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Aggghhh, V.C. Andrews!! I only read a few -- man, that lady had issues! The only one I know I read was about Ruby, who was in love with her brother Paul. (Half-brother, I think (yeah, like that makes it any better).) The only thing I remember was a "romantic" evening together where Paul dressed up as a soldier (???) which made the incest OK since he wasn't really her brother, he was a Confederate soldier. Or something like that.
God, I feel like a pervert even REMEMBERING those books.
I loved the Babysitters Club books, too. I always wanted to be Claudia, but deep in my heart I always had to sadly acknowledge I was really Mary Anne.
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Aggghhh, V.C. Andrews!! I only read a few -- man, that lady had issues! The only one I know I read was about Ruby, who was in love with her brother Paul. (Half-brother, I think (yeah, like that makes it any better).) The only thing I remember was a "romantic" evening together where Paul dressed up as a soldier (???) which made the incest OK since he wasn't really her brother, he was a Confederate soldier. Or something like that.
God, I feel like a pervert even REMEMBERING those books.
I'm sorry, but I can't stop laughing - because I feel the SAME WAY. I read the Flowers in the Attic series early on in middle school and was like, "What?! WHAT?! WHAAAAATTT?!?" Ick.
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I'm going to second the Great Brain series - I read it when I was an early teenager. Three additions that haven't been mentioned though, from young to old in terms of age range:
- The Serendipity series by Stephen Cosgrove; for young readers, short illustrated stories each with a 'moral' theme at the end - being unique, sharing, etc.
- Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe; a fun book from the perspective of the family dog who thinks that the new pet might not be what it seems.
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell; just a great book, I've read it several times.
- Vincent
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Excellent! I third the Great Brain series and Bunnicula!
I had not heard of the Serendipity series before.
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I LOVED those books!!!! *hurray* I didn't know who the author was but now that I do, thanks to you, I am on the case!  
What are the others about? "Sell me" on em...why should I check them out?
Thanks! I always wondered if I was the only person in the WORLD that read those Serendipty books!! LOL Glad to know they weren't just my "imagination" 
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and Eric Carle for the little ones: SEuss, Judy Blume, Junie B. Jones series...
For older elementary kids there's anything Farley Mowat, Steven King's The Eyes of the Dragon, Firewing, Hoot,The City of Ember, there's a series beginning with A oh man....
... that's really good and I can't remember!!I can even see them,it's driving me nuts. I'll search it...
Charlotte's Web, Old Yeller, Lion Witch and Wardrobe, oh gosh, I could go on forever.
I will find out the title of that series. The kids are wild about them.
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Artemis Fowl. He's a kid with some neat powers. Of course, to add to that, the harry potter collection is supposedly a phenom. I, however, self-professed live for teaching teacher, have never read ONE! 
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Cannot forget THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER-it is seriously HILARIOUS!
And its sequel-"The best School Year Ever".
Good call on the Boxcar children. Still a good story as you follow through the series.
As well, you have to read Takes of a Fourth Grade Nothing ( I think that's Farley Mowat)for a good laugh. I'm probably suggesting a lot of canadiana that I don't even realize.
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