Book Chat: Under-appreciated/Under-known Books

I'm participating again in the Book Chat meme hosted by Misty at The Book Rat, and this time around we're discussing books we think are under-rated or not well-known. If you'd like to join in, be sure to link up your post here on Misty's blog.



My picks:

Little Sister by Kara Dalkey (there is a sequel to this one – The Heavenward Path – although I think the first is better)
The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander
Windleaf by Josepha Sherman (and Child of Faerie, Child of Earth)
Sanditon by Jane Austen And Another Lady
Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters
Search of the Moon King's Daughter by Linda Holeman
The Boston Jane trilogy by Jennifer L. Holm

Book Chat: Books You'd Take To A Desert Island

I've decided to join in with the Book Chat meme hosted by Misty at The Book Rat, for a discussion of the 5 books we would take with us to a desert island! If you'd like to join in, be sure to link up your post here on Misty's blog.



Books mentioned:


Jane Austen: The Complete Novels
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
Sorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

What books would absolutely *have* to have with you if you were stranded on an island?