I would say mine is the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. My teacher read it to the class in third/fourth grade and I fell in love with it. It might be because I loved dolls and stuff like that and related to Abilene. I loved seeing Edward going on all of this adventures and I believed for the longest time that he was like a character in Toy Story. I think my favorite part was when he was with this brother and sister. Although many people don’t like it due to its non-kid friendly topics (abuse, manipulation, death),the book just reminds me a simpler time in my life and when I just started to realize reading was fun.
Based on nostalgia alone, it’s gotta be John Bellairs, “The Lamp From the Warlocks Tomb”. It was scary in the right places. It was eye opening about the REAL dangers of the world and those aren’t supernatural! They’re people. Real people are the danger. But it’s also got that Scooby Doo vibe that reminds me of my childhood.