The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Summary (from the publisher): Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Review: In The Catcher in the Rye , the reader follows adolescent Holden Caulfield as he descents into delinquency. Over the course of a few days, 16-year-old Holden gets kicked out of his elite boarding school and then runs away. His rambling narration slowly reveals that behind his tough exterior is a complex individual who has experienced immense loss and is rejecting the broken world he finds himself in. As the novel progresses, it becomes clear that behind all his wise talk is a boy who is deeply sensing and cannot stomach seeing others left out or hurt. When he is
