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  • I attended a Catholic school. The following year I was going away to a boarding school. That school sent a summer reading list that included this book. I began reading it. Someone informed me it might not be the best book to read at the Catholic school given the Church had banned the book.

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    I attended a Catholic school. The following year I was going away to a boarding school. That school sent a summer reading list that included this book. I began reading it. Someone informed me it might not be the best book to read at the Catholic school given the Church had banned the book.

    I certainly identified with Holden as a 14-year old boy.

    

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  • I wish this book would have been required reading for me in school. I bought this on a whim because i thought it was a book that i should read, and i was right. Great stuff!

    

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  • Don't be a G.D. phoney!

    

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  • I had read this as a high-schooler and remember really enjoying it. This time around (many years later) I had a harder time relating to Holden. My adult perspective found him both immature and negative. Still enjoyed the story though.

    

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Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.

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