At Orycon 25, I took part in a lively panel on speculative fiction for children, and the following list, aimed at middle-grade readers, arises from that discussion:
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
- Half Magic, Edward Eager
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
- Artemis Fowl, Colin Eowyn
- Young Wizards, Diane Duane
And I want to list five of my personal favorite young adult novels:
- I Am Mordred, by Nancy Springer
- The Safekeeper’s Secret, by Sharon Shinn
- The Moon and the Sun, by Vonda McIntyre
- The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
- National Velvet (I just read this for the first time—great!)