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Inferno · 02-13-2007, 05:46 PM

GooseBumps

GreenTeaFrapp · 02-13-2007, 05:50 PM

The books I read as a young kid included:

Encyclopedia Brown series.
The Great Brain series.
Pretty much anything by Gordon Korman.
Anything on dinosaurs
Anything on Greek/Roman mythology
Firefox (the book the Clint Eastwood movie was based on)

Resolute 14 · 02-13-2007, 05:57 PM

Piers Anthony's Xanth and Apprentice Adept series are the books that got me interested in reading.

RougeUnderoos · 02-13-2007, 06:05 PM

I Am David, The Indian in the Cupboard and Adrian Mole books were some of my favorites. Dr.Seuss is still my hero.

Where the Wild Things Are is being made into a movie. Spike Jonze (the guy who directed the Sabotage video, among other really cool videos) is the director and Dave Eggers is one of the screenwriters.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0386117/

That'll be kind of tough to pull off. Hopefully they do it.

Reggie Dunlop · 02-13-2007, 06:09 PM

Heather Has Two Mommies

AFireInside · 02-13-2007, 06:18 PM

Since I'm in the process of getting a leg sleeve (tattoo) of where the wild things are I'm gonna have to go with that one.

Resolute 14 · 02-13-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

The Indian in the Cupboard

I remember that one.

4X4 · 02-13-2007, 06:22 PM

I Am David - isn't that about a kid that escapes a concentration camp? If so, good book...

I read a book called A Wrinkle In Time - Madeline Engle I think

Then there was a book about a kid that saved his money and bought these dogs. Old Dan & Little Ann... Can't remember the name of the book.

metallicat · 02-13-2007, 06:34 PM

I probably read 100 Hardy Boys mysteries books. I still have them somewhere, I should read one again just to take me back.

rubecube · 02-13-2007, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Heather Has Two Mommies

LMAO!

The Giver
Jeremy and the Dragon
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Lord of the Flies
Call of the Wild

RougeUnderoos · 02-13-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

I Am David - isn't that about a kid that escapes a concentration camp? If so, good book...

Yeah that's it. I read it about 50 times so apparently I liked it. I read it again as an adult (I use that term loosely) and I still liked it. They made a movie about it with Jim Caviezel but I haven't seen it. It might ruin it for me.

Hack&Lube · 02-13-2007, 07:01 PM

Has anybody read the Gordon Korman books? Those were simply the best.

604flames · 02-13-2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Has anybody read the Gordon Korman books? Those were simply the best.

Wow good call there Hack&Lube... Read so so many of those lol. Loved the MacDonald Hall books, and Who Is Bugs Potter?

Also gotta agree with all those who said Hardy Boys, and Roald Dahl. Wow I read way too much as a kid....

Dion · 02-13-2007, 07:37 PM

cheung31 · 02-13-2007, 07:50 PM

ENDERS GAME by Orson Scott Card. One of the best books I've ever read.

Woww they are going to make a movie out of it too. Samuel L JAck!!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0400403/

Looger · 02-13-2007, 07:52 PM

ender's game is a book i have given to people, probably 4 or 5 times.

shame aboot the bean books... but man, what a hit on the military mind, the use of unwilling children for xenocide!

kermitology · 02-13-2007, 08:08 PM

Also just remembered really liking The Island of te Blue Dolphins. I read it in grade 3 and my teacher called my parents to tell them that she didn't like my parents writing a book report for me on a book that I COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE READ at that age.

Buff · 02-13-2007, 08:37 PM

I used to read The Three Investigators series. I also read the Scrubs on Skates, Boy on Defense and Boy at Leafs Camp series.

There was two or three other books that I read but I can't remember the names of them... I'm sure I could find the names if I googled it but I think one of the characters was named Fudge.

RougeUnderoos · 02-13-2007, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Buff

I used to read The Three Investigators series. I also read the Scrubs on Skates, Boy on Defense and Boy at Leafs Camp series.

There was two or three other books that I read but I can't remember the names of them... I'm sure I could find the names if I googled it but I think one of the characters was named Fudge.

Judy Blume books had a character named Fudge. Was that it? I liked those too, but I think they got kind of preachy or something. Or maybe not and I just made that up.

Agamemnon · 02-13-2007, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Judy Blume books had a character named Fudge. Was that it? I liked those too, but I think they got kind of preachy or something. Or maybe not and I just made that up.

I think you mean SUPER Fudge...

The Black Cauldron series was pretty awsome... Choose Your Own Adventure (which do NOT qualify for book report material)... Archie comics... and just about every Dragonlance book that came out until 1997.