Kids' and Teen Reads for the Rest of Us
The growing popularity - among adults - of children's books and young adult literature is not news.  Witness the popularity of The Hunger Games and the Twilight series.  With that in mind, we asked Phoenix Public Library's Collection Development Manager Kathleen Sullivan for her recommendations.  Why should the kids have all the fun?
 Cinder by Meyer, Marissa.   Cinder
Meyer, Marissa.
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mecha ...
 
 Pete the Cat : I love my white shoes by Litwin, Eric.   Pete the Cat : I love my white shoes
Litwin, Eric.
Pete the Cat gets into colorful adventures while out walking in his new white shoes.
 
 Royden Lepp's Rust. Visitor in the field. by Lepp, Royden, 1980-   Royden Lepp's Rust. Visitor in the field.
Lepp, Royden, 1980-
Rust is a high-octane adventure set in the prairie lands of an unknown time. Life on the Taylor fami ...
 
 Heartbeat by Creech, Sharon.   Heartbeat
Creech, Sharon.
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, he ...
 
 An abundance of Katherines by Green, John, 1977-   An abundance of Katherines
Green, John, 1977-
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school gr ...
 
 A crooked kind of perfect by Urban, Linda.   A crooked kind of perfect
Urban, Linda.
Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, i ...
 
 Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery by Howe, Deborah.   Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery
Howe, Deborah.
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their found ...
 
 Fat Cat by Brande, Robin.   Fat Cat
Brande, Robin.
Overweight teenage Catherine embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ...
 
 The fault in our stars by Green, John, 1977-   The fault in our stars
Green, John, 1977-
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until ...
 
 The guild by Day, Felicia, 1979-   The guild
Day, Felicia, 1979-
 
 The bad beginning by Snicket, Lemony.   The bad beginning
Snicket, Lemony.
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and ...
 
 Lilly's purple plastic purse by Henkes, Kevin.   Lilly's purple plastic purse
Henkes, Kevin.
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while be ...
 
 Hoot by Hiaasen, Carl.   Hoot
Hiaasen, Carl.
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a ...
 
 A hero for WondLa by DiTerlizzi, Tony.   A hero for WondLa
DiTerlizzi, Tony.
Raised underground by a robot, twelve-year-old Eva Nine finally finds all she ever wanted in the hum ...
 
 The monster at the end of this book by Stone, Jon.   The monster at the end of this book
Stone, Jon.
Grover worries page by page about meeting the monster at the end of this book. Many, many adults nam ...
 
 The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, t ... by Birdsall, Jeanne.   The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very in ...
Birdsall, Jeanne.
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages f ...
 
 Zen shorts by Muth, Jon J.   Zen shorts
Muth, Jon J.
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach t ...
 
 Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of  ... by Silverstein, Shel.   Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.
Silverstein, Shel.
 
 Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894   Treasure Island
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn ...
 
 Red glass by Resau, Laura.   Red glass
Resau, Laura.
Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her tru ...
 
 Bones of Faerie by Simner, Janni Lee.   Bones of Faerie
Simner, Janni Lee.
Fifteen-year-old Liza travels through war-ravaged territory in a struggle to bridge the faerie and h ...
 
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