Catcher in the Rye Teacher Guide - Literature Unit of lessons for teaching the novel The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

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Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University, Ani Govjian has recently completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In April of 2007 she was awarded a second place prize in the Denise L. Scott Memorial Poetry Contest and exhibited a piece in a juried show at the Laband Gallery. She is currently preparing for graduate study and looks forward to working as a writer in Southern California.