Flowers For Algernon Webquest

Flowers For Algernon Webquest

Flowers For Algernon Webquest

Flowers for Algernon [Mariner Books, 2005] is often cited on teen book lists. A summary of the novel helps students analyze the novel and teachers provide instruction. The brief summary can be used as it is, or extrapolated upon by either teachers or students as they read the novel.

Understanding the Purpose of Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon was originally a short story written by Daniel Keyes. After the story won a Hugo Award, one of the highest honors in science fiction, Keyes turned the story into a novel.

The full-length novel won the 1966 Nebula Award for the best novel of the year, the highest honor for science fiction novels. The novel version was adapted into a movie in 1968, Charly, and the actor who played Charlie, won an Academy Award.