Guest post on what books your past self would recommend at ages 5,
11, 16 and 20. If there are any books released in the last few years you wish you had at
those ages, you can talk about that too.
Age 5: I Wish I Was Sick, Too: Franz Brandenburg
Raggedy Ann and Andy Five Birthday Parties in a Row: Eileen Daly
Anything Beverly Cleary
Age 11: Baby-Sitters Club #34, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys: Ann M. Martin
Biographies of Carol Burnett and Juliette Gordon Lowe but I’ve forgotten the titles
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: E.L Konigsburg
Anything Paula Danziger
Age 16: I Stay Near You: M.E Kerr (all M.E Kerr)
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman: Louise Plummer
The Chosen: Chaim Potok
Age 20: Speak: Laurie Halse Anderson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Stephen Chbosky
Silver: Norma Fox Mazer
