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What are YOUR top 100 children's books? How about YOUR #1?

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The Iliad by Homer

Written around the 8th Century BC, this epic Greek poem about the Trojan war has influenced countless classic authors with its tragic and quintessential tale of hubris, love, and war. With hunks like Achilles and Odysseus, hotties like Helen, and powers that be like Ares, Apollo, and Aphrodite, it's no wonder this book is also prime inspriation for today's YA otherworldly writers.

Known Progeny:

Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
Nobody's Princess by Esther M. Friesner
Nobody's Prize by Esther M. Friesner
Troy by Adele Geras
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
The Memoirs of Helen of Troy by Amanda Elyot
Achilles: A Novel by Elizabeth Cook
 

peter and the starcatchers
a web of air*
goliath
the last werewolf
there's no such thing as dragons*
the light fantastic*
mortal engines
pride and prejudice and zombies
glimmerglass
boneshaker
the book thief
down the mysterly river
between*
the princess and the goblin*
after obsession*
the iron king/daughter/queen*
after eden
sisters red/sweetly
the name of the star*
rotters*
the picture of dorian gray
crossed*
the name of the star*
the 11th plague*
goliath*
the last little blue envelope*
rip tide (dark life)
city of ember

*s denote books I own, but just haven't gotten to (yet!)

Here are some titles that I highly recommend, but haven't had a chance to review (quite) yet.

The Uglies Trilogy - Westerfeld

Extras (bk 4) - Westerfeld

Leviathan, Behemoth, and Goliath - Westerfeld

We Hear the Dead - Salerni

Here Lies Arthur - Reeve

Earthsea Cycle (1-6) - LeGuin

Forbidden Sea - Nielson

Blackbringer and Silksinger - Taylor

Lips Touch: Three Times - Taylor

Well Between the Worlds and Dark Solstice - Llewellyn

Birthmarked - O'Brien

13 Little Blue Envelopes - Johnson

Dark Life - Falls