Favourite 5 YA Reads of 2008

Reading another thread about how great this group's recommendations are, and realizing that several other groups have threads like this, I thought we should try it too.

So, what are your top 5 YA reads of 2008?

Mine top 3 are:
Life as We Knew It
New Moon
Eclipse (yup, that makes two Twilight books... oh well)

It's a tough call for the last two, but I think I'm going to go with Graceling and, even though I'm not yet finished with it, The Hunger Games.

Runners-up are Breaking Dawn and Wicked Lovely.

It must have been a good year when the decision is so hard!

Between Golden Jaws and the whole "Hallowmere" series (which began in 2007): Tiffany Trent
Here Lies Arthur: Philip Reeve
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, second in the "Nicholas Flamel" series (which began in 2007): Michael Scott
The Tree Shepherd's Daughter and its successor in the "Faire Folk" trilogy: Gillian Summers
Inkdeath: Cornelia Funke

You only allowed me five so I'll have to include, as Honorable Mention, the 2008 volumes of Brandon Mull's "Fablehaven" series, starting with volume 2, Rise of the Evening Star.

Also, although it's a 2006 book, I don't think I read it until this year, Flora Segunda: Ysabeau Wilce

EDIT: Ooooh, yeah, and another Honorable Mention, City of Ashes: Cassandra Clare

Here are my top 5. These are all 2008 releases. I haven't put them in order of preference, because I just can't; they're all so different.

Audrey, Wait!
Graceling
The Dead and the Gone
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Waiting for Normal

Honorable mentions to Flora Segunda (as CurrerBell mentioned, not a 2008, though I also discovered it this year) and My Bonny Light Horseman (which is a 2008) -- it's by no stretch of the imagination "distinguished" but it sure was fun!

(Edited for touchstones.)

Minor caveat: I haven't read Nation, The hunger Games, My One Hundred Adventures, or The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, about all of which I've heard really great things from friends and colleagues (not to mention other LTers). I may even read some of them before the year is out, so my list is subject to change! ;-)

Hi,

I really enjoyed the Twilight series with the exception of New Moon.

I'm going to go with:
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (I'm a little bit embarrassed I never read it before, but glad I could read almost the whole series instead of waiting between book releases)
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (another one I ought to have read ages ago)
The Explosionist by Jenny Davidson (I adored this book; a very good alternate-history with girls schools, some psychic powers, some sci-fi, and suspense)
The last one was tough but I'm going to go with The Disreputable History of Frankie-Landau Banks by E. Lockhart (so I add my vote to those who enjoyed it, foggidawn)

Here’s my list in no particular order:

The Looking Glass War by Frank Beddor
The Light of the Oracle by Victoria Haney
The Lightning Thief by Rick Rioden
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock

The best book I’ve read this year would have to be Water for Elephants but since it’s an adult novel, it really couldn’t go on this list

I read some YA books I really enjoyed this year, and others that I didn't enjoy so much as I appreciated them.

My top 5 are
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher- Possibly the best book I read all year. I connected with this book on an emotional level I can't even begin to explain

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott- It is impossible to "enjoy" this novel, but it's a captivating story, one that I think parents and older teenagers should definitely read.

Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle- very good collection of stories

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen- Not my favorite of hers, but still really good

Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian- Fun read for a quiet night in. It made me grateful to only have one brother but wish desperately for more all at the same time.

There was alot of really good YA books in 2008, I could probably sit here and list them all day!! But a few of my favorites were.....

Hunger Games
Breaking Dawn
The Midnight Twins (this is a trilogy, the second books comes out in 2009 and it was also excellent!!)
Looking for Alaska
What I Saw and How I Lied

My top five for 2008 are:

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

My Bonny Light Horseman by L.A. Meyer

Bound By Donna Jo Napoli

A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

>>> 10

The "Gemma Doyle" trilogy is one my all-time favorites! The only reason I didn't include it is because I read them pre-2008. Actually, now that I check the release date, I recall that the third volume, The Sweet Far Thing, was released on December 26, 2007. Actually, though, I remember that a local B&N somehow had it on the shelf a week or more early, which got everyone jealous on another list I posted to! But I'm sure I must have read The Sweet Far Thing in a day or two after getting it, so it would just miss fitting into 2008. Anyway, bethielouwho, make sure you get it if you haven't done so yet.

