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Genre

Classic

Coming of Age

Setting & Time Period

Devon, New Hampshire

World War II

1940's 20th Century

Music

Big Band Music

Vocabulary

Chapter 1

sedate

foyer

convalescence

salient

prodigious

inveigle

reverberant

inanimate

Chapter 2

inane

infer

Chapter 3

venerable

inured

insidious

Chapter 4

obliterate

solace

enmity

effulgence

exuberant

listless

undulation

Chapter 5

ludicrous

erratic

Chapter 6

vindicate

idiosyncratic

transcend

infinitesimal

turbid

sinecure

pre-empt

Chapter 7

contretemps

insinuate

Chapter 8

ambiguous

rhetorical

reticent

poignance

sententious

Chapter 9

multifarious

cacophony

accolade

latent

Chapter 10

austerity

Chapter 11

tacit

culminate

guileful

Chapter 12

irreconcilable

innate

impervious

Chapter 13

assimilate

parry

Supplements

37 Copies of Book

Book on CD - Unabridged

Activities

Coming of Age During Wartime.Discuss with students the fact that, during World War II, relatively few students expressed opposition to the United States's participation in the war. Have them research how students in a later period, such as the Vietnam War or the Gulf War, reacted to those conflicts. Students then present their findings in a research paper.

Links

Phillips Exeter Academy - Essay by John Knowles http://www.exeter.edu/libraries/4513_4621.aspx

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