I don't know if anybody has any interest in this topic but thought I'd stick it up anyway. I've a massive interest in children's literature and would read an equal amount of children/adult novels. Here is a list of some of the books I have read this year that I would highly recommend:
1. Inkheart
2. Inkspell
3. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke – a trilogy: wonderfully magical stories with superb references to the wealth of fabulous literature produced past and present.
4. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
5. The Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin (Perhaps 12+)
6. See No Evil by Jamila Gavin (Perhaps 12+)
7. Holes by Louis Sachar
8. There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar
9. Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
10. Skellig by David Almond
11. Kit’s Wildreness by David Almond
12. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech