Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion

Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key or
Looking for Alaska by John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George


Arizona:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge


Arkansas:
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker


California:
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler


Colorado:
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg


Connecticut:
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver


Delaware:
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises


Florida:
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott

New Items in bold.

Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key or
Looking for Alaska by John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George


Arizona:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge


Arkansas:
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker


California:
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow


Colorado:
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg


Connecticut:
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver


Delaware:
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises


Florida:
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George

New Items in bold.

Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Looking for Alaska by John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George


Arizona:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge


Arkansas:
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker


California:
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
A Step From Heaven by An Na
The Pace by Shelena Shorts



Colorado:
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg


Connecticut:
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Private by Kate Brian


Delaware:
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises


Florida:
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Paper Towns by John Green
Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson

New Items in bold.

Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Looking for Alaska by John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George


Arizona:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge


Arkansas:
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker


California:
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
A Step From Heaven by An Na
The Pace by Shelena Shorts
Mediator Series by Meg Cabot


Colorado:
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg


Connecticut:
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Private by Kate Brian


Delaware:
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises


Florida:
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Paper Towns by John Green
Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby

New Items in bold.

Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Looking for Alaska by John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George


Arizona:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge


Arkansas:
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker


California:
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
A Step From Heaven by An Na
The Pace by Shelena Shorts
Mediator Series by Meg Cabot
Wish by Alexandra Bullen
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo


Colorado:
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg


Connecticut:
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Private by Kate Brian


Delaware:
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises


Florida:
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Paper Towns by John Green
Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart

BTW... This link will take you to Goodreads list of places identified in books http://www.goodreads.com/places

Each state is listed.

And Wikipedia has a list that may be helpful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category...

Stephen wrote: "BTW... This link will take you to Goodreads list of places identified in books http://www.goodreads.com/places

Each state is listed.

And Wikipedia has a list that may be helpful
http://en.wikipe..."

Thanks Stephen!!

Also, this google doc has YA novels by state. Most titles are different than both of Stephen's lists.

Here is one more:
Alabama - Inside out and Back Again (also takes place in Vietnam)

California: Everlasting by Angie Frazier (currently reading this one and it's good).

New Items in bold.

Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Looking for Alaska by John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Paper Moon by Joe David Brown
Born Blue by Han Nolan
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Burn by Heath Gibson
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Want by Stephanie Lawton
Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
The Everlasting Now by Sara Harrell Banks


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide
Exposure by Kim Askew
On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane
My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Williwaw! by Tom Bodett
Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier by Tom Bodett
Lost Voices by Sarah Porter


Arizona:
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Bless the Beasts and Children by Glendon Swarthout
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young
Everbody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
First Comes Love by Katie Kacvinsky
Hooked by Liz Fichera
Zero by Tom Leveen
Party by Tom Leveen


Arkansas:
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. by Bette Greene
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley


California:
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
A Step From Heaven by An Na
The Pace by Shelena Shorts
Mediator Series by Meg Cabot
Wish by Alexandra Bullen
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo
Everlasting by Angie Frazier
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena


Colorado:
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg
The Good Dog by Avi
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davis
Climb Or Die by Edward Myers
Eternal Starling by Angela Corbett
How To Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Finding My Place by Traci L. Jones


Connecticut:
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Private by Kate Brian
Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Swoon by Nina Malkin
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz
Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson


Delaware:
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises
Bringing Up the Bones by Lara M. Zeises
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julei Schumacher


Florida:
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Paper Towns by John Green
Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart
Flush by Carl Hiassen
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Bewitching by Alex Flinn
Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Crossing Jordan by Adrian Fogelin

New Items in bold.


Alabama:
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Born Blue by Han Nolan
Burn by Heath Gibson
The Everlasting Now by Sara Harrell Banks
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene Latham
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Paper Moon by Joe David Brown
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Want by Stephanie Lawton
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis


Alaska:
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Exposure by Kim Askew
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier by Tom Bodett
On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide
Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs
Williwaw! by Tom Bodett


Arizona:
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Bless the Beasts and Children by Glendon Swarthout
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Everbody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
First Comes Love by Katie Kacvinsky
Hooked by Liz Fichera
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Party by Tom Leveen
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
Zero by Tom Leveen


Arkansas:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Disenchanted Princess by Julie Linker
Homestretch by Paul Volponi
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. by Bette Greene
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay


California:
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Everlasting by Angie Frazier
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Mediator Series by Meg Cabot
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
The Pace by Shelena Shorts
The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbott
Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
Riding Invisible by Sandra Alonzo
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
A Step From Heaven by An Na
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Wish by Alexandra Bullen


Colorado:
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davis
The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Climb Or Die by Edward Myers
Eternal Starling by Angela Corbett
Finding My Place by Traci L. Jones
The Good Dog by Avi
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
How To Save a Life by Sara Zarr
In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer


Connecticut:
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
Drawing the Ocean by Carolyn MacCullough
Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson
Private by Kate Brian
Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Swoon by Nina Malkin
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare


Delaware:
Bringing Up the Bones by Lara M. Zeises
Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julei Schumacher


Florida:
Abandon by Meg Cabot
Bewitching by Alex Flinn
Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Crossing Jordan by Adrian Fogelin
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
Flush by Carl Hiassen
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
Paper Towns by John Green
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings