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Books that made you cry
For me, that's...

For me, that's barely anything really, because I don't generally cry at books or movies. It just doesn't happen to me for some reason, even if I want to. So instead, I have a list of books that made me almost-cry, or were just really, really, depressing.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury (My teacher read this to us in eighth grade. You have to read it, it's so good- but SO DEPRESSING. I live in Washington State, in a part where we get even more rain than Seattle. So I think I empathized with the character a little too much.)

Sisters Grimm- The Everafter War (I think. Though it may have been the one before that.)

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (I actually did cry at this one. My dad read it to us when I was six.)

and Warriors the New Prophecy, that one where they're on the mountain I forget the name.

I'll remember some more as we go on I'm sure.

So: What books have made you cry? Or almost-cry? No spoilers. Don't directly say who died or anything like that. You can say stuff like the chapter title though. Have you ever cried at something in a book that most people wouldn't consider very sad? You can do spoilers for that one.

 

The Book Thief and A Vicarage Family are the two most recent ones that come to mind.

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submitted by Emily L., age 16, WA
(May 18, 2012 - 8:53 pm)

I'm like you, I rarely cry at books or movies, but there are two that brought me to tears. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay and The Book Thief. I was up at two in the morning still reading it and crying uncontrollably. :'( A book that made me almost cry was Bridge to Teribithea. *sadness*

submitted by Elizabeth M., age 12, Germany
(May 19, 2012 - 1:36 am)

Top!

submitted by Top
(May 19, 2012 - 12:59 pm)

You will probably think me reallly lame for crying reading this book. I was about nine or ten when I first read it. The Two Princesses of Bamarre. 

The part were she finds out that her sister is sort of no longer her sister. I don't think most people would have cried there, but I did.

 

I also almost cried when reading Bridge to Terebithia. It was extremely depressing. 

submitted by Lizzy, age 15, Texas
(May 19, 2012 - 2:45 pm)

Oh my gosh yes! Add that to my list. I loved that book though <3

submitted by Emily L.
(May 19, 2012 - 3:04 pm)

Oh, I just bought that book! It's on my bookshelf, but I haven't read it yet.

submitted by Coral
(July 30, 2012 - 11:44 am)

Let's see.  I tend to cry a lot, so.  The Book Thief, the two Hunger Games books I've read so far, Thirteen Reasons Why, Specials, and there are probably others I can't think of right now.

submitted by Melody, age 13, just being awesome
(May 19, 2012 - 6:16 pm)

@Emily L.

I liked the idea of "All Summer in a Day", but it is rather depressing.

submitted by Melody, age 13, just being awesome
(May 19, 2012 - 6:17 pm)

I know. Maybe it goes under "things normal people wouldn't cry at". Maybe it goes under "psychological horror." I can't decide.

submitted by Emily L.
(May 19, 2012 - 10:47 pm)

By the way, Melody, how is Thirteen Reasons Why? I'm thinking about reading it...

submitted by Elizabeth M., age 12, Germany
(May 20, 2012 - 3:47 am)

@Elizabeth M.

It was good.  Have you read The Book Thief?  I would say it's about the same maturity level. 

submitted by Melody, age 13, Just being awesome
(May 20, 2012 - 10:04 am)

Amazing.  Period.  That's it.  

submitted by Gollum, Mooseflower
(August 17, 2012 - 7:58 am)

Agreed.

submitted by Melody, age 14, Carousel of Progress
(August 19, 2012 - 11:10 pm)

The Book Thief, So B. It, and I cried during half of the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close movie so I would probably cry during the book too. There are many more books but I don't remember their names.

submitted by Olive
(May 20, 2012 - 2:50 pm)

I cried whenever Gandalf died in LOTR. Oh, and I came really close to crying in Ways to Live Forever when the kid dies from leukemia. I had a brush with luekemia a long time ago, so it's a tender subject with me.

submitted by Ely G.
(May 21, 2012 - 9:07 am)

@ Ely,

How do you pronounce your name?  I am in the NS RP and have a character named Eli (pronounced el-ee).

submitted by Holmes
(May 22, 2012 - 6:46 pm)