*Authors Guys Read and Recommend

*Carver Gentlemen,

These are some of the books I have heard you talk about.  If you want to submit anything for this page, see me. 

Mrs. Edwards
Christopher Paul Curtis
Cornelia Funke
  • Thief Lord
  • Dragon Rider
  • Inkheart
  • Inkspell
S. E. Hinton
  • The Outsiders
  • Rumble Fish
  • That Was Then, This is Now
  • Tex
  • Taming the Star Runner
Will Hobbs
Gordon Korman
  • No More Dead Dogs
  • Son of the Mob
  • Son of the Mob:  Hollywood Hussle
  • Schooled
  • Everest and Island series
David Lubar
  • Hidden Talents
  • True Talents (sequel to Hidden Talents)
  • Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

 
Walter Dean Myers
Jordan Sonnenblick

 

Books in a Series
**Alex Rider Adventures by Anthony Horowitz
  1. Stormbreaker
  2. Point Blank
  3. Skeleton Key
  4. Eagle Strike
  5. Scorpia
  6. Ark Angel
**Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
  1. The Amulet of Samarkand
  2. The Golem's Eye
  3. Ptolemy's Gate
**Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
  1. Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
  2. Angels Command

 
**Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
  1. Cirque du Freak:  A Living Nightmare
  2. Cirque du Freak:  The Vampire's Assistant
  3. Cirque du Freak:  Tunnels of Blood
  4. Cirque du Freak:  Vampire Mountain
  5. Cirque du Freak:  Trials of Death
  6. Cirque du Freak:  The Vampire Prince
  7. Cirque du Freak:  Hunters of the Dusk
  8. Cirque du Freak:  Allies of the Night
  9. Cirque du Freak:  Killers of the Dawn
  10. Cirque du Freak:  The Lake of Souls
  11. Cirque du Freak:  Lord of the Shadows
  12. Cirque du Freak:  Sons of Destiny

 
**The Divide by Elizabeth Kay
  1. The Divide
  2. Back to the Divide
  3. The Jinx on the Divide

 
**Fire Star Trilogy by Chris D'Lacey
  1. The Fire Within
  2. Icefire
  3. Fire Star
**Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
  1. Eragon
  2. Eldest

Note:  Originally Inheritance was going to be a trilogy, but the author has decided to write at least four book in this series.

 
**Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
  1. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
  2. Joey Pigza Loses Control
  3. What Would Joey Do?
  4. I am Not Joey Pigza

 
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
  1. *Maximum Ride
  2. *School's Out--Forever
  3. Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
  4. The Final Warning (Available March 2008)

 
Pendragon: An Adventure Through Time and Space by D. J. MacHale
  1. *The Merchant of Death
  2. *The Lost City of Faar
  3. *The Never War
  4. *The Reality War
  5. *Black Water
  6. *The Rivers of Zadaa
  7. *The Quillan Games
  8. *Pilgrims of Rayne
  9. Raven Rise (Available May 20, 2008)

 
Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan
  1. *Lightning Thief
  2. *The Sea of Monsters
  3. *The Titan's Curse
  4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Available May 2008)

 
**Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
  1. Bad Beginning
  2. The Reptile Room
  3. Wide Window
  4. Miserable Mill
  5. Austere Academy
  6. Ersatz Elevator
  7. Vile Village
  8. Hostile Hospital
  9. Carnivorous Carnival
  10. Slippery Slope
  11. Grim Grotto
  12. The Penultimate Peril
  13. The End:  Book of the Thirteenth

 
Truesight Trilogy by David Stahler
  1. Truesight
  2. The Seer
  3. Not published (written?) yet
**Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
  1. Gregor the Overlander
  2. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
  3. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
  4. Gregor and the Marks of Secret
  5. Gregor and the Code of the Claw

 

 

 

Cracker!  The Best Dog in Vietnam

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