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From: The Gazette
Date: 20030831
Author:THE GAZETTE; LINDA DuVAL

Not to mix metaphors, but the selection of "Frankenstein," by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, opens a real Pandora's box for readers in the Pikes Peak region.

Should we be serious about the issues raised in the book, or have some fun with it?

The Pikes Peak Library District has decided to do both.

All Pikes Peak Reads is a literary program designed to involve everyone in El Paso County in the reading and discussion of a single book each year, according to the library's mission statement.

"Frankenstein," selected by a vote of library patrons, follows last year's "To Kill a Mockingbird" as the ...

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