And if you love "Gemma Doyle" then you ought to give Tiffany Trent's Hallowmere series a try. The first volume is In the Serpent's Coils (Hallowmere), about U.S. Civil War era schoolgirls and the fey. It's not quite as good as "Gemma Doyle" (but then, what is?) and some of the more recent volumes have been slipping a little (Trent seems to be "franchising" the series out to co-authors), but it's definitely worth giving a try.

Only one published in 2008, but I had a big Scott Westerfeld year. I bought the Uglies trilogy (uglies, pretties, specials) and read pretty much everything my library had by him (extras, midnighters 1, midnighters 2, peeps). Still need to read midnighters 3 and bogus to bubbly (2008).

The Possibilities of Sainthood - Donna Freitas
Powder Monkey - Paul Dowswell
Mara, Daughter of the Nile - Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Bewitching Season - Marissa Doyle
Model Spy - Shannon Greenland

These were my favorites that I read this year, not necessarily published this year and in no particular order.

I didn't read most of the crowd-pleasers of 2008, so this certainly isn't a reflection on those.
(I do have Graceling, The Hunger Games, My Bonny Light Horseman, and several others waiting in the wings).

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Brimstone Journals by Ron Koertge
A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
Re-Gifters by Mike Carey

Some of the choices were close, but these are 5 of the best I have read this year.

The first two were in my top five overall for 2008 as well:

Pagan's Crusade by Catherine Jinks (I loved the first three of this series but will stick with this one for this list)
Vintage by Steve Berman
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Skin Hunger by Kathleen Duey

CurrerBell,
I'm getting The Sweet Far Thing for Christmas. I'm also trying to persuade the librarian at the high school where I work to order the trilogy. I really think that the students there would enjoy the series.

My top five YA reads of the year, in no particular order of preference!

Sweethearts, Sara Zarr;
Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen;
Cracked Up To Be, Courtney Summers;
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer;
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn

I'll go ahead and lump all the Twilight series together in one entry, because I did enjoy them all! In fact, I ran through the first three books in about a week. It was all I could do not to jump out of my skin waiting for Breaking Dawn, like many young women out there.

And my other picks? Sarah Dessen is definitively one of my favorite authors ever and, though Lock and Key is not my favorite of her books (that honor would have to go to Just Listen), it was still a great read. Zarr and Summers are first-time novelists and both have outstanding voices dealing with similar subject matters. Nick & Norah is probably pretty familiar to most people -- no need for my added explanation!

Looking forward to more great reads in 2009!

#17 -- Actually, Sweethearts is Zarr's second novel. I say this not to correct you, but to make sure you don't miss out on Story of a Girl!

Mine are:

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Everything Beautiful in the World by Lisa Levchuk
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo (middle grade)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart
Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman

No 2008 releases for me, and in no particular order:

New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Thinking Straight by Robin Readon
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green.

I've been living in a cultural vacuum these past three and a half years in Japan, so, pretty much all the books I've been reading have been discover through LT. Thanks guys.

The Hunger Games, Graceling, Life As We Knew It and Audrey, Wait! are all on my Amazon wish list (which serves as my TBR pile). Hopefully, I should be getting to them early on in the new year.

The Hunger Games
Graceling
Breaking Dawn
Inkheart
The Secret Life Of Bees

Top five in no order what so ever:

Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney
Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

From some of these posts, it looks like I'm definitely going to have to read The Hunger Games, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is another one I've been interested in. Glad to see it mentioned here.

I was going to order Graceling on my Kindle, but it looks like the file format is the "dreaded Topaz" format, so now I'm reluctant to get something that might freeze up. Maybe I'll get hold of it in dead-tree form.

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (2008)

Feed by M.T. Anderson (2004)

the after life by Daniel Ehrenhaft (2006)

Holes by Louis Sachar (2003)

and I'm almost done with the Death Note manga series

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Summerland by Michael Chabon
Dancing on the Edge by Han Nolan
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon

Here are my top five with one honorable mention. I have to add that I have not read Paper Towns so that could easily make it into the top 5.

