Five top heart-breaking YA books

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Melissa Albert highlighted five of her favorite YA books that might make one cry. One entry on the list:Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott

It’s been 20 years since I last read Little Women (a YA book before the genre existed), and I can still quote the saddest line from memory: “In the dark hour before dawn, on the bosom where she had drawn her first breath, she