Week 2: Flowers for Algernon
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This week's book is the classic science fiction novel, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon's life is changed by a group of scientists that develop a treatment that can help increase his IQ, but what happens once Charlie becomes aware enough to see things as they are? Is ignorance truly bliss?
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