Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)

from samantha.nop

This book is about a guy named Charlie Gordon. Charlie Gordon's IQ is 69 and he still acts like a little kid sometimes. He tries really hard to do the best he can. Then, Charlie is offered the chance to become 3 times smarter than what he is now. Of course, Charlie takes the offer. All Charlie ev...

from salimbol

This moving tale of a man with a very low IQ who undergoes an experimental procedure that dramatically increases his intellect is one of the best of the SF Masterworks series that I've read so far. The narrative is quietly gripping, as we follow Charlie's intellectual and emotional growth, and th...

from AHS-Wolfy

Charlie Gordon has an abnormally low IQ but has a drive to better himself that was instilled by his mother when he was a child. He voluntarily attends an adult learning centre so that he can learn to read and write. Seeing his devotion, his teacher recommends him as the first test subject for a r...

from henry.hays

This was a great story that I would highly recommend. Read the short version if possible. It is about a person named Charlie with a mental handicap who doctors attempt to make smarter. At the same time, doctors are attempting to create an outstandingly intelligent mouse by using the test subject ...

from LynnB

Like most Canadians, I read Flowers for Algernon (the short story) in school. I never forgot either the story line or the deep sympathy I felt for Charlie. This is an extremely moving story about a man with a low IQ who takes part in experimental surgery and becomes a genius. The operation had pr...