Little Willow ([info]slayground) wrote,
@ 2008-05-06 03:50:00
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Booklist: Multiple Narrators
There are two sides to every story - or three, or four, or more. Here are a dozen or more stories that employ multiple narrators, most of which are young adult releases. Listed alphabetically by author:

The Poison Apples by Lily Archer (classmates)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (classmates)
When It Happens by Susane Colasanti (classmates, then...)
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti (friends)
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko (classmates)
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (strangers, then...)
Naomi & Ely's No-Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (friends)
The Fruit Bowl Project by Sarah Durkee (classmates)
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (antagonists, then...)
Split Image by Mel Glenn (classmates)
Takeoffs and Landings by Margaret Peterson Haddix (siblings)
Grand & Humble by Brent Hartinger (classmates)
A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin (best friends)
Feathered by Laura Kasischke (best friends)
Going Under by Kathe Koja (siblings)
The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss (friends)
The Cheat by Amy Goldman Koss (classmates)
Poison Ivy by Amy Goldman Koss (classmates)
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan (schoolmates)
Are We There Yet? by David Levithan (brothers)
How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle (friends/co-workers)
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty (best friends)
Many novels by Jodi Picoult, such as My Sister's Keeper (relatives and accquaintances)
Harmless by Dana Reinhardt (friends)
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl by Tanya Lee Stone (schoolmates)
The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld (bandmates)
Leftovers by Laura Wiess (best friends)
Anyone But You by Lara M. Zeises (raised like siblings)


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[info]idreamofpeace
2008-01-15 05:06 am UTC (link)
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I remember really liking the narrative style of that.

Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Also really good use of multiple narrators.

As I Lay Dying by Faulkner.

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[info]slayground
2008-01-15 05:24 am UTC (link)
Yes - I almost put MSK on here! Did you hear about the movie? They've changed the ages because they wanted the Fanning sisters.

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[info]idreamofpeace
2008-01-15 07:30 am UTC (link)
I DIDN'T hear that; I didn't even know there was going to be a movie. I won't care too much if they change the ages as long as they stay true to the story itself.

I really love multiple-narrator stories. It makes the book seem that much fuller.

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[info]slayground
2008-01-15 04:17 pm UTC (link)
It will be interesting to see whether or not they retain multiple POVs via voiceovers or something like that...

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[info]theyayayas.wordpress.com
2008-01-15 06:27 am UTC (link)
Also The Poison Apples by Lily Archer and Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde and maybe Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby, even though it uses one first person and one third person POV?

Trisha

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[info]slayground
2008-01-15 06:29 am UTC (link)
:) The Poison Apples is on my just-checked-out-from-the-library shelf, and the other two are on my to-read list. That totally counts for me. Feathered has first-person and third-person too.

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[info]boothyisawesome
2008-01-15 02:32 pm UTC (link)
I forgot about Another Kind of Cowboy until someone mentioned it- anyway, you'll love it, LW. :) It's a fantastic book.

I'd also like to add Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, and X In Flight by Karen Rivers (that one has 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd person POV, lol). Oh, and would Meg Cabot's Boy books count?

Great list!

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[info]slayground
2008-01-15 04:16 pm UTC (link)
Good to hear. I've enjoyed Juby's Alice MacLeod books.

I have yet to read Hopkins or Rivers, or Meg's Boy line.

I thought of 13RY last night as well - Adding now!

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