Unwind - easily one of my favorites of all time
Hunger Games - I could not put this down
Thirteen Reason Why - Read in one sitting
Little Brother - how I love technology
Compound - the one book that caught me off guard

Honorable mention goes to Spanking Shakespeare

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Chalice by Robin McKinley
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

#27 -- Ooh, I almost forgot about Battle of the Labyrinth. Honorable mention to it, too.

Twilight
The Secret of Castle Cant
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Beyond the Valley of Thorns
The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy Tale Detectives

> 18, foggidawn:

Awesome -- I'll definitely look for that! :) I loved Sweethearts so much, I'll be sure to look for Story Of A Girl.

In no particular order:
King Dork by Frank Portman
Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Paper Towns by John Green

Honorable mentions to Becoming Chloe by Catherine Ryan Hyde and Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak

This is so weird. I normally prefer humorous stories, but of the last seven books I awarded five stars to, look at these five titles:

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters - Dec.
Deadville by Ron Koertge - Dec.
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott - Nov.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - Nov.
Before I Die by Jenny Downham - Aug.

I had to check just now to make sure I'm not wearing Goth clothing.

Seriously, though, Generation Dead caught me by surprise. I was expecting something completely farcical, and it turned out to be really well-written, funny, and thought-provoking. Since the above list goes back just to August, I'd like to add a bonus title to my 2008 picks:

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart.

Edited to fix a touchstone.

My Top Five:

Life as We Knew It - An excellent "apocalypse" book. The companion book is not as good IMHO

The Adoration of Jenna Fox - I love the suspenseful development in this one.It's probably my #1 for the year.

Buried - If you're going for a shocker of an ending, this is THE book.

Thirteen Reasons Why - An unusually well written book dealing with teen suicide

Skin Hunger - Excellent for the aging fans of Hogwarts

>10 bethielouwho: and >11 CurrerBell:

Can you tell me some more about the Gemma Doyle books? I have some students who have really liked them, but I have been put off by the covers and haven't read them yet.

I know I'm not 10 or 11 but I love the Gemma Doyle books as well.

The stories are about Gemma Doyle who moves to Victorian England from India when her mother dies (is killed) and she ends up in boarding school. But, this isn't your typical boarding school...and Gemma isn't your typical teenage girl. She has magical powers that allow her to enter a different realm. Gemma and her friends have to fight evil. She has many decisions to make about who is good and who isn't and to make matters tougher there's a boy involved, Kartik. He is somewhat of a protector for her.

I hope that sums things up without giving too much away. I teach as well, and love the first 2. I won't read the 3rd until it's out in paperback. At first I was put off by starting in India, but the book is well written and it's hard to keep from reading straight through.

Breath, Eyes, Memory
The Golem's Eye
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
Cures for Heartbreak
The Lightning Thief series

>>> 34

#35 puts it very well. Libba Bray really does a great job of pulling off the Victorian schoolgirl schtick without being schmucky about it. And personally, unlike #35, I really liked the way the first book started off in India. Somehow it couldn't help reminding me of The Moonstone.

And again, I repeat, anyone who really loves "Gemma Doyle" should also take a look at Tiffany Trent's "Hallowmere" series.

I have mixed feelings about the Gemma Doyle books. I loved the first one, but thought the second one was terrible. Libba Bray assumes a really low level of intelligence in her readers, so it's possible to figure out beyond a shadow of a doubt what the major plot twist is about halfway through the book, and it's just frustrating to read after that. You can see that the characters are doing things that aren't at all reasonable just to get to the required outcome. One of them is also ridiculously good at the exact skill required to figure out what happens (and this skill is only required at a very low level to figure out what's going to happen), but she somehow misses it.

And, to be clear, I don't mean that you can have a very good guess about what's going to happen; it's absolutely explicit. I've never encountered that in a book before. I don't even mind predictable plots in general, but there has to be at least a possibility that things will turn out differently.

I really loved the first Gemma Doyle book, liked the second one, and was a bit let down by the third; I felt like the author lost track of all her plot threads a little bit by the end. Or maybe it was just me who did ~_~ I don't particularly remember being put off by the predictability, but I'm really terrible at predicting plots (I am absolutely the only person I know who was surprised by the end of Rebecca) so when I can figure it out I'm usually pleased rather than annoyed.

