As a book fiend with over a dozen books on my "must read" list, there are times where I'm like, "To hell with it!" and reread a book from my precious youth.
My frequent trips down memory lane often leave me thinking about all the books I read in my youth and how they impacted my formative years.
This all came to a head when recently in the land of Twitter, I came across this moment started by writer @anne_theriault. She asked her followers to describe themselves with the "most on-brand/clearly formative YA books that you were obsessed with as a tween." Lemme tell ya, these books will have you REMINISCING!
Describe yourself with the four most on-brand/clearly formative YA books that you were obsessed with as a tween
Here are some of the most nostalgic replies:
1. The Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal
2. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
3. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
4. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
5. The Dear America series by various authors.
6. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
7. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
8. The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin
9. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
10. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
11. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
12. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
13. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories by Carolyn Keene
14. Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
15. Forever... by Judy Blume
16. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
17. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
18. The Witches by Roald Dahl
19. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
20. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
21. Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
22. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
23. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
24. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
25. My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville
26. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
27. The Giver by Lois Lowry
28. Frindle by Andrew Clements
29. The Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
30. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
31. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
