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I come back yet again with a captivating Greek mythological story retold in poem form. This time centered around the story of Arachne. Most of you who are reading this have at least some knowledge of the myth of Arachne so I am going to dive right in!  Unlike the original myth, Caprara begins the book when Arachne is a little child. Arachne’s life as a child is horrible. She has an abnormal gait because of her bow-leggedness, everyone calls her ugly and malformed, her family is poverty-stricken and uneducated, and practically everyone dislikes her except for her mother, little brother, and her best friend, Celandine. Her mother always reassures her and tells her to not let the fools judge her, and that there are other ways to make her voice heard. Arachne’s mother teaches her how to weave intricate tapestries that depict almost any kind of image she wants. Over the years, Arachne becomes an extremely skilled weaver, but she also begins to pick up some of her own opinions. One of th...

 Flowers for Algernon: A review by Linden Peters                       I was warned by my parents that  Flowers for Algernon  was an insanely depressing story, but as a person who greatly enjoys reading heart-crushing stories, I could not resist picking this book up.                  Flowers for Algernon  starts a 32-year-old man named Charlie Gordon who was born with an unusually low IQ. Because of this, he is exploited and treated vilely by everyone around him. One day, he is offered to be part of an experiment that aims to raise people's IQ. It has already worked for a mouse named Algernon, and Charlie really wants to be smart, so he eagerly accepts.                      The experiment succeeds and Charlie's IQ raises to 190 in a matter of months. While being as smart as everyo...