Open Thread: Favorite Book as a Kid?

Do You Remember the Book that Most Captivated You as an Adolescent?

A viral tweet chain dropped into my feed the other day, asking about the book I most loved when I was twelve. Like most of these chains, it featured an example from the person whose tweet I saw and the one to which he was responding. By clicking into the chain I could see several others.

“Don’t think about it,” said the swipe copy. “Don't try to be cool.…