A Youthful Voice

These stories are written from the first-person point of view of a child or adolescent. All of these titles are located in the Adult Fiction section of the Library unless otherwise noted.

Allison, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina. 1992.

Atkinson, Kate. Human Croquet. 1997.

Bardi, Abby. The Book of Fred. 2001.

Berg, Elizabeth. Durable Goods. 1993.

Bradley, Alan C. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. 2009. (Adult Mystery BRA).
     Also available: Large Type, CD

Braff, Joshua. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green. 2004.

Burns, Olive Ann. Cold Sassy Tree. 1984.
     Also available: eAudiobook     

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. 1984.
     Also available: CD

Deane, Seamus. Reading in the Dark. 1996.

Donoghue, Emma. Room. 2010.
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eAudiobook, Digital Player

Doyle, Roddy. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. 1993.

Durrow, Heidi W. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. 2010.
     Also available: CD

Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. 2005.
     Also available: CD

Gerber, Merrill Joan. The Kingdom of Brooklyn. 1992.

Gibbons, Kaye. Ellen Foster. 1987.
     Also available: Large Type

Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. 2003.
     Also available: CD, eBook, Digital Player

Haig, Matt. The Dead Father’s Club. 2006.
     Also available: eAudiobook

Jensen, Liz. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax. 2004.
     Also available: CD

Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip. 2006.

Kagen, Lesley. Whistling in the Dark. 2007.

Kellerman, Jonathan. Billy Straight. 1998. (Adult Mystery KEL).
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eBook

Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. 2002.
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eBook, eAudiobook, Digital Player

Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John. 1985.

Kincaid, Nanci. As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me. 2005.

Kneale, Matthew. When We Were Romans. 2008.

Lansdale, Joe R. The Bottoms. 2000. (Adult Mystery LAN).

Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green. 2006.
     Also available: CD

Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. 1970.
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eBook

Nothomb, Amélie. The Character of Rain. 2000.

O’Neill, Heather. Lullabies for Little Criminals. 2006.

Phillips, Gin. The Well and the Mine. 2007.

Phillips, Jayne Anne. Lark and Termite. 2009.
    Also available: CD, eBook

Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper. 2004.
     Also available: Large Type, CD

Pietrzyk, Leslie. A Year and a Day. 2004.
     Also available: eBook

Porter, Connie Rose. Imani All Mine. 1999.

Reiken, Frederick. The Odd Sea. 1998.

Robinson, Marilynne. Housekeeping. 1980.
     Also available: CD

Rubio, Gwyn Hyman. Icy Sparks. 1998.
     Also available: CD

Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. 2002.
     Also available: Large Type, CD, eBook, eAudiobook

Sidhwa, Bapsi. Cracking India. 1991.

Silver, Marisa. The God of War. 2008.
     Also available: CD

Simpson, Mona. Anywhere But Here. 1986.
     Also available: Large Type

Steinberg, Bruce. The Widow’s Son. 2001.

Strachan, Mari. The Earth Hums in B Flat. 2009.

Treichel, Hans-Ulrich. Lost. 1999.

Tucker, Lisa. The Song Reader. 2003.

Watson, Larry. Montana 1948. 1993.
     Also available: CD