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JJDrew Loyal user Arizona 221 Posts 
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I don't cry easily. Only one book has ever managed to bring tears to my eyes, "Where the Red Fern Grows." There's this scene at the end where the dogs fight a mountain lion and, though they win, they get really torn up, especially the male. Their owner calls them and starts home. The female dog catches up to him, but he hears a whimper behind him from the male. The dog's belly is cut open so badly its intestines get tangled on a bush and it can't move, but it's still trying to follow the boy. I bawled when I read that.
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Chrystal Inner circle Canada/France 1552 Posts
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Where The Red Fern Grows is a required reading book in our school system..so I have read this book a lot. Even tho I know the ending still kills me every time.
The other is Old Yeller both the book and the movie is so sad. :O( |
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Partizan Inner circle London UK 1682 Posts
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The dog's belly is cut open so badly its intestines get tangled on a bush and it can't move, but it's still trying to follow the boy Reminds me of The Running Man - S.King. The bit in the plane near the end 
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Kevin Ram Special user Travelling through Europe 791 Posts
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Andrew wimhurst 'down under deals'
You work your way through ortiz's 'at the card table' You start thinking your "the man" and you come across a book which makes you feel like a rookie. I hate him!!!! 
kukram
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R2 Special user 935 Posts
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts
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"My Hitch In Hell" was written by my friend, Lester Tenney. It is about his experiences on The Battan Death March.
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czero Loyal user NYC 282 Posts
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Body Magic, by John Fisher
I paid 79 bucks (plus shipping) for that overhyped collection of schoolboy stunts. :'< --Mike |
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czero Loyal user NYC 282 Posts
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But to actually be serious...
When I was little, I read a book called "My Wolf, My Friend" (Barbara Corcoran) that just tore me up in an Old Yellerish kind of way. I bawled like the little kid I was. I'm actually getting a lump in my throat recalling it right now... --Mike |
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hoodrat Veteran user Southern California 388 Posts
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A book called "Bridge to Terabithia" which was written for older children (ages 9 to 13 or so). This book also won one of the literary awards (i.e. Caldecott, Newberry, etc.), but I cannot remember which award. It's a very well-written and moving story chronicling the friendship between a boy and a girl. This friendship unfortunately ends tragically. I first read the book when I was around 11 years old, and I can still recall bits of the dialogue and scenes. It was THAT good!!
If you enjoy well-written fiction, read this book no matter what age you are!!! Another book written for adults that has some very sad parts is "The Front Runner." |
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irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts
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My eighth grade algebra book, HATED IT.
Actually it is only movies that gets tears going but not actual crying. Any movie that has the death of an animal, even animations if well done can get a tear or two from me. Charollet's Web and Bambi come to mind as animations that have this effect on me. Movies like Old Yeller as mentioned above and Turner and Hooch. I just have a soft spot for animals. Iven 
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Rob Johnston Inner circle Utah 2060 Posts
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On 2004-07-13 03:58, hoodrat wrote: The Bridge to Terebithia made me weep. Also, The Dragonlance Chronicles.
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Avrakdavra Loyal user The Pine Tree State, USA 224 Posts
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Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides (as opposed to the movie version, which was a travesty).
Also, the last chapter of Lloyd Alexander's The High King (the final book in the Prydain series) has always choked me up ever since I first read the books as a boy, more than twenty-five years ago. |
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Reis O'Brien Inner circle Seattle, WA 2467 Posts
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The end of Harry Potter book 4.
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Dr_Stephen_Midnight Inner circle SW Ohio, USA 1555 Posts
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"Finality"...it was so horribly written!!!!
Steve
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Dayanara New user Michigan 64 Posts
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I forgot that "Bridge" made me cry. And FireDice, I am glad to know that I'm not the only one who cried at the end of book 4!
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redstreak Inner circle A.K.A David Kong 1368 Posts
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On 2004-07-12 15:45, JJDrew wrote: That is probably the saddest I've ever felt from reading a book also. I don't think that I've ever cried from reading a book, but reading the end of "where the red fern grows" was probably the closest I ever got. |
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redstreak Inner circle A.K.A David Kong 1368 Posts
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On 2004-07-13 13:06, Firedice27 wrote: Are you serious? |
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Darko New user 63 Posts
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Germinal, by Emile Zola.
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GypsyPirate Regular user 110 Posts
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I cried at the end of the Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers, when I thought Frodo had died.
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Schaden Inner circle Purgatory 1253 Posts
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..... I read this book one day before 9/11. It scared me... Lee |
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