One of the takeaways from this SCBWI LA Conference I’m at this weekend is that there are so, so many great young adult and children’s books that I need to read. Here’s a short list of what captured my attention:

• Darius The Great Is Not Okay – Adib Khorram
• Turtles All The Way Down – John Green
• Opposite of Always – Justin A. Reynolds
• The Hazel Wood – Melissa Albert
• The Lightning Thief – Richard Riordan
• The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
• Big Cat, Little Cat – Elisha Cooper
• Orphan Island – Laurel Snyder
• Insignia – S.J. Kincaid
• Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All – Laura Ruby
• Cinder – Marissa Mayer
• Fireblood – Elly Blake