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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?
Membres
85 membres participants
3
Bilbo le Hobbit
de J. R. R. Tolkien
91,736 membres
1,164 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
38,322 membres
936 critiques
4
15 Members
amarie, ablachly, Booksrme, dara85, rarm, libraryman_76021, .Monkey., Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, dksthomson, al.vick, ahef1963, EricaSecor, quondame
5
Le Jardin Secret
de Frances Hodgson Burnett
34,060 membres
540 critiques
4.1
13 Members
tardis, Herenya, Booksrme, mlfhlibrarian, foggidawn, charl08, OneMorePage, SylviaC, EMS_24, dksthomson, ahef1963, CindyAmrhein, quondame
6
Hirondelles et Amazones
de Arthur Ransome
3,727 membres
82 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?
7
Les quatre filles du docteur March
de Louisa May Alcott
25,676 membres
393 critiques
4
11 Members
Booksrme, Morphidae, rarm, 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.
8
Le Vent dans les saules
de Kenneth Grahame
22,954 membres
323 critiques
4.1
11 Members
gwernin, Booksrme, 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".....
9
Over Sea, Under Stone
de Susan Cooper
6,411 membres
137 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
8,244 membres
223 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.
11
Black Beauty
de Anna Sewell
17,373 membres
200 critiques
3.9
10 Members
seeword, Booksrme, mlfhlibrarian, charl08, avatiakh, Cecrow, elenchus, dksthomson, al.vick, ahef1963
12
Le Petit Monde de Charlotte
de E. B. White
35,019 membres
1,009 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.
13
Harriet L'Espionne
de Louise Fitzhugh
6,830 membres
120 critiques
4.1
7 Members
ablachly, foggidawn, .Monkey., Cecrow, elkiedee, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
14
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 1
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
15,043 membres
221 critiques
4.1
9 Members
Booksrme, Morphidae, Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, elkiedee, Dilara86, ahef1963, quondame
Explications
Morphidae: Several in this series get high marks from me, even now.
15
Heidi
de Johanna Spyri
11,131 membres
142 critiques
3.9
8 Members
Booksrme, Morphidae, KimarieBee, ErlendSkjelten, paulstalder, SylviaC, dksthomson, ahef1963
16
Le chaudron noir
de Lloyd Alexander
6,773 membres
94 critiques
4.1
6 Members
reading_fox, libraryman_76021, mavinger, Cecrow, elenchus, miketopper
17
L'île au trésor
de Robert Louis Stevenson
32,887 membres
425 critiques
3.8
8 Members
seeword, anglemark, Booksrme, charl08, thorold, dksthomson, ahef1963, quondame
18
Misty of Chincoteague
de Marguerite Henry
7,676 membres
55 critiques
3.9
7 Members
rosalita, mlfhlibrarian, thornton37814, avatiakh, Cecrow, JoLynnsbooks, al.vick
19
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
de Margaret Sidney
3,753 membres
44 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.
20
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
de E. L. Konigsburg
15,747 membres
273 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.
21
If only they could talk/It shouldn't happen to a vet
de James Herriot
7,618 membres
132 critiques
½ 4.3
7 Members
rosalita, Booksrme, charl08, avatiakh, elenchus, al.vick, ahef1963
22
Le Seigneur des anneaux
de J. R. R. Tolkien
49,428 membres
449 critiques
½ 4.5
6 Members
Booksrme, rarm, DeusXMachina, Cecrow, souloftherose, ahef1963
23
Les Chroniques de Narnia, tome 4 : Le Prince Caspian
de C. S. Lewis
25,600 membres
226 critiques
3.9
7 Members
Booksrme, libraryman_76021, charl08, Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, ahef1963
24
Ballet Shoes
de Noel Streatfeild
3,391 membres
68 critiques
4.2
7 Members
Booksrme, charl08, merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee, al.vick, quondame
25
The Phantom Tollbooth
de Norton Juster
16,931 membres
419 critiques
½ 4.3
5 Members
ABVR, elenchus, SylviaC, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
26
La Petite Maison dans les grands bois
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
15,678 membres
275 critiques
4.1
7 Members
Cecrow, elenchus, SylviaC, elkiedee, al.vick, ahef1963, quondame
27
Rougemuraille. Cluny le Fléau
de Brian Jacques
10,841 membres
141 critiques
4
4 Members
rarm, lorannen, kristilabrie, ManWithAnAgenda
28
What Katy Did
de Susan Coolidge
2,033 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.6
6 Members
Herenya, Booksrme, charl08, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
29
Le Robinson suisse
de Johann David Wyss
8,489 membres
87 critiques
½ 3.5
5 Members
Booksrme, thornton37814, mavinger, paulstalder, Dilara86
30
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 5 : Un hiver sans fin
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
9,757 membres
92 critiques
4.2
6 Members
thornton37814, Cecrow, elenchus, merrystar, elkiedee, ahef1963
31
Matilda
de Roald Dahl
21,399 membres
468 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!
