i'm only counting the ones i've read the whole way through. most of these will be YA books.

• "are you there god? it's me, margaret" by judy blume
• "big mouth & ugly girl" by joyce carol oates
• "13 little blue envelopes" by maureen johnson
• "while you were out" by j. irvin kuns
• "flipped" by wendelin van draanen
• "bridge to terabithia" by katherine paterson
• "whale rider" by whiti ihimaera
• "island of the blue dolphins" by scott o'dell
• "the secret garden" by frances hodgson burnett
• "escape" by carolyn jessop
• "lock and key" by sarah dessen
• "rules" by cynthia lord
• "she said yes" by misty bernall
• "lost it" by kristen tracy
• "paper towns" by john green
• "the shack" by william p. young