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Ultimate Best Books

Genre: Young Adult (42 books)

The best classic books from the Young Adult genre.

Holes

Holes

Louis Sachar

4.44 (9)

There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.

#93
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The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold

4.09 (11)

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie.Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf.

#100
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

4.07 (14)

It was 7 minutes after midnight.

#103
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Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

3.67 (6)

The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.

#109
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Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

3.6 (10)

How does one describe Artemis Fowl? (Prologue)Ho Chi Minh City in the summer.

#140
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A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

3.75 (4)

I went back to Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before.

#154
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A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.43 (7)

Once on a dark winter's day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father, and was driven rather slowly through the big thorough-fares.

#169
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

4.4 (5)

Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York.

#176
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The Princess Diaries

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot

4.5 (2)

Tuesday, September 23 <p>Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie.</p>

#182
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Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder

3.56 (9)

Sophie Amundsen was on her way home from school.

#230
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