Trailers promoting books on our prerequisite reading lists!

View movie trailer   Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Follow the life of Offred, who reveals the darkness behind the calm facade of a totalitarian society dominated by male fundamentalists. Amazon.com Review  

View movie trailer!   Salinger, J.D.  The Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caufield, kicked out of boarding school, wanders New York City, lost in grief, alienation, and hypocrisy.  Amazon.com Review 

View movie trailer! Malamud, Bernard. The Natural. A story about Roy Hobbs, a star baseball player born with rare and wondrous gifts, who is robbed of his prime playing years by a youthful indiscretion that costs him his career and nearly his life. Amazon.com Review

Rand, Ayn.  Anthem.  In this dystopian novel, Equality 7-2521, defies the rigid rules of his collectivist society and proclaims his individuality. Amazon Review.

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