I promise you, young adult fiction is not only vampires and gossip and dystopian landscapes.
For the uninititate, I propose you begin here:
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
JACKIE LEA SOMMERS 
Agree with the first four books on the list and adding the sky is every where to my TBR list.
Yay, can’t wait to hear what you think of it!
I really need to read Jellicoe Road. I see it about so much! Great list.
Loved Jellicoe Road and The Fault in our stars too! The book thief didn’t work for me at all though…
I have read and loved three of these: The Book Thief, The Sky Is Everywhere and The Fault in Our Stars; all such beautiful books – if I had more than ten picks these would all have made my list. The other two are books I still really want to read, I’ve had The Scorpio Races sitting on my bookshelf for about two years now, will have to get around to reading that soon. My TTT.
Great list! I still need to read The Sky is Everywhere. I’ve heard nothing but good things. 🙂
Excellent list. YA gets a bad rap. Sure it does have those cutesy books and there are the dystopian ones, but there are ones with realness to them too. Nicely done.
My TTT List
I am not a reluctant YA reader…I read mostly YA and NA, but I haven’t read any of these books yet. I loved The Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves. I need to read some of Maggie’s other books. The Book Thief and The Fault in Our Stars have been on my TBR list FOREVER. I really need to get to those. Great list!!
Here is my TTT: http://jacquesbooknook.blogspot.com/2013/11/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-would-recommend.html
The Fault in Our Stars is an amazing book! Cant wait for the movie!
Awesome list!
Our TTT
Doris @ OABR
Great choice 🙂
Can I choose the book Thief as my first novel ? As I heard that it is lyrical so will I able to understand it ? If not this from which book should I start (I can’t afford to buy series so plz don’t suggest series novels )
Yes, the Book Thief would be a great first novel! You will LOVE IT!!!