SabbyRinna t1_ja7q1r8 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:50 PM

The Dangerous Angels series by Francesca Lia Block. I grew up in San Diego and LA in the 90s and early 2000s with hippie surfer parents and their friends. The series felt so personal and magical and torturous as a kid and the memories of those feelings stayed with me for a long time.

Another was The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix. The first one, Sabriel, caught my eye bc the name is similar to mine and the girl on the cover looked like me. This one was the escape from real life into fantasy. It inspired me to have more courage and confidence in myself as well.

Everything else I read was really not for kids, but I happened upon both those series in the cool looking YA section of the library.

hazeyjane11 t1_ja88aj8 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:02 PM

Wow!! Both of these are two of my absolute favorite books. I was just obsessed with the Dangerous Angels series, I must have read it over 10 times as a weird and lonely 12 year old.

And sabriel is just fantastic, I love Garth Nix so much.

SabbyRinna t1_ja88pil wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Omg that's so cool! So you totally get it! Ahhh, thanks for replying, that made my day.