If we're talking about 'books to read if you like the Gemma Doyle books', one of the things I liked about The Explosionist that reminded me of those books was the girls boarding school thing. The Explosionist is an alternate history so it's a bit different, but a lot of the things I liked about the Gemma Doyle books were in The Explosionist as well - girls school, feminism!yay. I'll have to check out these Hallowmere books now.

The thing is, it wasn't like I figured it out because it made sense based on the plot or the characters or anything; that I would have found satisfying.

****possible spoilers***

Instead, we were told that the people like to use anagrams. Then an attempt was made to anagram a particular name. The characters mysteriously failed, probably because Libba Bray only knows how to use a computer for anagramming, so it seemed to her that a simple anagram with a few letters missing wouldn't be solvable. But if the reader happened to anagram the name successfully, then the story was done. Not because the characters' behaviour led the reader to a good prediction, but because everything was suddenly spelled out.

Sorry for the long rants! This is my favourite book to complain about.

i loved dancing on the edge!
its not my regular type of book,
however it really captivated me
i couldnt put it down!

>35 Joles:

Thanks, Jolene!

books read this year..not that all came out this year:

the white darkness -Geraldine McCaughrean
regifters comic
cairo - G Willow Wilson
lonely werewolf girl - Millar
the graveyard book - Gaiman

My top five were:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

I'm really surprised I hadn't read Tuck Everlasting! I hope to read some more recent YA books in 2009.

My 5 favorites of 08 were:

1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
3. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
5. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Oh, I love Tuck Everlasting!

I don't have much that's new to add, but I love making these kinds of lists:

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Slam by Nick Hornby
Paper Towns by John Green
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn

Oh, I'm seeing The Lightning Thief on here a lot -- my little sister loves that series and I've been thinking of diving in.

My top five (in no particular order) were:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (I'm ashamed to admit that as a twenty-year-old woman I had somehow managed to avoid reading that yet)
The Mysterious Benedict Society and sequel by Trenton Lee Stewart
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E.L. Konigsburg
Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash by Wendelin Van Draanen

Though, really, I think that comprises all but three of the YA books I read this year -- I mostly read dramatic lit.

Um, and clearly I like hijinks and mysterious adventures.

Here's to the best YA I read in 2008:
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Pfeffer
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
(I would love to put Paper Towns by John Green on the list, but I just read it today.)
Thanks for sharing; I love recommendations!

I've read three 2008 YA titles so far that really stand out ... they are:

Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
Little Audrey by Ruth White

I really enjoyed Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead and of course the Twilight series.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Dreamland Chronicles by William Mark Simmons

I also read and loved the Twilight series (not due to quality of writing, but due to the un-put-downable infatuation with the characters), but I'd have to say my favorite released in 2008 book that I read this year was A Curse Dark as Gold by Bunce. So clever!

I also read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in 08 and adored it. I'm going to be reading Here Lies Arthur and Chains very soon - and cannot WAIT to read Graceling!

My top YA reads are:

Both Life as we knew it and The dead and Gone by Susan Pfeffer
Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Does My Head Look Big in This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah
Nathan Fox:Traitor's Gold by Lynn Brittney
Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083 by Andrea White

I read many more excellent YA books - but these were tops :)

>54 sally906:, sally

I just picked up Surviving Antarctica at the used bookstore, so I'm pleased to see it made your top 5!

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Just In Case - Meg Rosoff
It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vezzini
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie

with honorable props to Be More Chill and The First Part Last!

My favorites (though not in any ranked order) of 2008:
The Last Dragon by Silvana de Mari
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Feed by M.T. Anderson
The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu

I'm looking forward to more great YA reads in 2009.

My Top 5 YA Reads of 2008 in order, sort of (hard to decide):

1) My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park - Steve Kluger
2) Impossible - Nancy Werlin
3) The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary Pearson
4) Imaginary Enemy - Julie Gonzalez
5) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart

Four more that could fight for places on this list are:
Generation Dead - Daniel Waters (I read the ARC before it came out, and thought it was great, but still like the above titles better.)
Patron Saint of Butterflies - Cecelia Galante
Bewitching Season - Marissa Doyle
Frostbite, Vampire Academy #2 - Richelle Mead

I haven't read Hunger Games yet, though, for instance.

