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Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes · 1966

Young Adult · ranked #24 in category

Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew knowledge was important and had learned to read and write after a fashion, b

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The verdict

Category
Young Adult
First published
1966 · 1960s
Author
Daniel Keyes
Standing
Recommended

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