Your opinion on the Catcher in the Rye by Salinger?

Though I did not read it until I was 26 years old, I thought it was an awesome book (contrary to what Tee Hee thinks) and I wish I had read this in the twelth grade instead of Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel," which was as boring as hell! Holden Caulfield, while not a sympathetic character, is still an interesting and engaging character, and many teenage and young adult readers can probably relate to him. Despite a healthy number of cliches that has a tendency to dull writing, the narration is still hip and interesting to make it entertaining. You'll find yourself reading it aloud in playing the role of Holden. I suggest reading this if you need a change of pace, and are about to go nuts after reading such crap as "The Stone Angel" and "Jane Eyre" and even more boring and depressing books as such "Angela's Ashes" and "The Hours."