Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-38091275-20190415234200/@comment-37166538-20190419134816

Shannon Messenger, Jennifer Neilsen, Trenton Lee Stuart, Suzanne Collins

Shannon Messenger, obviously. KotLC is the best.

Jennifer Neilsen -- okay seriously, if you haven't read one of her books, drop everything and go find one. She has a bunch of books in different genres, sometimes standalone, sometimes in an independent series. The False Prince is an example of her fantasy books (SUPER good), and A Night Divided has to be one of my favorite historical fiction books ever. Plus, she's got some dystopian-YA thrown in there with Scourge, which is also AMAZING. She is THE most underrated author ever, she deserves J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan level recognition.

Trenton Lee Stuart wrote the Mysterious Benedict Society series as well as Secret Keepers. They're a bit of a tougher read, but really good, espescially for hardcore bookworms and people who love learning.

Suzanne Collins wrote the Hunger Games, which is one of the best trilogies ever. Somehow she took a series that seems really violent from the synopsis and turned it to a series that's full of heart and emotion. She wrote it just perfectly that you truly become Katniss when reading the books. The Hunger Games isn't about fighting to the death. It's about why being forced to fight to the death is wrong, and why someone needs to stand up and do something about it. It's about never becoming a playing piece, but being your own person, even when society pushes back.