This Week in Book History

September 16th marks the birthday of novelist John Knowles. Born in 1926 in Fairmont, West Virginia, Knowles's first novel about two best friends at an all-boys boarding school still remains a reading list fixture. A SEPARATE PEACE is also an all-time favorite of Sarah Brennan, Teenreads.com's resident teen fict-o-file.

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