32
Alice Détective
de Carolyn Keene
6,710 membres
110 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
dara85, Cecrow, merrystar, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
33
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers
de J. K. Rowling
130,057 membres
2,014 critiques
½ 4.3
5 Members
Booksrme, rarm, ahef1963, kjgormley, Tinuvia
34
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
de Joan Aiken
3,349 membres
79 critiques
4.1
6 Members
Booksrme, mavinger, merrystar, SylviaC, souloftherose, elkiedee
35
Aventures de Huckleberry Finn
de Mark Twain
41,979 membres
510 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
36
L'étalon noir
de Walter Farley
4,854 membres
56 critiques
4
5 Members
gwernin, Booksrme, Morphidae, vwinsloe, al.vick
37
Charlotte Sometimes
de Penelope Farmer
850 membres
23 critiques
4
5 Members
amarie, charl08, merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee
38
National Velvet
de Enid Bagnold
2,293 membres
17 critiques
3.8
5 Members
seeword, elenchus, dksthomson, JoLynnsbooks, al.vick
39
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
de Judy Blume
7,492 membres
234 critiques
3.8
5 Members
Booksrme, charl08, raidergirl3, elkiedee, ahef1963
40
Ma montagne
de Jean Craighead George
11,358 membres
140 critiques
4
5 Members
foggidawn, mavinger, al.vick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
41
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
de Robert C. O'Brien
10,826 membres
164 critiques
4.2
5 Members
charl08, elenchus, elkiedee, al.vick, ahef1963
42
L'Histoire sans fin
de Michael Ende
11,738 membres
221 critiques
4.1
4 Members
libraryman_76021, SimoneA, souloftherose, Tinuvia
43
Charlie et la chocolaterie
de Roald Dahl
24,258 membres
438 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.
44
Otto of the Silver Hand
de Howard Pyle
1,338 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, elenchus, quondame
45
The Westing Game
de Ellen Raskin
11,987 membres
333 critiques
4.1
4 Members
.Monkey., mavinger, SylviaC, ahef1963
46
An Old-Fashioned Girl
de Louisa May Alcott
2,813 membres
34 critiques
4
3 Members
jillmwo, merrystar, SylviaC
47
Bennett au collège
de Anthony Buckeridge
213 membres
5 critiques
3.9
3 Members
Booksrme, thorold, paulmdh
Explications
thorold: I've no idea why I liked these terrible books so much back then!
48
Ma famille et autres animaux
de Gerald Durrell
5,136 membres
146 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...
49
Chapardeurs (Les)
de Mary Norton
8,155 membres
122 critiques
3.9
4 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, gendeg, ManWithAnAgenda
50
Rose et ses sept cousins
de Louisa May Alcott
4,446 membres
55 critiques
3.9
4 Members
foggidawn, merrystar, SylviaC, ahef1963
51
A Girl of the Limberlost
de Gene Stratton-Porter
2,593 membres
44 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
52
Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur
de Harper Lee
76,529 membres
1,418 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
ShellyS, btuckertx, ahef1963
Explications
btuckertx: A parent asked me to wait a few years before reading TKAM, but...
53
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 6 : La petite ville dans la prairie
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
8,906 membres
73 critiques
4.1
4 Members
thornton37814, Cecrow, Dilara86, ahef1963
54
Voyage au centre de la terre [texte intégral]
de Jules Verne
14,322 membres
223 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
anglemark, Booksrme, charl08, ahef1963
55
Émile et les détectives
de Erich Kästner
1,757 membres
34 critiques
4
3 Members
mlfhlibrarian, thorold, paulstalder
56
Anne quitte son île (T3)
de L. M. Montgomery
10,372 membres
111 critiques
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
57
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
57,382 membres
902 critiques
4.2
3 Members
ShellyS, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
58
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
de E. L. Konigsburg
1,268 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
Morphidae, SylviaC, elkiedee, ahef1963
59
Les vacances de Jane
de L. M. Montgomery
1,450 membres
31 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, SylviaC, ahef1963
60
This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall!
de Gordon Korman
826 membres
16 critiques
4
3 Members
raidergirl3, SylviaC, ahef1963
61
Amazon Adventure
de Willard Price
196 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.
