The United States of YA


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So, the awesomeness that is EpicReads put together this awesome list of books that takes place in each of our 50 states. I decided that I wanted to personally challenge myself to read every single book on the list- without the added stress of a time frame.  :)) Here's the list:

Alabama - The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Alaska - Julie of the Wolves by Ean Craighead George
Arizona - Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
Arkansas - Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
California - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
Colorado - A Beautiful Dark By Jocelyn Davies
Connecticut - My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Delaware - The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher
Florida - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Georgia - Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Hawaii - Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Idaho - Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Illinois - Divergent by Veronica Roth
Indiana - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Iowa - Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Kansas - The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Kentucky - The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker
Louisiana - Arise by Tara Hudson
Maine - Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Maryland - Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Massachusetts - Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Michigan - Wake by Lisa McMann
Minnesota - Shiver by Maggie Steifvater
Mississippi - Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson
Missouri - Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
Montana - The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Nebraska - Revived by Cat Patrick
Nevada - Crank by Ellen Hopkins
New Hampshire - Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
New Jersey - White Cat by Holly Black
New Mexico - Fated by Alyson Noel
New York - The Diviners by Libba Bray
North Carolina - The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen
North Dakota - The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen
Ohio - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Oklahoma - Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp
Oregon - If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Pennsylvania - Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Rhode Island - Devilish by Maureen Johnson
South Carolina - Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia
South Dakota - Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs
Tennessee - Hourglass by Myra McEntire
Texas - Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey
Utah - Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Vermont - Jip by Katherine Paterson
Virginia - The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvater
Washington - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
West Virginia - Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Wisconsin - Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Wyoming - Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

14/50

-Kristen ♥

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