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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Classic Reads

Are you looking for a good classic book to read?

Check out our new list of Classic Reads!

Just a few of the titles on the list are:

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The summer before her freshman year in high school,
Melinda goes through a traumatic event that
overshadows her first year in high school.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card EndersCover
A classic in the science fiction genre, Ender's Game
is the story of an intense military training school
for children.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys
Mentally challenged Charlie Gordon participates in an experiment which turns him into a genius. The procedure was previously successful when tested on a lab rat named Algernon, but when the rat suddenly deteriorates, Gordon wonders if he faces the same fate.

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posted by Rene, Evergreen Library

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Avis said, on Oct. 30 at 7:20PM
I haven't read Speak or Ender's Game, but I read Flowers for Algernon the other summer and I absolutely loved it, even though it was really sad. I definititely recommend it. I've also heard good things about the other two, though I haven' read them.