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What was your favorite book when you were a teenager?

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Sue

Little women

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Maxine

Me too!

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Michelle

Me three!

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Lorna

The Stand Stephen King

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Lorraine

The Thorn Birds

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Cestiana

Still am?. But everything im reading atm?.

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Farruba

Sherlock Holmes

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Wendy

Sweet Valley High or Cheerleaders. My taste has changed!

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Bianca

Junk by Melvin Burgess

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Savanah

Go ask Alice. Still my favorite

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Gina

anything by Agatha Christie , Complete sherlock holmes and all the judy blume books. x

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Jen

Anything by M E Kerr or Paul Zindel…. I think I just dated myself!

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Megan

Wuthering Heights. Still one of my favourites, actually.

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Suzanne

Forever Amber

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Cathie

Flowers In The Attic

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Melody

My mom still has the thst entire paperback series by VC Andrews

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Lisa

And me

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Michelle

me three!!! xxx

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Tracy

Flowers in the attic

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Rachel

The Angus, thongs and fullfrontal snogging series by Georgia Nicholson or a trilogy called Megan 1,2,3 by Mary hopper.

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Rachel

Or the babysitter club books actually. Just gave like 50 of them to charity shop.

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Sophie

Forever by Judy Blume ?

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Heather

The Tomorrow series by John Marsden.

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Melissa

Anything by Judy Blume

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Jane

Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey, Flowers in the attic and Far from the Madding Crowd

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Angelique

Anything Enid Blyton or Astrid Lindgren was stuff I loved!

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Kelly

The falconhurst series

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Erica

When at school I liked Mallory Towers!

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Angelique

Oh yessssss!!!! Remember when she substituted salt for sugar in baking class??? ?????

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Clarkie

Flowers in the attic.?

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BrittneyQuestion author

One of my favorites!!

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Marissa

Flowers in the Attic or anything by Judy Blume

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Eleanor

The Babysitter’ s Club

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BrittneyQuestion author

I love those books!!

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Danna

Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume, The Outsiders, Little Women, White Fang, Flowers in the Attic, Diary of Anne Frank, anything by Mary Higgins Clark.
Hard to pick just one!

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Clarkie

Im just reading the outsiders agsin now..great book.x

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Carol

Quest of the sea eagle by Sheila Brathwaite.

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Alyssia

Catcher in the Rye

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Christine

Return to manzinar

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Rose

A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket

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Lucy

Early teenager = The Dark is Rising (series) by Susan Cooper, late teenager = Jilly Cooper’s series Bella, Imogen, Harriet etc.

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Tracey

Ten little niggers by agatha Christie….amazing book still is

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Lorraine

That’s what it was called when I went to school although it’s now called Ten Little Indians ..

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Tracey

I know but I like to say it as she titled it. I won’t go on the politically correct bus ?

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Courtney

It’s and actually called “and then were none”

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Tracey

Yes changed twice now…..ridiculous. maybe saying Indians isint even acceptable. Stupid bloody world we live in

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Courtney

Well, I’ve always thought the N word was trashy.

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Tracey

Dosent bother me. We all said it in the 70s. It’s only a word. Why be offended x

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Courtney

Really? I’m not even going to discuss this.

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Emily

Any of Jody Picoult’s books, Flowers in the Attic or the Harry Potter series.
HP will always be my all time fave

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Lindsay

Jilly Cooper all day long!! Bella, imogen,… Etc

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Tara

Tales of the City

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Gina

Either The Ousiders or The Beckoners by Carrie Mac

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River

Last Exit to Brooklyn, Gormenghast

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Rachael

Sweet valley high books

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Yvonne

Anne rice vampire series

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Shannon

Anne Rice Interview with a Vampire series

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Miranda

Forever by Judy Blume!

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Paula

Thornbirds

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Deanna

Sweet Valley High series and V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic trilogy (at the time there were only 3)

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Katy

Riders! Oh mr Rupert Campbell Black!

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Stephanie

The faraway tree, still love it! Whoops not as teenager! Not sure I read much as teenager!

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Rebecca

Anne of green gables series by L.M.M Montgomery

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BrittneyQuestion author

I love those books one of my favorites!!

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Annette

Catcher in the Rye.

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Jessica

The Outsiders

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Amy

The babysitters club early teenage years

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Sharyn

Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. And Monica Dickens nursing stories.

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Karen

The Outsiders

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McKenzie

Yes!!! Classic

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Michele

Anne Frank

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Michele

Anything by Harold Robbins

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Tina

She’s come undone- wally lamb. i have re-read it since then. one of my very favorite books.

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McKenzie

Pretty little liars, gossip girl, the clique series, Harry Potter series… I loved series! lol a series of unfortunate events!!!! Always made my mom take me to the library so I could check them out!

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Terence

Loads but one I remember was about a Belgian Shepherd Dog called Jack. Also loved James Herbert and Stephen King.

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Naomi

sweet valley high

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Michelle

Me too. I had all of them until I went to college.

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Jayne

Mine too ?

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Michelle

Jessica was such a harlot. Lol.

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Naomi

lol we had sweet valley club and wld swap books

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Donna

Loved Sweet Valley High, and Sweet Dreams had them all nearly oh my I do miss those days lol

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Michelle

Yes. I did the same thing. It was so much fun. I wanted to be Elizabeth. But I’m 5′ 4″ and a redhead and a plus size so that just wasn’t happening. Lol.

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Naomi

I read somewhere they’re making a film of it

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Maureen

The hobbit

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Jess

Catcher in the Rye

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Philip

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.

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Luisa

Anna Karenina

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Mary

Mine was anything from R.L Stine, Christopher Pike and babysitters club

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Stormy

Mine too but in elementary school. My daughter is 10 she loves R.L. Stine. She just read her first Sweet Valley High book.. which was mine when I was her age.

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Laura

Wuthering Heights. It still is.

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Angelique

Never read it but used to watch it at night with grandma – black and white movie. Still makes me cry.

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Laura

@Angelique I love that movie version too, but it does cut off halfway through the book.

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Angelique

@Laura ???

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Karen

I didn’t read as a teenager, not really. It’s weird that I’m such an avid reader as an adult.

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Karen

I think I read The Stand by Stephen King when I was a teenager. It remains my favourite Stephen King book to this day. But I also remember loving Lace and also The Thorn Birds too

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Liorah

Any Stephen King books of that time

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Liorah

Also Flowers in the attic series

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Karla

Geroge Orwell 1984 Lord of the Flies and many more.

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Sean

1984 is one of thee best books ever ?

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Cheryl

Anything that Judy Bloom wrote

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Judy

Gone with the Wind.

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Jen

Read that in 9th grade.. don’t know how many nights I stayed up all night reading:)) good times!

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Debby

Of Mice and Men

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Emma

The Catcher in the Rye

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Emma-Dawn

Adrian Mole

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Jessica

Room 13 by Robert Swindell

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Christy

Pride and Prejudice

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Siri

I remember Swan Song blew me away!???

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Rachael

To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Marc

Your so cultured Rachael x

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Anna

Point Horror as a young teen and then all the Flowers in the Attic books later on.

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Julie

Flowers in the attic series

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Tara

Christopher pike books were up there

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Jose

Shogun

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Annette

Anything by Stephen King or James Herbert

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Una

Little Women

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Sean

Robinson Crusoe

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Emma

The Great Gatsby

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Sean

I read this as a teen and didn’t like it but re-read it this year and loved it ?

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Stormy

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

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Roni

The World According to Garp

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Ana

All the bright places by J. Niven (still one of my favorites) 🙂

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Tony

Penthouse

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Denise

Anything by Judy Blume

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Vee

I was going to say EXACTLY that ????

