Barry Jonsberg‘s My Life as an Alphabet achieves a beautiful balance of pathos and humour. It has been named a Children’s Book Council Awards 2014 Honour Book for Younger Readers. (See the CBCA site for all the winners.)
Here, Barry shares his top ten Middle-Grade / Young Adult novels of all time:
1. Holes – Louis Sachar
2. Just A Dog – Michael Gerard Bauer
3. The Messenger – Markus Zusak
4. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
5. Deadly Unna – Phillip Gwynne
6. Mice – Gordon Reece
7. Liar – Justine Larbalestier
8. Happy As Larry – Scot Gardner
9. The Abhorsen trilogy – Garth Nix
10. The Uglies trilogy – Scott Westerfeld
Plus many more…
Looking for a great Children’s or Young Adult book? See other authors’ top ten books lists.
