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3. marie1106 answered: of mice and men
4. kjsulli answered: Where the Red Fern Grows, by far. The Giving Tree and the Velveteen Rabbit were also sad.
5. alexis1z likes this
6. walnutcabin answered: Veleveteen Rabbit
7. joanhan answered: The Little Prince.
8. sjo499 answered: jeously
9. ceruleanfinch answered: The Once and Future King
10. pippiunderground answered: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
11. cutz answered: First one comes to mind:”101 Dalmatians” ages before I saw the movie. It’s not the most wrenching, but I still remember the adventure of it.
12. refsandquotes answered: You And Your Amazing Mind (illustrated by Shel Silverstein). [Sadly, long out of print.]
13. gloria-compton answered: sunrise to sunset,
14. marcoromano answered: Exodus
15. poetrygirlspeak reblogged this from theparisreview
16. tonyplaysthemambo answered: The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
17. samysailormoon said: Watership Down
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19. katethemusicologist answered: The Velveteen Rabbit
20. neoncrayon answered: The Giving Tree, even if I didn’t fully understand it at the time.
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22. nearlya answered: The Velveteen Rabbit
23. greatescapebookstore answered: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. I was 9 and wept with abandon.
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25. artsquirrel answered: LMG is it. I even THOUGHT abt it at the peoples hitstory museum the other day and got choked up in front of the exhibit abt match workers.
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27. thelalatheory reblogged this from carissahalston and added:

    Oh wow, I didn’t know that. Carissa, just now I bought a digital version of the book so that I could read it as an adult...

28. destinyraynechicka answered: The child called it bye David Pelzer
29. justmadforasentence answered: The Giver
30. 142books answered: Charlotte’s Web brought me to tears but All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury haunts me still.
31. semaj-p answered: Annie John
32. carissahalston reblogged this from thelalatheory and added:

    Katie, that was also David Foster Wallace’s favorite book—or that’s what he cited as the book that moved him most.

33. chisamisa answered: Black Beauty.
34. eboim answered: Music From a Place Called Half Moon was the first. But Lord of the Flies was the first book I ever threw across the room out of passion.
35. thatmooncricket likes this
36. thatmooncricket answered: Shel SIlverstein’s “The Giving Tree”
37. reblogofyuccaflats answered: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
38. moochiethinks answered: The Velveteen Rabbit. Hands down.
39. str4-nger answered: hmm,pequeno principe
40. lapetitefigue answered: the velveteen rabbit.
41. ireallyfelt answered: The Giving Tree is pretty sad
42. blue-black-anchors said: Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
43. lilitmarcus answered: I cried so much after reading Maupassant’s “The Necklace” that my parents kept me home from school the next day.
44. frenchkinks answered: Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawerence It really provided some introspective into my mother’s consciousness.
45. iamlegionforwearemany likes this
46. iamlegionforwearemany answered: Spirit Horse by Ned Ackerman
47. ndnskatenerd answered: _Old Yeller_ or “The Velveteen Rabbit”
48. visualsupplements answered: Watership Down; I’ve never met a male who didn’t tear up at the end of that book.
49. theanj answered: Goodbye, Mr. Chips. I still find it wrenching.
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