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Top Five Young Adult (13-17) Reads for 2013

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My apologies. I have been absent for a couple of months here because I have been getting ready to move and renovating and haven’t had any time to read. But now as we approach the end of year 2013 I feel the need to get back to reading and to compile the usual year end lists of best reads. Why not start with Young Adults ages 13 and upto 17?

 I plan to bring you a few more as the month progresses. I am gifted here often with some incredible reads from young adult authors and I love that I get to read some gorgeous writing here before my daughter does. Then, of course I share these with her because I am all kinds of awesome like that.

The Secret Ingredient was reviewed here in July.

The five Best young Adult books published in 2013:
 1. The Moon and More
 2. Just One Day
 3. Fangirl
 4. The Secret Ingredient
 5.Allegiant These are recommended for ages 13 to 17. Do you have any others to add?

Tales From the Treehouse: Life With Lily – Book 2 and 3

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Remember when we reviewed this book Life With Lily? We were thrilled with a great character and the cultural insights into Amish life for young girls. We hoped, at that time, that there would be a sequel. Well, earlier this year a sequel Book 2 and Book 3 were both released. We couldn’t wait to get our hands on these and about three weeks ago when my daughter returned from camp, the sequels arrived in the mail. Payton devoured both in about one week. Now they are making the rounds with her sister first and then she will share with every last one of her tween friends.

Life With Lily: Book Two and Three is by Suzanne Woods Fisher and Mary Ann Kinsinger, published by Revell Books, 2012, ages 8-12,  $12.99 $$$$$ out of $$$$$. 

We love this great series. It is wholesome and sweet and well written. The character of Lily is very appealing to my daughter’s age group and I love that she learns something from the cultural aspect of the books. As a comical aside: I just wanted to note that we were driving somewhere the other day when Payton told me she wants to “become Amish.” LOL.

Tales From the Treehouse: Jane and The Raven King

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Jane and The Raven King is by Stephen Chambers, Sourcebooks, Jabberwocky, published last month Dec. 2010, $6.99 US and $8.99 Canadian, paperback, 256 pages.

My full written review is at New York Journal of Books.

This one gets five $$$$$ out of $$$$$. We thoroughly loved this character and her quest to save the world. Great strong plot and compelling adventure fantasy fiction for ages nine to 12.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.