tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post2041337023308523861..comments2024-03-25T11:29:49.222-07:00Comments on That Wee Bit Heap: What YA novel influenced you the most?gae polisnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491813685110351809noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-51991646761272711882010-04-08T13:38:45.244-07:002010-04-08T13:38:45.244-07:00Alissa and Hart, Oh yes, Paul Zindel and the Diary...Alissa and Hart, Oh yes, Paul Zindel and the Diary of Anne Frank (i acted as a kid and did endless monologues from that!) and, Anonymous (jeff?), I loved Flowers for Algernon. I must have read that ten times. <br /><br />Little Prince was a weird thing, JBT, it was a picture book, but for older kids. Peter Sis' The Wall is like that. A picture book, but clearly geared toward an older audience. I'm a fan of those, especially any picture book by Maira Kalman.gae polisnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491813685110351809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-16759162716873783272010-04-08T09:12:26.266-07:002010-04-08T09:12:26.266-07:00A couple of books I fondly remember reading when I...A couple of books I fondly remember reading when I was a youngster at Meadow Glen are "Homer Price" and "Flowers for Algernon." I was never much of a reader, though, and I regret it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-22262441901445033722010-04-07T17:54:04.416-07:002010-04-07T17:54:04.416-07:00The Little Prince. Wait, is that YA?The Little Prince. Wait, is that YA?Jeannie Babbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896666544847434227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-54652659910214070912010-04-07T08:51:06.576-07:002010-04-07T08:51:06.576-07:00I had James read your blog for feedback (he is sti...I had James read your blog for feedback (he is still home on break this week - oh the joys of private school). While he read and "kinda" enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time last year in Project Extra, an enrichment program for gifted students, he said he really likes both historical fiction and non-fiction. Right now he is engrossed in "Chasing Lincoln's Killer".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-39553314619582742292010-04-07T08:23:45.294-07:002010-04-07T08:23:45.294-07:00The first book that I can recall ever made me cry ...The first book that I can recall ever made me cry was "Yankee Traitor, Rebel Spy," by Elinor Case, published in 1961. And I hate historical fiction! But there's a devastating death scene in there that has remained with me ever since.James Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138348790497219357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-18750198330360879622010-04-07T08:14:00.831-07:002010-04-07T08:14:00.831-07:00It's so funny--I didn't really LIKE YA whe...It's so funny--I didn't really LIKE YA when I was a Youth. I thought I was 'all that' and had to read books with sex & stuff, so I was sneaking Harold Robbins from my mom's room (though I DID love Where The Red Fern Grows and the Diary of Anne Frank). My biggest YA influence came MUCH later... Harry Potter--you heard me. I have read them more times than any other books EVER and got pulled back into writing after a MANY year hiatus--they finally taught me how to THINK like a writer, and how to FINISH a darned book (erm, finish writing, that is... there are other books I've finished reading).Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782322998406687709.post-3698724974868302512010-04-07T05:51:39.171-07:002010-04-07T05:51:39.171-07:00This is a tough question, that I find pretty much ...This is a tough question, that I find pretty much impossible to answer like you I devoured The Outsiders and A Wrinkle in Time at a young age as well as everything else S.E. Hinton and Madeleine L'Engle ever published. Ellen Raskin was one of my personal gods and I read most of Paul Zindel's books as well. When I was in eighth grade Gordon Korman visited my school, and it was great to meet a real author and afterwards to fall in love with his hilarious novels. As for which book influenced me the most, I would like to think that it is the sum total of all the great books I read when I was younger.Alissahttp://alissagrosso.comnoreply@blogger.com