Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood Here are some titles on my “to be read” list: KonigsburgĪnything by Cynthia Rylant - particularly love The Blue Hill Meadows, and my girls love The Cobble Street Cousins. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaserįrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. The War That Saved My Life and The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Here are some of my favorite juvenile literature titles I’ve read over the last few years: With the freedom and time to enter these new worlds through books, I worked out my own self and began to develop a picture of my developing identity. I would spread out solo at one of the large tables for six and then go searching the shelves for one of my favorites, like a book from the Sisters series by Marilyn Kaye (any other children of the 80s remember these?!), the latest Babysitters Club title, or Tough Luck Karen by Johana Hurwitz. There was the quiet hum of the librarian’s ancient computer, the smell of printer ink and the microfiche machines, the clunk of patrons opening and closing the wooden card catalog drawers. Before the over-protective days we currently live in, my mom would drop me off at the entrance in her Trans-Am (because New Jersey in the 80s…), and I was free to stay there all day, by myself or with friends, until I called her using the payphone to come pick me up. I can still remember the smell of the Madison Public Library that was a second home to me in my hometown of Madison, NJ. No need to rush into more mature storylines! By reading them first, I not only get some truly enjoyable reading time, but I know the content so I can recommend them to her when the time is right. My oldest daughter is 8, so she’s at the very beginning of being able to jump into middle grade literature, but I feel she’s still too young for the storylines in several of these books. I love how Juvenile Literature still contains real-life struggles and situations but without the violence, sexuality, or intensity that can be found in adult literature. But I don’t want to just read fluff, either. I’m definitely a Highly Sensitive Person - things affect me deeply, like too much violence in books or movies.
There’s less heaviness, but still great, deep story lines.
3 Reasons Why I Love Juvenile Literature:
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