Nancy Pearl's book picks

"Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows," by J.K. Rowling

"The Sunshine," by Robin McKinley

"Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas," by Louise Rennison

"Vegan Virgin Valentine," by Carolyn Mackler

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"Beowulf," the graphic novel by Gareth Hinds

"My Friend the Vampire," by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

"The Little Vampire Moves In," by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

"Coraline," by Neil Gaiman

"Neverwhere: A Novel," by Neil Gaiman

"Blood Red Horse: Book One of the de Granville Trilogy." by K.M. Grant

"His Dark Materials," by Philip Pullman

"Gregor the Overlander," by Suzanne Collins

"The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life," by Robert Goolrick

"Code Talker: A Novel About The Navajo Marines of World War II," by Joseph Bruchac

"American Born Chinese," by Gene Luen Yang and Gene Yang

"The Namesake," by Jhumpa Lahiri

"The Wee Free Men," by Terry Pratchett

"The Portrait," by Iain Pears

"Chasing Vermeer," by Blue Balliett

"Monkeewrench," by P.J. Tracy

"Detectives in Togas," by Henry Winterfield

"Lord of the Rings," by J.R.R. Tolkien

"Magic for Beginners," by Kelly Link

"The Yiddish Policeman's Union," by Michael Chabon

"Daughter of the Desert: The Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell," by Georgina Howell

"My Name is Red," by Orhan Pamuk

"The Monkey Wrench Gang," by Edward Abbey

"The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed," by John Vaillant

Junie B. Jones series, by Barbara Park

"Clementine," by Sara Pennypacker

"In the Woods," by Tana French