The Best Book You Ever Read as a Kid

[katanaso]

Really?

They forced us to read that book when I was in 8th grade.  Painfully boring, in my opinion.  Same goes for The Great Gatsby...  bleh

I enjoyed 'The Great Gatsby' when reading it.  I disliked analyzing it during the class.

Actually, I generally disliked analyzing most things I read, all the way through earning my B.A. in English.  lol 

[DREDIOCK]

Pre teenager?

Robinson Crusoe.

[shppr01]

When the legends die by Hal Borland

[shppr01]

When the Legends die by Hal Borland.
All Louis Lamour  esp. the Sackett titles

[texasmom]

This was my first favorite book.  

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+1
 Plus blueberries for sal

[branch37]

The Guns of Navarone and Force 10 From Navarone.  Ice Station Zebra.

[Shifty]

The Guns of Navarone and Force 10 From Navarone.  Ice Station Zebra.

Books not movies ya dingleberry. 

I remember as a kid Ice Station Zebra was on TV on a school night, I had to be 10 or 11 so it would have been about 1969 or 1970. It started at 8:00 PM, my bedtime was 9:00. I knew if I drew any attention to myself my father would notice it was past my bed time. About 8:40 I got quiet as a mouse and curled up in the chair to make myself as invisible as possible. My Dad looked over about 9:30 and said John don't you know you're supposed to be bed. I said yes sir, but this movie is so cool I want to see what happens. He laughed and let me stay up until 10:00 when the movie ended. Then he walked me to my bed room and asked if I liked it. I said yes sir it was great, thanks for letting me stay up. He said you're welcome now don't ever pull that stunt again. 

I lost him last August he was 84. Everytime I see the title Ice Station Zebra I remember that night.

[branch37]

I never saw the movie.  I read those books in high school since they made us read something and all the other choices sucked.

[Shifty]

I never saw the movie.  I read those books in high school since they made us read something and all the other choices sucked.

Good choices.

[Reschke]

Read a few that I really enjoyed.

Where the Red Fern Grows...yes I cried as a boy and I still cry as a man when I read it.

War and Peace....my dad dared me to read it in less than 6 months when I was 13; the trick to the dare was I had to read it when he was reading Shogun by James Clavell; I remember it being somewhere around 3.5 months from cover to cover.

The Art of War...I still have that hard back copy somewhere. I need to dig it out again.

[branch37]

Lonesome Dove is also a great read.  Great movie as well