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In honor of LibraryThing's 11th birthday, staff have gathered 11 of our favorite books from when we were (approximately) 11-year-olds ourselves. Add yours to the list! What were you reading as a tween?
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Bilbo le Hobbit
de J. R. R. Tolkien
95,965 membres
1,196 critiques
½ 4.3
17 Members
tardis, conceptDawg, Booksrme, reading_fox, foggidawn, paradoxosalpha, thorold, Cecrow, krazy4katz, buk1968, SylviaC, EMS_24, souloftherose, dksthomson, ahef1963, kristilabrie, Tinuvia
Explications
paradoxosalpha: It was assigned reading in fifth grade, though I think it was a re-read for me.
4
A Wrinkle in Time
de Madeleine L'Engle
40,183 membres
963 critiques
4
16 Members
amarie, ablachly, Booksrme, dara85, rarm, craso, libraryman_76021, .Monkey., Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, dksthomson, al.vick, ahef1963, EricaSecor, quondame
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Les quatre filles du docteur March
de Louisa May Alcott
26,938 membres
405 critiques
4
13 Members
Booksrme, TeresaInTexas, Morphidae, rarm, craso, charl08, Cecrow, SylviaC, souloftherose, dksthomson, Dilara86, ahef1963, Bettesbooks
Explications
Morphidae: I reread this several years ago not expecting to like it as much. What I surprise I got! I rated it 9/10 stars. An amazing book.
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Le Vent dans les saules
de Kenneth Grahame
24,212 membres
329 critiques
4.1
12 Members
gwernin, Booksrme, TeresaInTexas, Gateaupain, reading_fox, libraryman_76021, KimarieBee, Cecrow, dksthomson, al.vick, ahef1963, quondame
Explications
gwernin: I've actually owned this book since I was about 5!
Gateaupain: Who doesn't have it and love it. I still quote from it today - Pale waifs in the woodland wet" - "as I loose the snare you shall see me there".....
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Hirondelles et Amazones
de Arthur Ransome
3,948 membres
84 critiques
4.1
9 Members
tardis, ablachly, Booksrme, reading_fox, charl08, thorold, buk1968, souloftherose, elkiedee
Explications
tardis: I can't recall exactly what I loved at age 11 (it was a long time ago!) but I have loved Swallows and Amazons since I first read it, which was at least that long ago.
reading_fox: Read all of them over the years, but haven't been back to re-visit them. The new film is actually pretty good too.
thorold: Sailing, codes, exploring, pirates - how could this be improved?
9
Over Sea, Under Stone
de Susan Cooper
6,668 membres
139 critiques
3.8
9 Members
reading_fox, libraryman_76021, mavinger, Cecrow, ErlendSkjelten, SylviaC, katemcangus, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Les portes du temps : A l'assaut des ténèbres
de Susan Cooper
8,521 membres
228 critiques
4.1
9 Members
paradoxosalpha, libraryman_76021, Cecrow, ErlendSkjelten, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, elkiedee, ahef1963
Explications
paradoxosalpha: I'm pretty sure I read this long before the age of eleven. But it has a conspicuously 11-year-old protagonist.
ahef1963: I didn't read this series until I was in my late 20s, but I was and still am mesmerized by them.
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Harriet the Spy
de Louise Fitzhugh
7,143 membres
124 critiques
4
8 Members
ablachly, foggidawn, .Monkey., Cecrow, elkiedee, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963, hungrycaterpillar
12
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 1
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
15,792 membres
229 critiques
4.1
10 Members
Booksrme, Morphidae, mldg, Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, quondame
Explications
Morphidae: Several in this series get high marks from me, even now.
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Black Beauty
de Anna Sewell
18,433 membres
208 critiques
3.9
10 Members
seeword, Booksrme, mlfhlibrarian, charl08, avatiakh, Cecrow, elenchus, dksthomson, al.vick, ahef1963
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Le Petit Monde de Charlotte
de E. B. White
36,678 membres
1,025 critiques
4.2
8 Members
Booksrme, dara85, Morphidae, elenchus, al.vick, ahef1963, gendeg, quondame
Explications
Morphidae: Another book that remains a delight to this day.
gendeg: Subversively dark and hopeful at the same time. Brilliant.
