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Flowers for Algernon
Student Edition
Daniel Keyes

    9780156030083 Mass Market Paperbound
015603008X
$7.99
320pages
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Trim Size: 4-1/2 x 7
Copyright Year: 1967

Territory: US, C, O
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Synopsis
With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.


Biography

Daniel Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He has worked as a merchant seaman, fiction editor, high school teacher, and university professor. The author of eight books, he lives in Boca Raton, FL.


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General Subjects
Fiction- Literary
Juvenile Fiction- Classics

Academic Disciplines & Course Studies
English Language & Literature- American Literature

Guided Reading Levels
  Grade Level Genre  
  Grade 7  RF - Realistic Fiction 250+ Words   
  Grade 8  RF - Realistic Fiction 250+ Words   



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