What fictional books have influenced your life?

Question

there is an assignment at school where i have to make a 5 minute speech on a book that has influenced my life. It has to be a book a typical 13-14 year old kid culd read and it has to be fictional, yeah i know this does really narrow it down. Please help.

Answer 1

The Coldest Winter Ever gave me goosebumps, u needa read it

Answer 2

I'd say for this speech to mean anything at all, it really needs to be a book that's influenced YOU. If a book has not influenced you yet you're gonna have to either just choose one you have read and discuss it and say that it has influenced you in some way OR read something like Flowers for Algernon or the Catcher in the Rye and then discuss them, they have some pretty important issues to discuss. I read these when I was 12 and 13 so I'd say they wont be too heavy for you...although you may want to re read Catcher when you're a little older as there are many many issues you will discover each time you read it and as you get older!
Good Luck!

Answer 3

The best fictional book ever in English language for 13-14 years old is "The Fanthom Tolbooth" by Norman Juster. If you make a speech abot this book your teachers will appreciate it and will be surprised by your choice because the book is basically a fictional journey made by a boy of that age and his dog in the land of language. It's very funny, packed with wisdom and it teaches how to be happy, to love learning and never be bored. Go for it!

Answer 4

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy is one of my favourite books ever but I'd say The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath has influenced me a lot. The way she writes helps you understand the depth of mental anguish and I can relate to some of the things she felt. However, for a 13-14 year may be you'd be better opting for something by Judy Blume!

Answer 5

I remember the time machine by H.G. Wells.

I was entranced and pondered this even until this time. I read it for school in 1961. I saw the movie soon after and more recently the remake. The book was best , then the old movie.

If you going to start a whole new world and the only authority was you. What three books from the present would you take?

Still gets me.

Answer 6

Childhoods End by Author C. Clark. It's like the "catcher in the rye" for Sci Fi fans. And "Catcher" is also fiction so you could use that one, but it might be a little heavy for a 13-14 year old.

Answer 7

Ok, so.. a fictionnal book that has influenced my life? well, i would be tempted to say HARRY POTTER, because i totally love it. BUT i reckon it might sound terribly stupid to say this in a class full of 13-14 years old teenagers. Therefore, i'd recommend you look through your old books you like, and might want to share with your friends. I had to that ones, 4 years ago, when iwas...12, i talked about a french book, i dont know its name in english, but it was : "Le Voyage de Théo" by Catherine Clément. Beautiful book. it's a teen who is really sick, and his aunt takes him to a world tour of religions. nice book.
BUT i still recommend Harry potter. for reading, i mean.

Answer 8

Books written by an author called, Terry Pratchett. His thoughts ensue on a disc worldwide the place, the planet sits on the backs of four elephants that are status on the returned of an excellent tortoise

Answer 9

The best book ever for this would be (in my opinion):
Jostein Gaarder; Sophie's World. It's even a movie.

It changed/influenced me in the way that it put a lot of my puzzles in place.

Check it out:

Answer 10

Lord of the Flies....it makes a commentary on modern day society and it is the first book that made me cry. Read it.