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Flowers for Algernon - New Windmills KS4 (Hardback)
Daniel Keyes (author)Published: 07/04/1989
Charlie Gordon, a retarded adult, undergoes a brain operation which dramatically increases his intelligence.
Charlie becomes a genius. But can he cope emotionally? Can he develop relationships?
And how do the psychiatrists and psychologists view Charlie—as a man or as the subject of an experiment like the mouse Algernon?
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
ISBN: 9780435123437
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 300 g
Dimensions: 188 x 124 x 16 mm
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