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paradoxosalpha: It was assigned reading in fifth grade, though I think it was a re-read for me.

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?

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.

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".....

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.

Morphidae: Another book that remains a delight to this day.

gendeg: Subversively dark and hopeful at the same time. Brilliant.

Morphidae: Several in this series get high marks from me, even now.

Morphidae: Loved this as a kid but the suck fairy got a hold of this BIG time. What a disappointment.

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.

lorannen: Technically, I read this for the first time when I was nine, but I re-read it often!

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

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.

thorold: I've no idea why I liked these terrible books so much back then!

thorold: I'm sure this can't be as funny as I remember it being...

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

btuckertx: A parent asked me to wait a few years before reading TKAM, but...

reading_fox: A great series of adventures featuring wildlife and plucky heroes.

Morphidae: Totally forgot about Trixie Belden until Sylvia added it!

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.

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.

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.