Anonymous
11/08/2014 13:52
Subject: Re:Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
I'm surprised several readers found Kaffir Boy in adolescence. I didn't find it till college. Great book, but doesn't seem like a standard adolescent read.
Anonymous
11/08/2014 00:06
Subject: Re:Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
Sigh, I loved so many of these books as a tween (although that word didn't exist) and teen. Adding: Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself (that was my favorite JB book after Are You There God), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (I cried every time I read it), Heidi (ditto), I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can.
Anonymous
11/07/2014 23:16
Subject: Re:Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
Anonymous wrote:To Kill a Mockingbird
An American Tragedy
Wuthering Heights
A House Divided
The Necklace (short story)
Meant to include Anne Frank
Anonymous
11/07/2014 23:14
Subject: Re:Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
To Kill a Mockingbird
An American Tragedy
Wuthering Heights
A House Divided
The Necklace (short story)
An American Tragedy
Wuthering Heights
A House Divided
The Necklace (short story)
Anonymous
11/07/2014 23:01
Subject: Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
Maybe The Women's Room. Early feminist stories probably wouldn't be as novel and rousing to me now, but that book certainly was for the teenaged me.
Anonymous
11/07/2014 22:57
Subject: Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
Anonymous wrote:On the road
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Howl
Lots of Poe
Cats cradle
Slaughterhouse five
Anne rice
Big +1 for On the Road. Was obsessed with it for five years and then didn't feel the same way at all when I re-read it right after college.
Perfect for the OP's "... Even though, if you read read it now, you would probably find it unimpressive."