ummmm...

[volleyballchik11]

ummmm...im looking for the perfect books too read over the summer!

 

[The Ace]

Try Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising."

Over Sea, Under Stone
The Dark is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver on the Tree.

 

[j d worthington]

Or Lloyd Alexander, especially the Prydain Chronicles:

Lloyd Alexander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

or Alan Garner:

Lloyd Alexander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

especially The Weirdstone of Brisingamen through The Owl Service.

Jane Yolen has also done quite a few good to excellent YA books:

Jane Yolen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andre Norton also wrote quite a few books for juveniles, as well as for older readers; you'd need to check which are which, but she was quite prolific:

Bibliography of Andre Norton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We also have several suggestions threads in the YA forum:

http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/6170-less-known-ya-authors.html

http://www.chronicles-network.com/forum/young-adult-fiction/

Just go down that list of threads, and you'll find tons of suggestions....

 

[volleyballchik11]

thx anyone elese?

 

[Lenny]

Methinks I'll give you the same suggestions as I gave Aubi, simply because they're too good to miss.

I'll also second JD's suggestion of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. I read it years and years ago, and I still get it out from the library to read again. Great book.

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An absolutely cracking YA trilogy is the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud:

- The Amulet of Samarkand
- The Golems Eye
- Ptolemy's Gate

It's always the one mentioned when people ask about good YA books, and it is definitely worth checking out.

Another, is The Wardstone Chronicles by Joe Delany:

- Spooks Apprentice
- Spooks Curse
- Spooks Secret

The fourth book is being released this year, if it hasn't already been.

Let's see.... there's Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series, and both of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider, and Power of Five series. Erm... oh yes! Garth Nix! You can't go wrong with Garth Nix - two series: one that is currently being written, called The Keys to the Kingdom, and a trilogy that has been out for a few years, consisting of, in this order, Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen.

Those should keep you busy for a while.