Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes · 1966
Buy on AmazonThe books that stuck with me are the ones that are heartbreaking: 'Flowers for Algernon,' by Daniel Keyes; 'To Kill a Mockingbird'; and 'Johnny Tremain,' by Esther Forbes. I can still tell you the last line of all of them.
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"The books that stuck with me are the ones that are heartbreaking: 'Flowers for Algernon,' by Daniel Keyes; 'To Kill a Mockingbird'; and 'Johnny Tremain,' by Esther Forbes. I can still tell you the last line of all of them."
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""Flowers for Algernon," by Daniel Keyes, was an influential book for me when I was growing up, and I've found that few people seem to have read it."
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