One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Charlie Gordon, who desperately wants to be able to read and write, undergoes a brain operation which dramatically increases his intelligence. But can his emotional development keep pace with the intellectual?

Autorentext
Daniel Keyes, geb. 1927 in New York, lebt heute in Florida; er studierte Psychologie und war Zeitschriftenredakteur und Modephotograph, später Englischlehrer und - nach einem Literaturstudium - Dozent u. a. an der Ohio University.

Zusammenfassung
Literature for life