Helpful Score: 5
I used to teach this in my ninth-grade English class and the kids really liked it a lot. It's a story about two teenagers who try to scam an old man, but end up befriending him and getting profoundly affected by his outlook on life.
While somewhat dated, since it was written in the late 1960s, it's still relevant to teenagers today, though the references to dialed pay phones are really foreign (I had to explain to this cell phone generation what they were!) and the kids often can't understand how times have changed in 40 years. Still, the themes of friendship, ageism, loyalty, and death are universal.
While somewhat dated, since it was written in the late 1960s, it's still relevant to teenagers today, though the references to dialed pay phones are really foreign (I had to explain to this cell phone generation what they were!) and the kids often can't understand how times have changed in 40 years. Still, the themes of friendship, ageism, loyalty, and death are universal.
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