Summer Reading List (sort of): Kid Lit

The other day a 10 year old friend asked my almost-14 year old daughter for book recommendations, and this is what my daughter pulled out. I found her choices interesting, and her list a good one, so I thought I'd share it. It's that time of year when all my favorite book bloggers, as well as every public library, is coming out with a Summer Reading List. Well, life is busy, so this is about as close to that as you're going to get from me. List below, with Amazon links (remember, I am not an affiliate).

(top to bottom)
Shadow Spinner - by Susan Fletcher
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Half Magic - Edward Eager
Princess Academy - Shannon Hale
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken
Watership Down - Richard Adams
Homeless Bird - Gloria Whelan: Daughter would like to say that this is her favorite of Whelan's books.

Angel on the Square - Gloria Whelan: I can't recommend this one enough. It's actually the first in a series of four books about 4 generations of a Russian family in St Petersburg/Leningrad, though all the changes and upheaval that took place from the time of the last tsar, to the fall of the Soviet Union.

Small Acts of Amazing Courage - Gloria Whelan: Can you tell we are Whelan fans? If you like this one, don't miss the sequel, All My Noble Dreams and then What Happens.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Grace Lin: Another don't miss is Lin's Starry River of the Sky, a companion volume that can stand alone. I think I enjoyed it more than Mountain, though both books are simply beautiful.

Shadows & Secrets - Chautona Havig: DD says: read the whole trilogy! 
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry: If I had a Top Ten List of Children's Books, this one would be on it.
The Start of Kazan - Eva Ibbotson
Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson: If you read one of these, you will want to read everything of Ibbotson's: I don't recommend that, lol. But definitely read these two!

Come to think of it, I'm due for a re-read of at least five of these - I think I know what I'll be doing this summer!  What do you think - see anything you think you will read this summer? Or recommend to someone you love? Or any of your favorites? Do tell!