Rocky Raccoon

Current Top 5 Favorite Books:

1. Code Orange, by Caroline B. Cooney
2. Double Identity, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
4. The Supernaturalist, by Eoin Colfer
5. Flush, by Carl Hiaasen

While I haven't been reading nearly as much as I used to, I'm still a bookworm, and I thought I might share some of my favorite books. If you actually choose to read some of these books, and you feel so inclined, let me know what you thought of them by emailing me (I love to hear from people!). I may even add a "reviews" section if I get enough replies. You can also recommend books to me... just one note, I don't usually read girly books unless I'm really desperate. So, if it's pink, written by Meg Cabot, or has the word "princess" in the title, don't even bother.

This list is arranged kind of weird... I've more or less got authors, then books, then series (if there is one) with all the books listed in order. I'll try to distinguish books and series.

Well, here's my list...

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Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Favorite books: Double Identity, Turnabout, Escape from Memory, The House on the Gulf, Because of Anya

Favorite series: Shadow Children -- Among the Hidden, Among the Imposters, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, Among the Free

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Author: Bonnie Bryant

Favorite series: Pine Hollow -- The Long Ride, The Trail Home, Reining In, Changing Leads, Conformation Faults, Shying at Trouble, Penalty Points, Course of Action, Riding to Win, Ground Training, Cross-Ties, Back in the Saddle, High Stakes, Headstrong, Setting the Pace, Track Record, Full Gallop

(I also used to enjoy the Saddle Club series when I was younger, and I own all the books... all 100-and-something of them. That's why I didn't list all the books here.)

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Author: Stephenie Meyer

Favorite series: The Twilight Saga -- Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn

Thus far, I've only read Twilight and New Moon, but I'm about to get Eclipse from the library (finally, the waiting list went on forever!), and once I'm done with that, maybe the waiting list for Breaking Dawn will be less than 60 people long...

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Author: Lemony Snicket 

Favorite series: A Series of Unfortunate Events -- (Everyone is probably so familiar with these books that I don't have to list them, but I will anyway) The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto, The Penultimate Peril, The End

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Author: Gary Paulsen 

Favorite books: The Voyage of the Frog, Hatchet, My Life in Dog Years, Brian's Winter

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Author: Eoin Colfer 

Favorite books: The Supernaturalist, Half-Moon Investigations

Favorite series: Artemis Fowl -- Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony

(For the record, I actually wasn't very fond of The Lost Colony, and lost interest midway through the book, but it's still included in the list because it's part of the series that I generally like. I'm also hoping to get my hands on the sixth book soon... it sounds good.)

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Author: Joan Lowery Nixon 

Favorite books: The House on Hackman's Hill (even though I read it in third grade and it still gives me nightmares), Shadowmaker

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Author: Gordon Korman 

Favorite books: The Toilet Paper Tigers, The Chicken Doesn't Skate, No More Dead Dogs, The War With Mr. Wizzle, This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall!, Go Jump in the Pool! 

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Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 

Favorite books: Shiloh, Jade Green: A Ghost Story 

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Author: Willo David Roberts 

Favorite books: The Kidnappers, Baby-sitting is a Dangerous Job

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Author: Peg Kehret 

Favorite books: The Ghost's Grave, The Secret Journey 

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Author: Caroline B. Cooney

Favorite books: Code Orange, Flash Fire

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Author: Carl Hiaasen

Favorite books: Hoot, Flush

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Other Authors:

• Gib Rides Home, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
• Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko
• 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents, by Lee Wardlaw
• The Best Little Girl in the World, by Steven Levenkron
• Overboard, by Elizabeth Fama
• Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg
• The Misfits, by James Howe
• The Adventures of Blue Avenger, by Norma Howe