/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15647207]

I'm trying to find a novel I read in 5th grade about 10 years ago. All I can tell you is
>It was probably YA
>The protagonist (forget their gender) is a student and works in some sort of bakery or restaurant
>At one point in the novel they give a homeless man a sandwich and this ends up being important for some reason
>They end up in the studio audience of a gameshow at one point
>Their best friend is epileptic
>I think it involves time travel eventually
>The cover of it is a plainish background with objects of relevance to the story on it (I think one of them was a key. I remember thinking this cover was neat because you'd try to guess how they relate to the story)
I have no idea whether or not this book was popular at all, I just found it at the school library
Do any of you know what book I'm describing or have any books that you have hazy memories about like this?

[Anonymous No.15647243]

>>15647207
No

[Anonymous No.15647244]

>>15647207
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Reach_Me

Love you bro

[Anonymous No.15647264]

>>15647244
That's definitely it, thanks bro
I wonder if it holds up at all

[Anonymous No.15647305]

>>15647264
Sometimes it's worth it just for the nostalgia. Some books that I found like this after years have this ability to take you back-- and that, in itself, is entertaining and beautiful

[Anonymous No.15647404]

Can someone help me with this one.

A kid and his parents go sailing, kid gets thrown overboard and washes up on an island, eats red bananas, finds an old Jap WW2 vet who crashes on the island, they paint on seashells, old jap won't let him start a fire to be rescued and he eventually changes his mind.

[Anonymous No.15647610]

Children's picture book about some blue guy who either receives a present or gives somebody a present

[Anonymous No.15648810]

>>15647207
Is this the one where the mom's boyfriend has one leg longer than the other?

[Anonymous No.15648871]

can any anons help with this one? YA book, from at least 20 years ago
>old guy recluse, former movie stuntman who got injured, lives in his mansion watching/rewatching his old films
>group of kids, limo pulls up and takes [1?] of them away
>get told to learn stunts but keep it secret
>they end up doing some live cinema thing where they perform what should have been his final film

[Anonymous No.15648879]

>>15648871
That sounds kind of like Sunset Boulevard and the Bad and the Beautiful put together.

[Anonymous No.15648885]

>>15647207
>people who were in the 5th grade in 2010 post here
wtf

[Anonymous No.15648897]

>>15648885
They'd be 19.

[Anonymous No.15648946]

>>15648897
Yeah, complete newfags and tourists, I understand.

[Anonymous No.15648967]

>>15648946
Bro at least half of /v/, /tv/, and /pol/ are underage

[Anonymous No.15648991]

>>15648967
Used to be back in my day newfags got ridiculed on the spot, now they've taken over and parade around their census thread advertising that they're 18, 19, 20 years old. Things just ain't like it used to be, no sir indeed-y

[Anonymous No.15648997]

>>15648885

[Anonymous No.15649030]

>>15648885
>first year of uni in 2010

[Anonymous No.15649139]

>>15649030
What YA novels did you niggas read in the early 2000s?

[Anonymous No.15649152]

>>15649139
t-the, um, the...
i read the, um, first three halo books?

[Anonymous No.15649167]

>>15649030
>still in uni after all this time

[Anonymous No.15649186]

>>15649167
>still in community college after all this time

[Anonymous No.15649187]

Can anyone find this book from my youth as well?

>book's titled was only one general word like "Trapped!" that makes it hard to google
>book cover consists of a guy entering a dark stairwell and wearing a tuxedo
>Main character is an investigator of sorts entering a mansion filled with fancy guests in a party
>book has a page or two dedicated to caviar for some reason
>one of the main things mentioned in the book is that the house's owner was a pilot who would later be related to the guy that gets caught in the end
>liquor is also something that's often mentioned in the book

For some reason, I really liked this book when I was in 4th grade.

[Anonymous No.15649193]

>>15648879
doesn't help with the book, but those look like great films. thanks anon

[Anonymous No.15649294]

There was this short story in our English textbook in elementary school about this girl whose grandmother (might have been an aunt or something) is able to fly, and they fly around New York City together It was trippy af
There was another one in high school about this guy who has a piece of paper get blown out of his apartment window and he treads across the window sill to get it

[Anonymous No.15649311]

>be me a few years ago
>have dream where I found I book that I remembered reading as a child but never finishing
>read the rest of it in the dream
>remember very, very hazy details about it (Not enough to even attempt to have someone find it)
The worst part is that I cannot tell if it was a real book or not

[Anonymous No.15649317]

>>15647207
Boik

[Anonymous No.15649338]

>>15648885
People who were born in 2010 post here.

[Anonymous No.15649373]

>>15649311
You know fuck it I'll take a stab at it
>Protagonist is a young male, probably a young adult or teen
>At one point they are stationed underground with some group, I think he was quartering with some sort of mercenary company
>The second most important character was a female companion to the protagonist
>They eventually travel to another planet, the space travel was more fantasy than sci-fi though, one of the planets was mostly greenery and fields, the other was rather barren
>I think there's some magic involved but it isn't excessive
Mind you that this novel may very well not exist in any capacity

[Anonymous No.15649455]

>>15649139
A series of unfortunate events, captain underpants and animorphs

[Anonymous No.15649509]

>>15649139
Mostly animorphs and a lotta Bruce coville.