• Perkins, Stephanie: Anna and the French Kiss
• Deb Caletti
• Riordan, Rick: Percy Jackson books

Not lighthearted but YA:

• Card, Orson Scott: Ender's Game
• Draper, Sharon M.: Copper Sun
• Knowles, John: A Separate Peace

Other priority reads:

• Green, John: The Fault in Our Stars
• McEwan, Ian: Sweet Tooth

REREAD:

• L'Engle, Madeleine: A Wrinkle of Time Quartet

Other:

• NPR List:
• Asian Americans in YA Fiction