the most successful. Being the author of the extremely
successful and critically well-received Harry Potter
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter> series, her books have been sold
in more than 400 million copies worldwide and are translated into more than
63 languages. She is also the first billionaire-author (in terms of US-dollars).
J.D. Salinger <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.D._Salinger> (1919-2010):
American author of the young adult classic The Catcher in the Rye
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye> .
Jerry Spinelli <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Spinelli> (born 1941):
Very prolific American author of young adult fare such as Stargirl
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargirl_(novel)> and Eggs
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_(novel)> .
Jonathan Stroud <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Stroud> (born
1970): British author, wrote the best-selling Bartimaeus Trilogy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartimaeus_Trilogy> amongst other books.
Cecily von Ziegesar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_von_Ziegesar>
(born 1970): American author of the popular teen novels Gossip Girl
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_Girl> .
Mark Walden (born 197?): British author, wrote the bestselling H.I.V.E
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.I.V.E_(series)> series.
Charlie Higson (born 1958): British author, wrote Young Bond
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Bond> series.
Joe Craig <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Craig> (born 1980): British
author, wrote Jimmy Coates <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Coates>
series.
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Scott Westerfeld <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Westerfeld> (born
1963): Scott has written books such as the Uglies
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uglies> series which contains the best selling
books Uglies <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uglies> Pretties
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretties> Specials
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specials_(novel)> and Extras
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extras_(novel)> . He also wrote So Yesterday
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Yesterday_(novel)> and Peeps
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps_(novel)> as well as the Midnighters trilogy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnighters_trilogy> . So Yesterday won an
award for American Library Association
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Library_Association> 2005 best book
for young adults, and Uglies and Peeps got the 2006 American Library
Association best book for young adults award.
Edward Irving Wortis
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Irving_Wortis> (pen name Avi;
born 1937): American author of critically acclaimed young adult historical
fiction, such as Something Upstairs
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Upstairs> and The True Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Confessions_of_Charlotte_Doyle> .
Paul Zindel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Zindel> (1936-2003): This
Pulitzer-Prize winning American author wrote over 40 young adult novels,
including The Pigman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pigman> . His books
have sold over 10 million copies and have been translated into languages all
over the globe.
The Pigman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pigman> (1968)