YA RECOMMENDED READS BY NORTHWEST AUTHORS

Poetry and Short Stories:

• Alexie, Sherman
  
  • LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN
  • FIRST INDIAN ON THE MOON
  • OLD SHIRTS AND NEW SKINS
  • BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING

• Grimes, Nikki*
  
  • HOPSCOTCH LOVE
  • SOMETHING ON MY MIND

• Wagoner, David
  
  • FIRST LIGHT
  • LANDFALL

Non-fiction:

• Kehret, Peg*
  
  • SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO

• Kirk, Ruth
  
  • EXPLORING WASHINGTON’S PAST

• Murphy, Claire*
  
  • CHILDREN OF THE GOLD RUSH
  • GOLD RUSH WOMEN

• O’Grady, Scott*
  
  • BASHER 5-2
  • RETURN WITH HONOR

• Whittaker, James
  
  • A LIFE ON THE EDGE: MEMOIRS OF EVEREST & BEYOND

• Whittaker, Lou
  
  • LOU WHITTAKER: MEMOIRS OF A MOUNTAIN GUIDE

Science Fiction/Fantasy:

• Brooks, Terry
  
  • SWORD OF SHANNARA
  • FIRST KING OF SHANNARA
  • ELF QUEEN OF SHANNARA
  • ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA
  • DRUID OF SHANNARA
  • TALISMANS OF SHANNARA

• Herbert, Frank
  
  • DUNE
  • DUNE MESSIAH
  • CHILDREN OF DUNE
  • DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES
  • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONEN
  • BATTLES OF DUNE

• Wilhelm, Kate
  
  • JUNIPER TIME
  • WELCOME CHAOS
  • WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG

Mysteries:

• Beck, K. K.
  
  • BAD NEIGHBORS
  • COLD SMOKED
  • DEATH IN A DECK CHAIR
  • MURDER IN A MUMMY CASE
  • PERIL UNDER THE PALMS
  • REVENGE OF KALI-RA

• Chittenden, Margaret
  
  • DYING TO SING
  • DEAD MEN DON’T DANCE
  • DON’T FORGET TO DIE
  • DYING TO SEE YOU

• Daheim, Mary
  
  • FOWL PREY
  • JUST DESSERTS
  • MURDER, MY SUITE
  • NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE

• Jance, J. A.
  
  • INJUSTIC FOR ALL RATTLESNAKE CROSSING
  • IMPROBABLE CAUSE SHOOT, DON’T SHOOT
  • BREACH OF DUTY SKELETON CANYON
  • DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE TOMBSTONE COURAGE
  • FAILURE TO APPEAR OUTLAW MOUNTAIN

YA Fiction:

• Calhoun, Dia
  
  • ARIA OF THE SEA
  • FIREGOLD

• Carey, Janet*
  
  • MOLLY’S FIRE

• Crutcher, Chris
  
  • ATHLETIC SHORTS
  • CRAZY HORSE ELECTRIC GAME
  • RUNNING LOOSE
  • IRONMAN
  • STOTAN!
  • STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES
  • CHINESE HANDCUFFS
  • WHALE TALK

• Davis, Terry
  
  • VISION QUEST
  • IF ROCK AND ROLL WERE A MACHINE

• Doig, Ivan
  
  • BUCKING THE SUN
  • DANCING AT THE RASCAL FAIR
  • ENGLISH CREEK
  • HEART EARTH
  • MOUNTAIN TIME

• Guterson, David
  
  • SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS

• Kehret, Peg
  
  • NIGHT OF FEAR

• MacLean,
  
  • Norman A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

• Morris, Winifred
  
  • LIAR

• Murphy, Claire
  
  • TO THE SUMMIT

• Namioka, Lensey
  
  • TIES THAT BIND, TIES THAT BREAK

• Okimoto, Jean Davis
  
  • ECLIPSE OF MOONBEAM DAWSON
  • MOLLY BY ANY OTHER NAME

• Patneaude, David
  
  • FRAMED IN FIRE
  • SOMEONE WAS WATCHING

• Rylant, Cynthia
  
  • A COUPLE OF KOOKS AND OTHER STORIES
  • A KINDNESS

• Truman, Terry
  
  • NEUTRAL