Pub Date: May 1, 2005
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2004005049
Lexile Code: 0910
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 14 to UP
Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.10" L x 5.00" W ( 0.55 lbs) 311 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Classics | Science Fiction | Hard Science Fiction | Literary | Women | Fantasy | Urban | Psychological
Description: 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. High school & older.
Brief description: Daniel Keyes (1927 - 2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He was the author of eight books, including the classic Flowers for Algernon, first published in 1966, which would go on to sell more than five million copies and inspire the Oscar-winning film Charly. He also worked as a merchant seaman, a fiction editor, a high school teacher, and as a university professor at Ohio University, where he was honored at Professor Emeritus in 2000. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for his work and was chosen as an Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Review Quotes:
PRAISE FOR FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON
"A tale that is convincing, suspenseful and touching."--The New York Times
"An ingeniously touching story . . . Moving . . . Intensely real."--The Baltimore Sun
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