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.
It’s just my favourite book period but I do have nostalgia for it also. L’étranger by Albert Camus. I used to think I hated reading “smart” books. Turns out I just hate wordy books and Zola with a passion. Le Germinal was torture. It’s what got me into figuring out that writing can have styles and that some styles aren’t for me.