Life changing book you read as a teen

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Anonymous wrote:Rule of the Bone.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Bell Jar

I'll second I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and all its sequels.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

YES.

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Vonnegut

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Gone With the Wind really resonated with me.

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Island of the blue dolphins.

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None of us would have read this as a teen (unless a teen is lurking on here), but Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is an excellent book for teens to read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rule of the Bone.

+1

I hadn't thought about this book in a long time. Now I can't stop thinking about if I'll recommend it to
my future teen. Are there positive messages? Lessons? Self-reliance? Friendship?

Or is it mostly about ugliness?

[Anonymous]

Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein. Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, His Childhood Pal- Christopher Moore, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

Hated Catcher in the Rye.

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Oh - and The Women's Room - Marilyn French - but that's probably not going to resonate with a teen boy.

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Anonymous wrote:My side of the mountain.
I was probably about 12 when i read it. It's about a boy who has a swiss army knife and goes off to live in the wilderness. With his pocket knife, he builds a home, animal traps, fishing poles, etc. To this day, I think swiss army knives are awesome.

Oh my god, I loved that book. And he tamed a falcon.

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Anonymous wrote:Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein. Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, His Childhood Pal- Christopher Moore, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

Hated Catcher in the Rye.

Didn't read it as a teen, but that was one of the funniest books I've ever read.

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Wonder

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein. Lamb- The Gospel According to Biff, His Childhood Pal- Christopher Moore, The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff, Neuromancer - William Gibson, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins. Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley.

Hated Catcher in the Rye.

Didn't read it as a teen, but that was one of the funniest books I've ever read.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Oh - and The Women's Room - Marilyn French - but that's probably not going to resonate with a teen boy.

Yes, The Women's Room was the big book for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Fiction:
1984
Brave New World
Neuromancer
Dune

Nonfiction:
Manchild in the Promised Land
The Autobiography of Malcom X
Basketball Diaries

Agree with Autobiography of Malcolm X (this is coming from a white girl).

Same. Malcolm X book is phenomenal. Completely engrossing and readable.