What book in your younger years made a great impression/impact on you?

Well a love story book like mills and bones.

I loved "The Boxcar Children" by Gertrude C. Warner . . . not the series of books that they have now, but the very original story. If I remember correctly, 4 siblings lost their parents and they ran away together to avoid living with their mean grandfather. They found an old boxcar and learned to survive on their own but eventually they came to know their grandfather who turned out to be nice. My fascination with it was about these kids trying to live on their own . . . they found ways to get/grow food, cook, etc . . . I liked the idea of truly being independent.

My favorite books when I was that age were the Little Women series. Later in life my husband gave me a Meg doll since like Meg in Little Women, I was the oldest girl in my family.

When I was 15 I read George Orwell's 1984. Scared the life out of me but I consoled myself with the thought that it couldn't happen in a Western democracy. Now I'm not so sure.

@YawinaRada The book that impressed me was Exodus because it was about Israel.

It was a long time, I do not remember

really you like the first first one.... I was 6 when i was gifted the book "twas the night before Christmas.

When I was in my elementary years (not sure how old I was and/or maybe I was on 4th grade)... I read a novel by John Sandford entitled "Rules of Prey"... I don't think it made a positive impact on me... but I know for sure it lasted! Imagine a 4th grader reading a novel about a serial killer having his own set of rules in search for prey.

there's so many. Harry Potter (which I'll still reread to this day), a series of unfortunate events, stargirl, the girl who could fly, and many more :)

Early to mid 1960s. The Mad Scientists Club, was my favorite book in mid-grade school. I enjoyed The Incredible Trip to the Mushroom Planet, a little earlier. When you're a kid, a year can make such a huge difference in your life. A year seems like such little time now. I wasted many nights, reading Hardy Boys, and Tom Swift pulp throughout grade school. In High School, I liked, Red Sky At Morning, Catcher In The Rye, and A Child's Garden of Grass. I was a fan of Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and Issiac Azimov, But none of their books impacted my everyday life like the titles I mentioned. After H.S. I discovered Kurt Vonnegut, and Richard Brautigan. God I miss those guys, and the days they shared with me.