tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post8084646186515674207..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Wicked Cool Overlooked Books: Betsy Byars and the Summer of YASarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-12072210776035809262007-08-07T15:47:00.000-07:002007-08-07T15:47:00.000-07:00Excellent review!!I think "A Wrinkle in Time" was ...Excellent review!!<BR/><BR/>I think "A Wrinkle in Time" was definitely an early one for me--I know my mom passed me some well-worn copies of the whole trilogy when I was about nine or ten, and I went on to read almost everything she ever wrote for YAs. Judy Blume showed up pretty early, too--first her middle-grade books, then "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and "Forever." Boy, what a great question...I'll have to think about this some more! I was lucky to have an English teacher and avid reader for a mom, so I had more suggested reading material than I knew what to do with...Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-27238519431520593582007-08-06T18:20:00.000-07:002007-08-06T18:20:00.000-07:00That was so beautiful. Thank you so much for writi...That was so beautiful. Thank you so much for writing it.<BR/><BR/>One of the first books I remember discovering on my own, and being completely blown away by, was Bridge to Terabithia. I think it was the first book that ever made me cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-51514139918037818362007-08-06T14:24:00.000-07:002007-08-06T14:24:00.000-07:00This is so good. I was right there with you, upsta...This is so good. I was right there with you, upstairs in the closet, clutching the book. Thank God it found you.<BR/><BR/>My first YA that I fell in love with and felt was mine was Enchantress From the Stars, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl. There were other books before that, read to me, and that I read, but that was the first one that I felt I discovered on my own, and that made me feel like a grownup. You make me want to blog about it...maybe when I get home.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for this. It made my day to hear this story, and reminds me of why I want to write.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-65761350026316716132007-08-06T13:04:00.000-07:002007-08-06T13:04:00.000-07:00Wow! What a great review! I haven't read it but yo...Wow! What a great review! I haven't read it but you sure make me want to.<BR/><BR/>I don't know for sure the first YA book I read but I do recall falling hard for "The Forgotten Door" by Alexander Key. We read an excerpt in class (3rd grade maybe?) and I actually went looking for the full book in the school library (we had it!). After that it was "A Wrinkle in Time" and then I was gone in Madeleine L'Engle world. All good stuff, and all magical.<BR/><BR/>My parents let us check out whatever we wanted from the library - they never even checked! I always knew we were lucky but reading your post reminds me just how lucky...<BR/><BR/>ColleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com