Books that have made a difference in my life.
How many do you know and love?
A
The Moons Revenge Joan Aiken, ill. Alan Lee
The Trial of Anna Cotman Vivian Alcock
Paula Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende
Andersens Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen
Go Ask Alice Anonymous
Mansfield Park Jane Austen
B
The Dark Corridor Jay Bennett
Tales of Green Hedges Enid Blyton
Family Outing Chastity Bono
Piggle Crosby Bonsall
Night of the Wolf Alice Borchardt
The Dragon Queen - Alice Borchardt
The Raven Warrior - Alice Borchardt
The Children of Green Knowe L.M. Boston
Shes Not There Jennifer Finney Boylan
The October Country Ray Bradbury
The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Forests of Avalon (The Forest House) Marion Zimmer Bradley
Father of Frankenstein Christopher Bram
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
C
The Ring-Givers W.H. Canaway
Obernewtyn Isobelle Carmody
A Cage of Butterflies Brian Caswell
Dreamslip Brian Caswell
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper Harriet Scott Chessman
As Nature Made Him John Colapinto
Collins English Gem
Squeakers Stephen Cosgrove, ill. Robin James
The Gift Alison Croggon
The Secrets of Sarah Byrnes Chris Crutcher
Book of Shadows Phyllis Curott
D
Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl, ill. Jill Bennett
Matilda Roald Dahl
Tell Me Im Here Anne Deveson
Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain Readers Digest
The Talisman Cameron Dokey
BattleAxe - Sara Douglass
Enchanter - Sara Douglass
Starman - Sara Douglass
E
Theres a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake Hazel Edwards, ill. Deborah Niland
Women Who Run With Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estes
F
Magician Raymond E. Feist
Daughter of the Empire Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts
Left, Right and Centre Tim Ferguson
Father and Me Eamonn Flanagan
The Bone Dolls Twin Lynn Flewelling
Hidden Warrior Lynn Flewelling
Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
Mister God This is Anna Fynn
G
Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains? May Garelick, ill. Leonard Weisgard (original blue and white version)
The Wierdstone of Brisingamen Alan Garner
The Moon at Gomrath Alan Garner
The Princess Bride William Goldman
H
The Silent Shore Ruth Elwin Harris
The Beckoning Hills - Ruth Elwin Harris
The Dividing Sea Ruth Elwin Harris
Beyond the Orchid House - Ruth Elwin Harris
Into the Forest Jean Hegland
Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb
The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb
Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb
I Am David Anne Holm
The Crystal Drop Monica Hughes
Les Miserables Victor Hugo
J
Collected Ghost Stories M.R. James
The Juniper Game Sherryl Jordan
K
Daggerspell - Katharine Kerr
The Red Wyvern - Katharine Kerr
Snare - Katharine Kerr
The Shimmering Door ed. Katherine Kerr
Del Del Victor Kelleher
Taronga Victor Kelleher
People Might Hear You Robin Klein
L
Blackbird Jennifer Lauck
Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder Wendy Lawson
The Voyage of the Dawntreader C.S. Lewis
Picnic at Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank Willy Lindwer
M
Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian
The Changeover Margaret Mahy
Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier
Child of the Prophecy - Juliet Marillier
Letters from the Inside John Marsden
Boys Like Us Peter McGee
Beauty Robin McKinley
Deerskin Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley
Mandragora David McRobbie
This Book Is Haunted David McRobbie
The Source James A. Michener
Secrets Not Meant to be Kept Gloria D. Miklowitz
The Crucible Arthur Miller
Myst: The Book of Atrus Robyn Miller, Rand Miller, David Wingrove
The Man from Snowy River Elyne Mitchell
Emily of New Moon L.M. Montgomery
The White Crane Junko Morimoto
Silver Woven in her Hair Shirley Rousseau Murphy
N
Abhorsen Garth Nix
Lirael Garth Nix
Sabriel Garth Nix
O
The Silver Crown Robert OBrien
P
Heroes in Disguise Linda Pastan
A Child Called It Dave Pelzer
The Magic Daughter Jane Phillips
The Key and the Fountain John Pinkney
R
Gas Smells Awful Helen Razer
Spirit Fox Mickey Zucker Reichert, Jennifer Wingert
The Witching Hour Anne Rice
The Getting of Wisdom Henry Handel Richardson
I Was There Hans Peter Richter
Still She Haunts Me Katie Roiphe
Grim Pickings Jennifer Rowe
Galax-Arena Gillian Rubinstein
S
Emers Ghost Catharine Sefton
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Inside Out Erin Shale
Footsteps in an Empty Room Lilly Sommers
The Boy Who Was Afraid Armstrong Sperry
The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart
The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart
The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart
The Wicked Day Mary Stewart
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Tom Stoppard
The Seventh Princess Nick Sullivan
T
When Rabbit Howls The Troops for Truddi Chase
The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain
V
The Childrens House of Belsen Hetty. E. Verolme
Homecoming Cynthia Voigt
When She Hollers Cynthia Voigt
W
Charlottes Web E.B. White
Nobody Nowhere Donna Williams
The Hero Patricia Windsor
Wonders of the Past, Vol.2. circa 1925
Shadows of Time Patricia Wrightson
To Ride Hells Chasm Janny Wurts
The Chrysalids John Wyndham
List begun 3rd June 2004.
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