Wendy Orr, author of Nim’s Island, Mokie and Bik and many other much-loved stories, has been kind enough to share her top 10 books for young people (actually a top 13 because she loves books so much she couldn’t reduce it to just 10).
Wendy contributes to my growing list of top 10 favourite Children’s and Young Adult books by some amazing authors. Here are Wendy’s top 13 in no particular order:
Because of Winn Dixie, Kate DiCamillo,
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Divine Wind, Garry Disher
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Museum of Mary Child, Cassandra Golds
Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan
Savvy, Ingrid Law
Winterling, Sarah Prineas
Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
Counting by 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff
Museum of Thieves, Lian Tanner
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper