During their journey, Charlie gets to know Raymond, who has some extraordinary skills. He and his brother drive across the United States to Los Angeles, where he plans to live with his brother. He tells her, I m keeping him until I get my money. Charlie kidnaps his brother, although he refuses to admit to his girlfriend that this is what he has done. Requiring a very secure environment, he lives in an institution. He can t feel things the same way that other people do, and therefore he is unable to have normal relationships with people. He discovers that his father has left the money to his older brother Raymond a brother he never even knew he had. Charlie is understandably angry he feels that the money belongs to him. Then he learns that his wealthy father has left him only his 1949 Buick and his roses, and that he has left all his money to someone very important to me. Nothing I did was ever good enough for him says Charlie bitterly to his girlfriend, Susanna. His business is in trouble and he needs money badly. revolves around Charlie Babbit, a tough young man eager to get rich quick. The performances of its stars, Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, played a great part in the film s success, but the story is powerful and moving on its own, and therefore Leonore Fleischer s novelisation of the film deserves to be read in its own right. Summary The novel is based on the screenplay of the hugely successful 1988 film of the same name. She has novelised approximately fifty screenplays. Leonore Fleischer has worked in every area of publishing over the last twenty-five years. He now writes full-time, but he still works as a lawyer occasionally.

He published three novels and then began to write successful screenplays. Ronald Bass has a law degree from Harvard University. He has written a number of plays for television. He became interested in handicapped people and formed a theatre company to perform for them. Barry Morrow was the lead singer in a rock and roll band for a long time.

Fleischer s novelisation is based on the screenplay. Morrow then collaborated with Ronald Bass to write the screenplay.

1 Teacher s notes LEVEL 3 Leonore Fleischer About the authors is based on a story written by Barry Morrow.

Junior by Leonore Fleischer