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Misty of Chincoteague
de Marguerite Henry
8,157 membres
58 critiques
3.9
8 Members
rosalita, mlfhlibrarian, craso, thornton37814, avatiakh, Cecrow, JoLynnsbooks, al.vick
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Heidi
de Johanna Spyri
10,551 membres
135 critiques
3.8
8 Members
Booksrme, Morphidae, KimarieBee, ErlendSkjelten, paulstalder, SylviaC, dksthomson, ahef1963
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Le chaudron noir
de Lloyd Alexander
6,913 membres
96 critiques
4.1
6 Members
reading_fox, libraryman_76021, mavinger, Cecrow, elenchus, miketopper
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L'île au trésor
de Robert Louis Stevenson
34,744 membres
433 critiques
3.8
8 Members
seeword, anglemark, Booksrme, charl08, thorold, dksthomson, ahef1963, quondame
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La Petite Maison dans les grands bois
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
16,633 membres
292 critiques
4.1
8 Members
mldg, Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, elkiedee, al.vick, ahef1963, quondame
Explications
mldg: I remember discovering the Little House books in my school's very tiny library.
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
de Margaret Sidney
3,994 membres
47 critiques
3.9
7 Members
Morphidae, KimarieBee, SylviaC, dksthomson, al.vick, ahef1963, CindyAmrhein
Explications
Morphidae: Loved this as a kid but the suck fairy got a hold of this BIG time. What a disappointment.
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
de E. L. Konigsburg
16,639 membres
279 critiques
4.2
6 Members
ablachly, Morphidae, foggidawn, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
Explications
Morphidae: Loved this book back then and it has held up over time.
ahef1963: This was my favourite book as a child, and I still re-read it every couple of years.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
de Joan Aiken
3,496 membres
86 critiques
4.1
7 Members
Booksrme, TeresaInTexas, mavinger, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, elkiedee
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If only they could talk/It shouldn't happen to a vet
de James Herriot
8,003 membres
142 critiques
½ 4.3
7 Members
rosalita, Booksrme, charl08, avatiakh, elenchus, al.vick, ahef1963
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Le Seigneur des anneaux
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,905 membres
453 critiques
½ 4.5
6 Members
Booksrme, rarm, DeusXMachina, Cecrow, souloftherose, ahef1963
25
The Phantom Tollbooth
de Norton Juster
17,768 membres
425 critiques
½ 4.3
6 Members
ABVR, elenchus, SylviaC, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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Les Chroniques de Narnia, tome 4 : Le Prince Caspian
de C. S. Lewis
27,026 membres
239 critiques
3.9
7 Members
Booksrme, libraryman_76021, charl08, Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, ahef1963
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
de Judy Blume
7,806 membres
241 critiques
3.8
6 Members
Booksrme, craso, charl08, raidergirl3, elkiedee, ahef1963
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Ballet Shoes
de Noel Streatfeild
3,562 membres
72 critiques
4.2
7 Members
Booksrme, charl08, merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee, al.vick, quondame
29
The Westing Game
de Ellen Raskin
12,635 membres
339 critiques
4.1
5 Members
.Monkey., mavinger, SylviaC, ahef1963, hungrycaterpillar
30
Rougemuraille. Cluny le Fléau
de Brian Jacques
11,342 membres
144 critiques
4
4 Members
rarm, lorannen, kristilabrie, ManWithAnAgenda
31
What Katy Did
de Susan Coolidge
2,153 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
Herenya, Booksrme, charl08, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
32
Le Robinson suisse
de Johann David Wyss
8,937 membres
89 critiques
½ 3.5
5 Members
Booksrme, thornton37814, mavinger, paulstalder, Dilara86
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La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 5 : Un hiver sans fin
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
10,332 membres
96 critiques
4.2
6 Members
thornton37814, Cecrow, elenchus, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963
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Matilda
de Roald Dahl
22,535 membres
479 critiques
½ 4.3
5 Members
Booksrme, SimoneA, charl08, ahef1963, lorannen
Explications
lorannen: Technically, I read this for the first time when I was nine, but I re-read it often!
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Alice Détective
de Carolyn Keene
7,178 membres
118 critiques
3.8
5 Members
dara85, Cecrow, merrystar, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
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Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers
de J. K. Rowling
135,844 membres
2,063 critiques
½ 4.3
5 Members
Booksrme, rarm, ahef1963, kjgormley, Tinuvia
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Aventures de Huckleberry Finn
de Mark Twain
43,663 membres
517 critiques
3.9
5 Members
bw42, Booksrme, Cecrow, dksthomson, ahef1963
Explications
bw42: I know it was my favorite when I was eleven because it was my favorite from when I first read it at 9 or 10 until I was 13 or 14. I read it at least once every summer for that period
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L'étalon noir
de Walter Farley
5,105 membres
56 critiques
4
5 Members
gwernin, Booksrme, Morphidae, vwinsloe, al.vick
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Charlotte Sometimes
de Penelope Farmer
875 membres
23 critiques
4
5 Members
amarie, charl08, merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee
40
National Velvet
de Enid Bagnold
2,428 membres
21 critiques
3.8
5 Members
seeword, elenchus, dksthomson, JoLynnsbooks, al.vick
41
Ma montagne
de Jean Craighead George
12,164 membres
147 critiques
4
5 Members
foggidawn, mavinger, al.vick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
42
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
de Robert C. O'Brien
11,422 membres
172 critiques
4.2
5 Members
charl08, elenchus, elkiedee, al.vick, ahef1963
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L'Histoire sans fin
de Michael Ende
12,266 membres
230 critiques
4.1
4 Members
libraryman_76021, SimoneA, souloftherose, Tinuvia
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Charlie et la chocolaterie
de Roald Dahl
25,498 membres
453 critiques
4.1
5 Members
Booksrme, Morphidae, charl08, elenchus, ahef1963
Explications
Morphidae: This is the first book I thought of when I saw the list and I was really surprised no one else had it down.
