Could be the book you loved the most, the series you daydreamed about, book that inspired you, fascinated you, your comfort read…anything.
And why.
I LOVED the Anne McCaffrey Pern books. I would walk around daydreaming about new adventures set in the books’ world. The Dragonsong books really connected my love of music with my love of fantasy (and animals).
Flowers for Algernon.
I read it in sixth grade. While I’m not intellectually disabled like Charlie I am autistic with learning disabilies (dyslexia and dyscalculia) and while the story was heartbreaking it was one of the first times I’d ever read a book that was through the perspective of a neurodivergent character and that his struggles were taken seriously and his mistreatment was acknowledged as being unjust and traumatic. It was one of the first times I really felt seen in fiction even though I didn’t recognize that’s why I liked it so much until I became an adult.