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Flowers For Algernon, has anyone read it?
frenchaddict88
post Jun 25 2005, 12:48 AM
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Recently, I finished reading a book called Flowers For Algernon. It's one of the best books I've ever read! Makes you think...and it made me a LOT more sensitive to...well.......everything.
http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/algernon.html >>that's a summary.
 
 
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post Jun 25 2005, 02:41 AM
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i read an excerpt in 8th grade, and it seemed pretty good. never really got around to reading the whole thing though.
 

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frenchaddict88   Flowers For Algernon   Jun 25 2005, 12:48 AM
MeLoNiSyUmMy   yup. read it in 8th grade. i liked it too!...   Jun 25 2005, 01:18 AM
angel-roh   I read the summary. But I'm confused. Does tha...   Jun 25 2005, 01:28 AM
DaToNeViEtBoI916   i've read part of it i think. iono, i may hav...   Jun 25 2005, 01:33 AM
chak_gahk   I read it in 7th grade English... it was one of th...   Jun 25 2005, 01:43 AM
xSiLLyMex   Ya. I read it recently for 8th grade. It's a g...   Jun 25 2005, 01:51 AM
delicateATROCiTY   i read an excerpt in 8th grade, and it seemed pret...   Jun 25 2005, 02:41 AM
MeLoNiSyUmMy   no, the guy..i forget his name now has a surgery s...   Jun 25 2005, 07:52 AM
rockstermonkey   I loved that book. So sad in the end </3. But i...   Jun 25 2005, 08:05 AM
solarized   I read the play version too It is quite inspiri...   Jun 25 2005, 08:21 AM
Kathleen   *Spasm* I remember reading this in eighth grade. A...   Jun 25 2005, 08:34 AM
tweeak   wow, why did everyone read it in 8th grade? i...   Jun 25 2005, 11:17 AM
william   QUOTE(tweeak @ Jun 25 2005, 8:17 AM)wow, why ...   Jun 25 2005, 06:26 PM
Janolam   Yeah. The story was sad. [jerry]   Jun 25 2005, 11:19 AM
sheepy   yup i read it..so sad =[   Jun 25 2005, 11:35 AM
lilliannnn   Yeah. I had to read it for school this year. I don...   Jun 25 2005, 12:52 PM
MetalChick77   Well I had to read it the summer before freshman y...   Jun 25 2005, 01:32 PM
bab3egurl8o5   Yeah I read it in 8th grade, it is a really good s...   Jun 25 2005, 04:01 PM
Maestro   I remember that book, I read it when I was in eigh...   Jun 25 2005, 04:03 PM
DisneyPrincessKate   i read it a few weeks ago, it was one of the few b...   Jun 25 2005, 05:09 PM
slipper   i read it. i think it actually made me cry, or jus...   Jun 25 2005, 06:46 PM
william   ^there is a movie. it's pretty old though.   Jun 25 2005, 06:51 PM
littlewhite   8th grade english class. i love this story. pretty...   Jun 25 2005, 09:57 PM
glit_gal   yep i've read it when I was in 8th grade, good...   Jun 25 2005, 10:10 PM
yanners   i've read part of it. it's so sad. :(   Jun 25 2005, 10:36 PM
soulless727   yeah i read it like in january or something. prett...   Jun 26 2005, 08:56 AM
xbr0kensmil3   i read that a week before school ended and saw the...   Jun 26 2005, 09:09 AM
paul murphy   Na, never read it   Jun 26 2005, 03:14 PM
ktsou11   i read it in 8th grade. it's sad but it's ...   Jun 26 2005, 07:13 PM
jeung   moved to interests -> books forum   Apr 4 2006, 03:48 PM
Evil_One1   I read it in 7th grade for a reading seminar assig...   May 17 2006, 06:33 PM
silver rain   Yeah, I read it in middle school. I really like th...   May 17 2006, 06:39 PM
maryissa   We read it this year. I dont really know what i th...   May 17 2006, 09:33 PM
emazing   Haha, yeah, what a weird coincedence. We're re...   May 17 2006, 10:57 PM
ms. independent   we read that in my L.A. class and saw the movie af...   May 21 2006, 01:11 PM
LUNACY _ FRiNG3 X   We just finished reading an excerpt of that book i...   May 24 2006, 04:07 PM
aicilah999   oh i will read that in 8th grade. heard it was rea...   May 25 2006, 03:04 PM
Toxical   I read it a while ago. It was okay...but I was in ...   May 30 2006, 07:52 PM
Clarisse   Oh mann. This is an amazing book. I saw that it wa...   May 31 2006, 08:16 PM
walk the line   i remember reading that book in 8th grade. it was ...   Jun 4 2006, 04:14 PM
treschicgeek   I didn't read the book, but in 8th grade in En...   Jun 4 2006, 04:52 PM
disco infiltrator   ^ We read it in 8th grade and watched the movie as...   Jun 14 2006, 12:00 PM
Gypsy Eyes   I read that in seventh grade and it was so sad   Jun 14 2006, 04:38 PM
x2xmhpm   oooOoooo...now i wanna read it...   Jun 15 2006, 12:09 AM
distortedMIND   I love that book. It first caught my attention bec...   Jun 19 2006, 05:32 PM
airam   the movie was really funny!!!! lik...   Jul 3 2006, 06:04 PM
monkieluver12   I read it and watched the movie in school, it was ...   Jul 8 2006, 03:22 AM
smallsXalmighty   i only read the book...it was pretty good   Jul 8 2006, 03:27 AM
priyas   i read it. OMG---so sad,   Jul 8 2006, 01:59 PM
marzipan   never heard of it. i don't really understand t...   Jul 8 2006, 02:01 PM
french_fries   it got me bored...   Jul 16 2006, 08:22 PM
hardxcoreL0VER   I loved it! Everytime a teacher mentions cert...   Nov 15 2006, 06:33 PM
Serendipity.   We're in the middle of reading that in my Engl...   Nov 15 2006, 06:35 PM
airam   the high school made it into a play this year. i m...   Nov 16 2006, 03:45 PM
Days Nearly Over   That book was weird. I too read it in 8th grade. I...   Nov 16 2006, 04:59 PM
Shortiiex   i just finished that book...it was okay..it got a ...   Jan 1 2007, 01:33 AM
BrokenxWingsx   Great book. Loved it.   Jan 1 2007, 01:14 PM
kayceeisms   It was a good book, I had to force myself through ...   Jan 1 2007, 09:33 PM
slipper   i just reread & finished it a couple of nights...   Jan 8 2007, 09:22 PM
miiichellley   We read a portion of it for 8th grade and it was a...   Jan 14 2007, 05:50 PM
kayceeisms   QUOTE(miiichellley @ Jan 14 2007, 2:50 PM...   Jan 14 2007, 11:56 PM
x_pinaystyle_x   heyyy.. i remember that story!! i read it ...   Jan 15 2007, 09:08 PM
Chessboxxa 101   I have another story to go with this story. So my ...   Jan 16 2007, 08:30 AM
moorepocket*   yes watch the movie.   Jan 16 2007, 12:33 PM
noheadnorman   oh, man. The book is soooo good. But the movie is ...   Jan 30 2007, 10:58 AM
xMyStIcShAd0wSx   I read it about a billion times and saw the movie ...   Feb 3 2007, 09:53 PM
teishya   It was a bittersweet story. Sad but beautiful. Rea...   Feb 4 2007, 01:05 PM
priyas   So sad   Feb 5 2007, 01:06 AM


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