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Rebecca

Point horror, liked most of the point books

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Rebecca

Also loved the night World Series and still have the collection ?

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Elizabeth

Fear Street books by R.L. Stine

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Yesenia

I think I read just about every book from R.L. Stine, loved those books also.

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Elizabeth

Same. I want to have the collection.

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Karen

Anything by Judy Blume ! Think I spelt her name correctly..”Are you there God ?. It’s me Margaret!” X

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Sophie

“I must. I must increase my bust!” ?

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Lisa

Flowers in the attic

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Karen

Mainly chic lit. I read lots of Jilly Cooper, Harold Robbins & Sydney Sheldon

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Val

Judy Blume , sweet valley high books or mags my guy Jackie just 17

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Lauren

The Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver. Read it at 13. ? I liked dark things. ?

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Emily

Anne of Green Gables and anything by Anne Rice (Lasher series)

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Caroline

Judy Blume – Deenie

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Jacqueline

Mine was. Are you there god it’s me Margaret – Judy Blume

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Billie

Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden

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Aaron

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

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Sarah-Anne

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull

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Linda

Catcher in the Rye
Diary of Anne Frank

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Jocelyn

I used to read all the VC Andrews series

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Lisa

My favorite too

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Amy

A Rose for Emily

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BrittneyQuestion author

Who’s the author of that if you don’t mind me asking?

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Amy

@Brittney

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Amy

It’s scary

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Amy

And morbid

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BrittneyQuestion author

Thanks! 🙂

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Alexandra

The Taming by Aleen Malcolm. 🙂

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Chloe

I am a teenager and my favourite book is Looking for Alaska

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Angelique

In 20 years it’ll be pure nostalgia ? Have you seen John Green’s History videos on YouTube? A hoot!! He’s so versatile!

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Chloe

@Angelique no but I’ll have to find them and watch them. Thank you for the recommendation.

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Dell

The Harry Potter books. I grew up as they did.

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Lety

alice book series by phyllis reynolds naylor!!!! sweet valley high, the babysitters club

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Amanda

Laura Ingalls Wilder little house on prairie books

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BrittneyQuestion author

Awww I love those books!!

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Vivi

Me too!

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Yesenia

Vampire diaries

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BrittneyQuestion author

I love those books!!

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Vee

Anything by Judy Blume ??

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Edward

The Godfather & of course Lord of the Rings …

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Elyse

Franny and Zooey

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Michael

1984 by George Orwell

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Louise

Any thing by P G Wodehouse…. the story of burglars and a dog … was my introduction to PG…. the tittle of which I have forgotten but it came in a book of short stories tittled … The Man With Two Left Feet….

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Lisa

Judy Blume

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Lindi

Judy Blume

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Kerry

are your there god, it’s me Margaret – classic

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Chev

Exodus by Leon Uris and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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Abi

Deenie and Tiger Eyes ?

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Julie

Forever Judy Bloom and all of Sweet Valley High books!

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Liorah

Saddlers wells series. Was really sad when it ended

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Naomi

ballet shoes as well

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Becky

Agatha Christie.

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Sarah

Flowers in the attic

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Deanna

V C Andrews and Sweet Valley High were my faves too!

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Nicki

Me too and babysitter’s club

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Sarah

And sweet valley high

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Franklin

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Chaya

Kids speak ????

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Amanda

ANYTHING Fear Street or Christopher Pike!

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Deanna

Remember Chain Letter by Christopher Pike?

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Amanda

I remember the book, but I don’t recall much about the storyline.

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Juan

The Outsiders

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Nicki

Flowers in the Attic! That was one of the first series books that really turned me into reading addict. Although I’ve always loved reading.

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Michelle

Fluke by James Herbert

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Robin

A Patch of Blue and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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Jessca

sweet valley books and James Hadley’s….

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Garrett

Starship Troopers (Heinlein)

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Diane

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys

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