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
de E. L. Konigsburg
1,307 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
TeresaInTexas, Morphidae, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
46
L'île des Dauphins bleus
de Scott O'Dell
18,454 membres
298 critiques
3.9
4 Members
Morphidae, craso, mavinger, al.vick
47
La Petite Princesse
de Frances Hodgson Burnett
16,129 membres
216 critiques
4.2
4 Members
TeresaInTexas, mlfhlibrarian, ahef1963, quondame
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Otto of the Silver Hand
de Howard Pyle
1,446 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, elenchus, quondame
49
An Old-Fashioned Girl
de Louisa May Alcott
2,979 membres
36 critiques
4
3 Members
jillmwo, merrystar, SylviaC
50
Bennett au collège
de Anthony Buckeridge
218 membres
6 critiques
3.9
3 Members
Booksrme, thorold, paulmdh
Explications
thorold: I've no idea why I liked these terrible books so much back then!
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Ma famille et autres animaux
de Gerald Durrell
5,330 membres
152 critiques
4.2
4 Members
Booksrme, thorold, southernbooklady, ahef1963
Explications
thorold: I'm sure this can't be as funny as I remember it being...
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Chapardeurs (Les)
de Mary Norton
8,654 membres
125 critiques
3.9
4 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, gendeg, ManWithAnAgenda
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Rose et ses sept cousins
de Louisa May Alcott
4,649 membres
58 critiques
3.9
4 Members
foggidawn, merrystar, SylviaC, ahef1963
54
Miss Hickory
de Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1,333 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.4
4 Members
seeword, TeresaInTexas, SylviaC, JoLynnsbooks
55
A Girl of the Limberlost
de Gene Stratton-Porter
2,727 membres
47 critiques
4.1
3 Members
Gateaupain, avatiakh, merrystar
Explications
Gateaupain: It was in the family revolving book-case and it is only later that I realised its social significance. I didn't even know it was set in America. I still have the bookcase 75 years later
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Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur
de Harper Lee
79,603 membres
1,437 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
ShellyS, btuckertx, ahef1963
Explications
btuckertx: A parent asked me to wait a few years before reading TKAM, but...
57
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 6 : La petite ville dans la prairie
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
9,579 membres
85 critiques
4.1
4 Members
thornton37814, Cecrow, Dilara86, ahef1963
58
Voyage au centre de la terre [texte intégral]
de Jules Verne
15,121 membres
224 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
anglemark, Booksrme, charl08, ahef1963
59
Émile et les détectives
de Erich Kästner
1,843 membres
37 critiques
4
3 Members
mlfhlibrarian, thorold, paulstalder
60
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 7 : Ces heureuses années
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
9,058 membres
65 critiques
4.1
3 Members
TeresaInTexas, inge87, ahef1963
Explications
inge87: My hands-down favorite Little House book growing up. I got my copy from the Scholastic book club when I was 10 or 11.
61
Anne quitte son île (T3)
de L. M. Montgomery
10,937 membres
120 critiques
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
62
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
59,854 membres
926 critiques
4.2
3 Members
ShellyS, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
63
Les vacances de Jane
de L. M. Montgomery
1,514 membres
31 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, SylviaC, ahef1963
64
This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall!
de Gordon Korman
860 membres
17 critiques
4
3 Members
raidergirl3, SylviaC, ahef1963
65
Amazon Adventure
de Willard Price
211 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
3 Members
Booksrme, reading_fox, charl08
Explications
reading_fox: A great series of adventures featuring wildlife and plucky heroes.
