3.90 avg rating — 71,931 ratings

"This is the first book where reading really "clicked" for me. Every part of the existence experience of reading this book will be etched in my mmd forever, from my Mom letting me pick out a book, to reading it in the car on the way home, to the pride of finishing my first "real" book."

4.19 avg rating — 310,939 ratings

"This was the first book to really make me think."

4.14 avg rating — 84,086 ratings

"I could relate to the puppy as a very, very little boy."

4.27 avg rating — 1,673,293 ratings

"Agatha Christie was the first real "grown up" author that I read, so I finished most of her books before 7th grade. This one was my favorite."