A Separate Peace
Books | Fiction / Coming of Age
3.5
(14.6K)
John Knowles
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to World War II.Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.
Coming Of Age
World War 2
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Author
John Knowles
Pages
204
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2014-04-22
ISBN
1476777039 9781476777030
Ratings
Google: 3
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"It was a great book! Was not expecting the ending, but it was a very vivid and detailed story! I could picture everything - I still can’t get over the fact that the ending is not a cliffhanger since there is no sequel, but it is not a proper happily ever after ending either… I think the plot was a little different and unique since there were many points of major conflict which for me, confused me as to the location of the climax. All in all, loved the idea of it and it was an amazing read! "
Jinx
"This is like something out of Dead Poets’ Society."
C F
Claire Freeman
"I love the descriptions of the setting and the unique twists and turns this book takes."
Kate Barbera
"Beautifully written. Heartbreaking."
Nancy Gibson
"I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. it was a school assignment but i fell so much in love that i think i broke every bone. mwah mwah mwah. i love you leper, please marry me im begging u, i will treat u better than they ever come. "
daisy
"After rereading this one I read harris and me by Gary Paulsen. Its a lot more light hearted and a good bed time read. "
Jessica Spencer
"Definitely when they are laying on the sand together "
e.v. hat
"This was required reading for me. Didn’t like it. I thought it was long winded and dull. "
Kyle Norsworthy
"Such an eloquent book about growing up, the loss of adolescence, and the sometimes hard way to forge Friendships. "
Hali Shepherd
"Once again, I had to read this during the beginning of my 12th grade year. In my opinion, some of the characters make stupid mistakes but then again I am a girl in the 21st century and this is written about boys, wrote by a boy, a long time ago. Our ways of thinking are just different. Besides that, It was still a good read. The end was sucky. *Spoiler* Everyone in my class thought that Finny and Gene were 💅 but no. We also weren't expecting Finny to end up the way he did."
abby
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