I've just discovered the brilliant United States of YA on Epic Reads, where they have listed a YA book for every single one of the US states. It's really cool, and it got me thinking...what about a British version? One (or more) book for every county? Representing UKYA (woot woot!).
I'm a bit hazy with geography so I'm just going to start with the English ones, but please, add in Scotland and Wales and Ireland if you can think of any in particular.
And just for fun, if any of your books are set in England, let me know and I'll add 'em on in blue! For future reference
I'll get us started...
BEDFORDSHIRE JUST IN CASE by Meg Rosoff [thanks to TudorRose]
BERKSHIRE
BRISTOL (the city and county of)
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CHANNEL ISLANDS
CHESHIRE RED SHIFT by Alan Garner [thanks to eyeblink]
CLEVELAND
CORNWALL THE INGO CHRONICLES by Helen Dunmore, PARADISE by Joanna Nadin
CUMBRIA
DERBYSHIRE
DEVON KISS, DATE, LOVE, HATE and SWAPPED BY A KISS by Luisa Plaja, DRAGON'S ROCK by Tim Bowler, BRIGANDS M.C. by Robert Muchamore (part of the CHERUB series), YOU, ME AND EIGHT CRAZY GOODBYES by LadyA, BULLET BOYS by Ally Kennen
DORSET
DURHAM
ESSEX PROVE YOURSELF A HERO and THE PENNINGTON TRILOGY by KM Peyton, DANCE ON MY GRAVE by Aidan Chambers [thanks to Becca C and eyeblink], UNREST by Michelle Harrison
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
GREATER LONDON iBOY by Kevin Brooks, WHAT'S UP WITH JODY BARTON by Hayley Long, the MATES, DATES series by Cathy Hopkins
GREATER MANCHESTER
HAMPSHIRE PARTINGS AND GREETINGS by eyeblink
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
HERTFORDSHIRE
HUMBERSIDE
ISLE OF MAN
ISLES OF SCILLY
KENT
LANCASHIRE
LEICESTERSHIRE RANI & SUKH by Bali Rai
LINCOLNSHIRE
MERSEYSIDE THE H-BOMB GIRL by Stephen Baxter [thanks to eyeblink]
NORFOLK A BRAVER THING by Becca C.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NORTHUMBERLAND
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SCARLET by A.C. Gaughen [thanks to TudorRose]
OXFORDSHIRE HIS DARK MATERIALS by Phillip Pullman [thanks to bertrigby]
SHROPSHIRE
SOMERSET THE GIRL IN THE MASK by Marie-Louise Jensen, and the NUMBERS TRILOGY by Rachel Ward [thanks to Netz], TWO DOWN, ONE DROWNING by LadyA
STAFFORDSHIRE
SUFFOLK
SUNDERLAND CLASH by Colin Mulhern
SURREY HARRY POTTER by JK Rowling (That's where Harry lives in his summer hols, but apparently Hogwarts is set in Scotland) [thanks to Cyia], WHITE CROW by Marcus Sedgwick [thanks to TudorRose]
SUSSEX WENTWORTH HALL by Abby Grahame [thanks to TudorRose], SUGAR RUSH by Julie Burchill [thanks to eyeblink], and (I think) the GEORGIA NICHOLSON series by Louise Rennison
TYNE AND WEAR SKELLIG and MY NAME IS MINA by David Almond [thanks to egoodlett]
WARWICKSHIRE
WEST MIDLANDS
WILTSHIRE
YORKSHIRE (yes, I'm cheating and putting this as one county) HOLLOW PIKE by James Dawson, The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle [thanks to egoodlett] FLIP by Martyn Bedford
I'm a bit hazy with geography so I'm just going to start with the English ones, but please, add in Scotland and Wales and Ireland if you can think of any in particular.
And just for fun, if any of your books are set in England, let me know and I'll add 'em on in blue! For future reference
I'll get us started...
BEDFORDSHIRE JUST IN CASE by Meg Rosoff [thanks to TudorRose]
BERKSHIRE
BRISTOL (the city and county of)
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CHANNEL ISLANDS
CHESHIRE RED SHIFT by Alan Garner [thanks to eyeblink]
CLEVELAND
CORNWALL THE INGO CHRONICLES by Helen Dunmore, PARADISE by Joanna Nadin
CUMBRIA
DERBYSHIRE
DEVON KISS, DATE, LOVE, HATE and SWAPPED BY A KISS by Luisa Plaja, DRAGON'S ROCK by Tim Bowler, BRIGANDS M.C. by Robert Muchamore (part of the CHERUB series), YOU, ME AND EIGHT CRAZY GOODBYES by LadyA, BULLET BOYS by Ally Kennen
DORSET
DURHAM
ESSEX PROVE YOURSELF A HERO and THE PENNINGTON TRILOGY by KM Peyton, DANCE ON MY GRAVE by Aidan Chambers [thanks to Becca C and eyeblink], UNREST by Michelle Harrison
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
GREATER LONDON iBOY by Kevin Brooks, WHAT'S UP WITH JODY BARTON by Hayley Long, the MATES, DATES series by Cathy Hopkins
GREATER MANCHESTER
HAMPSHIRE PARTINGS AND GREETINGS by eyeblink
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
HERTFORDSHIRE
HUMBERSIDE
ISLE OF MAN
ISLES OF SCILLY
KENT
LANCASHIRE
LEICESTERSHIRE RANI & SUKH by Bali Rai
LINCOLNSHIRE
MERSEYSIDE THE H-BOMB GIRL by Stephen Baxter [thanks to eyeblink]
NORFOLK A BRAVER THING by Becca C.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NORTHUMBERLAND
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SCARLET by A.C. Gaughen [thanks to TudorRose]
OXFORDSHIRE HIS DARK MATERIALS by Phillip Pullman [thanks to bertrigby]
SHROPSHIRE
SOMERSET THE GIRL IN THE MASK by Marie-Louise Jensen, and the NUMBERS TRILOGY by Rachel Ward [thanks to Netz], TWO DOWN, ONE DROWNING by LadyA
STAFFORDSHIRE
SUFFOLK
SUNDERLAND CLASH by Colin Mulhern
SURREY HARRY POTTER by JK Rowling (That's where Harry lives in his summer hols, but apparently Hogwarts is set in Scotland) [thanks to Cyia], WHITE CROW by Marcus Sedgwick [thanks to TudorRose]
SUSSEX WENTWORTH HALL by Abby Grahame [thanks to TudorRose], SUGAR RUSH by Julie Burchill [thanks to eyeblink], and (I think) the GEORGIA NICHOLSON series by Louise Rennison
TYNE AND WEAR SKELLIG and MY NAME IS MINA by David Almond [thanks to egoodlett]
WARWICKSHIRE
WEST MIDLANDS
WILTSHIRE
YORKSHIRE (yes, I'm cheating and putting this as one county) HOLLOW PIKE by James Dawson, The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle [thanks to egoodlett] FLIP by Martyn Bedford
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