62
Le vagabond de l'espace
de Robert A. Heinlein
3,697 membres
54 critiques
3.8
3 Members
ABVR, anglemark, JoLynnsbooks
63
Outsiders
de S. E. Hinton
20,264 membres
666 critiques
4
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, rikaploo
64
A Book About a Thousand Things
de George Stimpson
203 membres
1 critique
½ 3.4
2 Members
seeword, SnootyBaronet
65
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
de Elizabeth George Speare
10,813 membres
205 critiques
4
3 Members
inge87, JoLynnsbooks, al.vick
66
L'île des Dauphins bleus
de Scott O'Dell
17,610 membres
294 critiques
3.9
3 Members
Morphidae, mavinger, al.vick
67
Beezus and Ramona by Cleary, Beverly
de Beverly Cleary
6,673 membres
109 critiques
3.9
4 Members
Cecrow, elkiedee, al.vick, ahef1963
68
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
de Alvin Schwartz
3,912 membres
85 critiques
3.9
2 Members
.Monkey., lorannen
69
Le Jour des Triffides
de John Wyndham
7,275 membres
201 critiques
4
3 Members
paulmdh, elkiedee, ahef1963
70
Trixie Belden and the Secret of the Mansion
de Julie Campbell
1,555 membres
23 critiques
3.9
3 Members
rosalita, Morphidae, SylviaC
Explications
Morphidae: Totally forgot about Trixie Belden until Sylvia added it!
71
Crusade in Jeans
de Thea Beckman
1,009 membres
34 critiques
4.1
2 Members
EMS_24, kjgormley
72
Dune
de Frank Herbert
40,722 membres
648 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.
73
La Petite Princesse
de Frances Hodgson Burnett
15,297 membres
211 critiques
4.2
2 Members
mlfhlibrarian, quondame
74
Wait Till Helen Comes
de Mary Downing Hahn
1,950 membres
71 critiques
4
2 Members
jen.e.moore, ManWithAnAgenda
75
Black and Blue Magic
de Zilpha Keatley Snyder
317 membres
4 critiques
4.1
3 Members
SylviaC, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda
76
Hornblower et l' "Atropos"
de C. S. Forester
1,706 membres
27 critiques
4.1
3 Members
ABVR, Booksrme, charl08
77
Miss Hickory
de Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1,260 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
seeword, SylviaC, JoLynnsbooks
78
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
de Marguerite Henry
5,623 membres
43 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Herenya, JoLynnsbooks
79
The Blue Sword
de Robin McKinley
6,060 membres
132 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
mavinger, merrystar
80
Cendorine et les Dragons
de Patricia C. Wrede
5,610 membres
144 critiques
4.2
2 Members
marcelaphane, ManWithAnAgenda
81
Le Secret de Térabithia
de Katherine Paterson
20,921 membres
596 critiques
4
3 Members
foggidawn, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
82
Caddie Woodlawn
de Carol Ryrie Brink
7,550 membres
57 critiques
3.9
3 Members
inge87, SylviaC, al.vick
83
Jacob Have I Loved
de Katherine Paterson
5,438 membres
72 critiques
3.8
3 Members
amarie, elkiedee, ahef1963
84
Bons baisers de Russie
de Ian Fleming
3,669 membres
62 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Booksrme, ShellyS
85
Alanna, Tome 1 : Le secret du chevalier
de Tamora Pierce
7,378 membres
188 critiques
4.2
3 Members
rarm, charl08, merrystar
86
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
de Rachel Field
1,742 membres
36 critiques
3.8
2 Members
seeword, inge87
87
Where the Lilies Bloom
de Vera Cleaver
1,143 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
elkiedee, JoLynnsbooks, ahef1963
88
La petite maison dans la prairie. Tome 7 : Ces heureuses années
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
8,552 membres
59 critiques
4.1
2 Members
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.
89
Arthur et Cie et l'hélicoptère
de Enid Blyton
613 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
mlfhlibrarian, EMS_24
90
The Cay
de Theodore Taylor
4,234 membres
85 critiques
3.8
2 Members
kgriffith, Cecrow
91
Ramona Quimby Age 8
de Beverly Cleary
8,881 membres
115 critiques
4
3 Members
Cecrow, al.vick, ahef1963
92
Émily et l'anneau magique
de John Bellairs
719 membres
12 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Cecrow, ManWithAnAgenda
93
Astérix. Tome 1 : Astérix le Gaulois
de René Goscinny
2,449 membres
36 critiques
3.9
3 Members
charl08, SylviaC, ahef1963
94
La stratégie Ender
de Orson Scott Card
40,249 membres
1,031 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.
95
La source enchantée
de Natalie Babbitt
14,712 membres
545 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, marcelaphane
96
Désolation
de Stephen King
9,354 membres
104 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, kristilabrie
97
Ordinary Jack
de Helen Cresswell
312 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
foggidawn, mavinger
98
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
de Beverly Cleary
10,213 membres
117 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Cecrow, al.vick
99
Arabian Nights
de Mamoru Funai
74 membres
4.8
2 Members
KimarieBee, Cecrow
100
Arthur & Cie à l'île aux Mouettes
de Enid Blyton
882 membres
15 critiques
3.9
2 Members
mlfhlibrarian, paulstalder