 | Our Kids: Building Relationships in the Classroom by Chris Bowen
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $11.99 Sorry to start with a book I wrote myself, but don't take my word for it. Check out what some of amazon's readers have to say about this one. When kids reveal things about themselves, they reveal things about us as we watch and remember.
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 | Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults by Donald R. Gallo
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 It's written for kids, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one as an adult looking back.
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 | 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.01 It does exactly what the title suggests. It really captures some of the agony and ecstasy of being thirteen. I don't ever want to go back.
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 | King Dork by Frank Portman
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.10 It is sheer brilliance. By mocking a particular thing it winds up writing an updated version of the thing it is mocking.
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 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $9.79 / Used from: $3.85 It's amazing how my feelings have changed over the years each time I read it. At 42, I'm now back to agreeing with Holden.
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 | Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $3.89 This one is so effective at capturing the loneliness and boredom that sometimes comes with young childhood. Effectively creepy, too.
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 | A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer
Buy new: $8.60 / Used from: $0.01 Sometimes hard to read, which makes it that much more worthwhile to read. The book makes me grateful for all the imperfections from my own childhood.
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 | Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters by Jean Shepherd
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.38 You couldn't make a list like this without including one from Shepherd.
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 | Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 One of the first books I read that made me want to write.
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 | I Love You, Beth Cooper (P.S.) by Larry Doyle
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $0.01 We've all had a Beth Cooper and remember her well.
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