Let's start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start

To kick off this blog, here's a list of the children's/young adult books I've read so far this year. I will hopefully go back and write individual reviews of these, as time allows, as well as reviews of all future books I finish.

1. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan
2. Amalee by Dar Williams
3. Ghost Fever: Mal de Fantasma by Joe Hayes
4. The Giant Rat of Sumatra: or Pirates Galore by Sid Fleischman
5. The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
6. Bass Ackwards and Belly Up by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain
7. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
8. Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White
9. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
10. Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse by Judith Rossell
11. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
12. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
13. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
14. Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
15. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
16. The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
17. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
18. Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
19. The Forging of the Blade (Lowthar's Blade, Book 1) by R.L. LaFevers
20. The Big House by Carolyn Coman
21. Wildfire! by Elizabeth Starr Hill
22. The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest Book 1) by Emily Rodda
23. Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt