Bibliographic Information: Salinger, J.D. (1991). The Catcher in the Rye. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company.
Brief Annotation: In this coming of age story, Holden Caulfield leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and heads to New York City, in search of life, love and sex. A poet by nature, he hangs onto his pain, keeping it to himself.
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Grade Level: 9-12
Readers who will like this book: Teenagers and young adults who like a somewhat spunky narrator, and are searching for their true selves.
Rating/Response: 2 out of 4. I had read this book many years ago, and was hoping to appreciate it more as an adult, however, I found it dry and boring. (Maybe I waited too long to reread it?)
One question I would ask before a read aloud: How do we discover who we truly are? (And after: What could Holden have done differently to improve his situation?)
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