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"Charles" - Journal Entries
 
 
 
Novels:
The Outsiders
Timeline for the plot of The Outsiders

“I was getting to where I could see the truth.

Someday I'll be brave enough to speak it.” 

--Ponyboy from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

 
The Contender 
Reading Guide for The Contender by Robert Lipsyte

Literary Essay Guidelines - Compare to Slake's Limbo

“Everyone wants to be a champion.  That’s not enough. You have to start by wanting to be a contender . . . It’s the climbing that makes the man.  Getting to the top is an extra reward.”  --Mr. Donatelli of The Contender, by Robert Lipsyte.

 

The Giver
 
 
 
 

 

Edgar Allan Poe and Related Works: