Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence

[Anonymous]

... Even thought, if you read read it now, you would probably find it unimpressive.

I'll start: Demian (Hermann Hesse).

[Anonymous]

Are you there God - its me Margaret.

[Anonymous]

Night. Picked that one up at 12 and it blew me away.

[Anonymous]

Number the Stars

[Anonymous]

I still find all Judy Blume books very impressive!

I'll say "To Kill a Mockingbird"....gobsmacked me as an 8th grader and I wrote a very impassioned essay. Reading it now, it's still beautiful and great, but I think the same themes are portrayed with much more nuance in other works.

[Anonymous]

A Separate Peace and *sigh* Catcher in the Rye *cringe*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... Even thought, if you read read it now, you would probably find it unimpressive.

I'll start: Demian (Hermann Hesse).

lol you must have been a barrel of laughs

[Anonymous]

Why bad things happen to good people

-rabbi kushner

[Anonymous]

A Ring of Endless Light. I lost both my maternal grandparents and this book helped me grieve.

[Anonymous]

Lolita
The Great Gatsby
A Moveable Feast
The Dubliners
Aaaaand all of Pat Conroy's novels (slight cringe)

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Anonymous wrote:Lolita
The Great Gatsby
A Moveable Feast
The Dubliners
Aaaaand all of Pat Conroy's novels (slight cringe)

Oooh yes - The Prince of Tides was high literature to my 12-year-old me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Separate Peace and *sigh* Catcher in the Rye *cringe*

Me too! (Except for the cringing part)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:... Even thought, if you read read it now, you would probably find it unimpressive.

I'll start: Demian (Hermann Hesse).

lol you must have been a barrel of laughs

Indeed

[Anonymous]

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary.

Oops didn't read the main text before posting. I actually still love this book.