66
Le vagabond de l'espace
de Robert A. Heinlein
3,778 membres
56 critiques
3.8
3 Members
ABVR, anglemark, JoLynnsbooks
67
Outsiders
de S. E. Hinton
21,527 membres
680 critiques
4
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, rikaploo
68
A Book About a Thousand Things
de George Stimpson
211 membres
1 critique
½ 3.4
2 Members
seeword, SnootyBaronet
69
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
de Elizabeth George Speare
11,326 membres
210 critiques
4
3 Members
inge87, JoLynnsbooks, al.vick
70
Beezus and Ramona by Cleary, Beverly
de Beverly Cleary
8,122 membres
123 critiques
3.9
4 Members
Cecrow, elkiedee, al.vick, ahef1963
71
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
de Alvin Schwartz
4,211 membres
87 critiques
3.9
2 Members
.Monkey., lorannen
72
Le Jour des Triffides
de John Wyndham
7,550 membres
208 critiques
4
3 Members
paulmdh, elkiedee, ahef1963
73
Trixie Belden and the Secret of the Mansion
de Julie Campbell
1,631 membres
26 critiques
3.9
3 Members
rosalita, Morphidae, SylviaC
Explications
Morphidae: Totally forgot about Trixie Belden until Sylvia added it!
74
Crusade in Jeans
de Thea Beckman
1,037 membres
35 critiques
4.1
2 Members
EMS_24, kjgormley
75
Dune
de Frank Herbert
43,430 membres
686 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, DeusXMachina
Explications
paradoxosalpha: I remember reading this one when I was ten, in fact. I have vivid memories of reading it in my grammar school library, although I had checked out the book (in a sturdy old library hardcover) from the public library.
76
Wait Till Helen Comes
de Mary Downing Hahn
2,051 membres
71 critiques
4
2 Members
jen.e.moore, ManWithAnAgenda
77
Black and Blue Magic
de Zilpha Keatley Snyder
320 membres
4 critiques
4.1
3 Members
SylviaC, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda
78
Hornblower et l' "Atropos"
de C. S. Forester
1,768 membres
27 critiques
4
3 Members
ABVR, Booksrme, charl08
79
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
de Marguerite Henry
5,976 membres
45 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Herenya, JoLynnsbooks
80
The Blue Sword
de Robin McKinley
6,207 membres
138 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
mavinger, merrystar
81
Cendorine et les Dragons
de Patricia C. Wrede
5,823 membres
150 critiques
4.2
2 Members
marcelaphane, ManWithAnAgenda
82
Le Secret de Térabithia
de Katherine Paterson
22,297 membres
609 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
83
Caddie Woodlawn
de Carol Ryrie Brink
7,995 membres
59 critiques
3.9
3 Members
inge87, SylviaC, al.vick
84
Jacob Have I Loved
de Katherine Paterson
5,647 membres
72 critiques
3.8
3 Members
amarie, elkiedee, ahef1963
85
Ordinary Jack
de Helen Cresswell
329 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
foggidawn, mavinger, ahef1963
86
Bons baisers de Russie
de Ian Fleming
3,822 membres
67 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Booksrme, ShellyS
87
Alanna, Tome 1 : Le secret du chevalier
de Tamora Pierce
7,595 membres
194 critiques
4.1
3 Members
rarm, charl08, merrystar
88
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
de Rachel Field
1,841 membres
37 critiques
3.8
2 Members
seeword, inge87
89
Where the Lilies Bloom
de Vera Cleaver
1,205 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
elkiedee, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
90
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
de Anne Frank
12,833 membres
243 critiques
4.1
3 Members
DeusXMachina, elkiedee, ahef1963
91
Arthur et Cie et l'hélicoptère
de Enid Blyton
641 membres
4 critiques
3.8
2 Members
mlfhlibrarian, EMS_24
92
The Cay
de Theodore Taylor
4,483 membres
85 critiques
3.8
2 Members
kgriffith, Cecrow
93
Ramona Quimby Age 8
de Beverly Cleary
9,398 membres
124 critiques
4
3 Members
Cecrow, al.vick, ahef1963
94
Émily et l'anneau magique
de John Bellairs
749 membres
11 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Cecrow, ManWithAnAgenda
95
Astérix. Tome 1 : Astérix le Gaulois
de René Goscinny
2,576 membres
38 critiques
3.9
3 Members
charl08, SylviaC, ahef1963
96
La stratégie Ender
de Orson Scott Card
41,577 membres
1,052 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
ahef1963, gendeg
Explications
gendeg: Ender's realization at the end at what he'd done and how he'd been used was too much for my 11-year-old self to handle. Masterfully wrought and devastating.
97
La Source enchantée
de Natalie Babbitt
15,509 membres
548 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, marcelaphane
98
Désolation
de Stephen King
9,701 membres
106 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, kristilabrie
99
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
de Agatha Christie
1,379 membres
22 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, rikaploo
100
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
de Beverly Cleary
10,959 membres
116 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Cecrow, al.vick