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My 2006 Reading List

 

• A Summer of Kings by Han Nolan
• I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
• The Warrior Heir by Cinda Chima
• Golden by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
• Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer
• Between Jo & Me by Julie Anne Peters
• Travis & Freddy’s Adventures in Vegas by Henry Johnson & Paul Hoppe
• Story of a Girl (January 2007) by Sara Zarr
• Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headly
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
• Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
• But I Don't Want To Be A Movie Star by Margaret Pinder
• Curse of Arastold by Jo Whittemore
• Teach Me by R.A. Nelson (Razorbill/2005)
• Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden (Viking/2005)
• Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Houghton Mifflin/2006)
• Baby Steps by Louis Sachar (Delacorte Press/2006)
• Babymouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House/2005)
• Babymouse Our Hero by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House/2005)
• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Publishing/2005)
• Escape From Arylon by Jo Whittemore (Llewellyn/2006)
• Don't Die Dragonfly by Linda Joy Singleton (Llewellyn/2004)
• Buried (ARC) by Robin Merrow MacCready (Dutton Books/September 2006)
• Water Shaper by Laura Williams McCaffrey (Clarion/2006)
• A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt (Wendy Lamb Books/2006)
• Snow by Tracy Lynn (Simon Pulse/2003)
• Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking/2006)
• Hugging The Rock by Susan Taylor Brown (Tricycle Press/September 2006)
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Candlewick Press/2006)
• Shug by Jenny Han (Simon & Schuster/2006)
• The Queen of Cool by Cecil Castellucci (Candlewick Press/2006)
• Born to Rock by Gordon Korman (Hyperion/2006)
• It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (Miramax Books/2006)
• Party Princess, Vol VII Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (HarperCollins/2006)
• Rash by Pete Hautman (Simon & Schuster/June 2006)
• Archer's Quest by Linda Sue Park (Clarion Books/May 2006)
• Wait For Me by An Na (GP Putnam's Sons/June 2006)
• Crunch Time by Mariah Fredericks (Richard Jackson Books/2006)
• RX by Tracy Lynn (Simon Pulse/2006)
• Fly On The Wall by E. Lockhart (Random House/March 2006)
• Freaks! Alive, on the Inside by Annette Curtis Klause (Margaret K. McElderry/2006)
• Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (Knopf/May 2006)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Knopf/March 2006)
• You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah! by Fiona Rosenbloom (Hyperion/2005)
• Dumb Love by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson (Roaring Brook/2005)
• Grand & Humble by Brent Hartinger (HarperTempest/2006)
• David v. God by Mary E. Pearson (Harcourt/2000)
• A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl by Tanya Lee Stone (Wendy Lamb Books/2006)

China: A Kaleidoscope KIDS Book

—An activity book for children ages 7 - 12 about the language, history, places, food, art, and wildlife of China.

I lived in Shanghai for over a year and am excited to share my adventures with children in the United States!

Available January 2008 from Williamson Books/Ideals!