The Old Man and the Sea

Here's the thing: read it in 9th grade honors English class, don't remember being terribly impressed with it. I'm not a Hemingway fan. However, I taught it to my summer school students, and while they echoed the thoughts f 14-year-old me, I was surprised to find a better book than I thought I would in the book, if not a literary masterpiece. The allegory gets a little heavy-handed at the end. I don't anticipate having to re-read it again (or doing so willingly).