In no particular order, my favorites were:

The Singing by Alison Croggon
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
The Underdog by Markus Zusak
Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

I decided not to include re-reads, or The Book Thief would definitely have made my list as well. And honorable mentions to Inkdeath, Getting the Girl, and Leaving Barrumbi.

Thirteen Reasons Why tops the list by FAR.

others, in no order
Unwind
Little Brother
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
An Abundance of Katherines

Uglies, Breaking Dawn, Cracked Up to Be, and The Name of This Book is Secret are honorable mentions

The Name of this Book is Secret? Really? My best friend tried to read that and couldn't manage it. A book where you write in your own ending? I know it's all very quirky and hip, but that strikes me as a bit... lazy? I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the book and your reasons for giving it an honorable mention -- perhaps I need to revisit my own admittedly unfavorable opinions on it.

Twilight
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Wicked Lovely
Blue Bloods

The runner's Up are Ink Exchange, Masquerade. and Revelations

Wait, what? You didn't write your own ending in The Name of This Book Is Secret, not at all! Are you sure we're talking about the same book...?

Hmm... perhaps I'm thinking of something else, but I could have sworn it was the Bosch book. Kind of a Blue Balliet/Lemony Snicket knock-off? But without the plot? No? Sorry, maybe I was confused.

I'm still interested in what you liked about the book, though -- trying to see whether I want to remember the book or not. :)

My favorite YA new reads this last year were:

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Flora Segunda by Ysabeau Wilce
Queste by Angie Sage
Chalice by Robin McKinley
Nation by Terry Pratchett

The YA books I rated 5 stars in 2008 are:
Unwind
The perks of being a wallflower
Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer

I gave 4.5 stars to Tamar, Crank, and The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.

Honorable mentions (basically, the ones I didn't rate as high but which have stayed with me) are Such a pretty girl, Thirteen reasons why, Wicked lovely, and Boy toy.

The lists are great to read through! So much variety - and so many books added to my TBR pile (which is unwieldy already). I'm *dying* to get to Hunger games (which should be coming in to my library tomorrow) and Living dead girl. So many good YA books!

Thirteen Reasons Why is so good. So, so good. But so sad too. I love it but I kind of hate it too? I finally got around to reading Speak this year, and squeaked Boy Toy in just under the '08 wire. I know I read more but my book journal is at home so I don't remember what. I tried to Living Dead Girl which a few people have mentioned but I couldn't finish it. Oh, the John Green ouevre, but those were re-reads. All still awesome though!

The beginning of last year is a bit beyond me, but from what I can remember, these are my top five (never been read before 2008) YA reads:

Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones
Fruits Basket, Natsuki Takaya (the whole story, or vol. 11, if I have to pick just one!)
Blitzcat, Robert Westall
It's Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini
Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr

Howl's Moving Castle is such a delight. I've read Castle in the Air, which was the sort-of sequel for a long time and isn't quite as good, but I understand that there is now a new, true sequel -- House of Many Ways. I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet, have you Sorrel? Or anyone else? I'm curious to know if it is as charming as the first.

It is equally charming in its own way. Be sure and pick it up for yourself!

#69 -- I agree with ronincats -- House of Many Ways is charming. I liked it much better than Castle in the Air, though Howl's Moving Castle is still my favorite of the three by just a smidge. As in Castle in the Air, Howl and Sophie make an appearance (more of an appearance than they made in CitA, actually), but don't go into it expecting them to be the main characters, and I think you'll enjoy it.

>69 beserene:-71: I completely agree: House of Many Ways is also a lovely book... I liked it more than Castle in the Air, but not quite as much as Howl's Moving Castle. As for being a true sequel, Howl and Sophie appear more as plot device sketches rather than filled in characters, so I'd say that it's really its own story set in the same world. (Same as Castle in the Air.)

i absolutely hated sweethearts because i wish she had added another chapter and made cameron come back or something i didnt like it how they were apart and all that they should of been together and they should of kissed like when they were looking at the snow so thats why i didnt like this book

-surfergirl123akv

sweethearts by sara zarr