For me, it was Bridge to Terebithia. That book fractured my very soul.
@lilyunsub I picked it at random for an oral book report in grade school 😭
I will never recover from the plot nor from the humiliation of the oral presentation.
@MotherDucker I read that several times.
@MotherDucker oh god, it still hurts. It will always hurt... 😭 ❤️