My first encounter with Salinger, like many others, was The Catcher in the Rye...it was not a great one though. I was 13 and stuck alone in my sister's 1 room, cluttered to say the least, college apartment. I was suppose to be writing a report on the Triangle Fire of 1911, but this red covered book caught my attention. I started reading...I hated it. Needless to say I went on to read Franny and Zooey and the other published works, loved them. I reread cathcer a couple months ago. I like it a lot better now. Must be 13 is too young, atleast for me to actually get it. Morgan