1.   Together the two books test what can be gained and lost by insisting on either innocence or experience.

2.   Only where the two books appear together is it called Scala Perfeccionis, The Scale of Perfection.

3.   Although the plots of the two books would seem to be very different, they actually end in a similar manner, on a promising note.

4.   The two books are written differently.

5.   I believe the best link between the two books are the characters of Celie and Ponyboy.

6.   Although many of the names are different, characters and events in the two books are similar.

7.   An examination of the two books leads this reader to conclude that the similarities between the two can easily be attributed to the shared wartime experiences of the authors.

8.   Another prospective juror said she had read one of the two books.

9.   Barry Mawn, head of the Boston office of the FBI, also praised Quincy detective Thomas Healey for his work tracking down the two books.

10.   About the only thing the two books have in common is that they are both historical novels with young women at their center.