Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Synopsis: This is a historical fiction novel by Margaret Mitchell set during the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era. It is the story of Scarlett O’Hara and her struggles and the trials she faces. In the book, she goes from the ages of sixteen to twenty-eight. Scarlett first …
This is a play by Henrik Ibsen. Synopsis: This is a play by Henrik Ibsen. Nora Helmer is the wife of Torvald and the mother of three children and feels stuck and unhappy in her marriage. Torvald is a bank manager who believes himself to be and claims that he is in love with Nora. …
This is a fictional book about a vampire named Dracula. Synopsis: Dracula is written in the form of letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It is set in Victorian England and Gothic Transylvania. It starts out with Jonathan Harker, an English lawyer, traveling to Castle Dracula in Transylvania to finish a real estate transaction with …
This is a fictional book about a boy named Milo who drives through a magical tollbooth. Synopsis: This is about a bored boy named Milo who drives through a magical tollbooth into the Kingdom of Wisdom and with Tock, the watchdog, and the Humbug, goes on a quest to the Castle in the Air looking …
This is a fictional book about a swan named Louis who was born mute and learned how to play the trumpet to communicate. Synopsis: This book starts when Sam Beaver, an eleven-year-old boy, on a camping trip in Canada with his father, sees a male swan and female swan and discovers the nest they have …
This is a fictional book about Wilbur, the smallest out of a litter of piglets on the Arable farm. Synopsis: Wilbur is the smallest of a litter of piglets on the Arable farm and is given to Fern to raise, and Fern quickly bonds with Wilbur and treats him as her pet. However, Wilbur grows …
This is a children’s fiction book about Stuart, a boy who looks like a mouse despite being a human child. Synopsis: Stuart Little is born to the Little family in New York City- Mr. Little, Mrs. Little, and their other son George, and their cat Snowbell who dislikes Stuart because he knows Stuart is part …
This is a Children’s Fiction book about Mr. Popper, a house painter who receives a penguin in the mail. Synopsis: Mr. Popper is a house painter of little money living with his wife and two children in Stillwater, Minnesota. He is happy but also restless and longs for adventure but dreams of traveling to faraway …
This is a fiction book about Captain Ahab’s quest for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant sperm whale that bit off his leg on his ship’s previous voyage. Synopsis: This book is narrated by Ishmael. He goes to sea because he craved adventure, and travels from Manhattan to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Ishmael shares a bed …
This is a fiction book and the sequel to Tom Sawyer. It takes place in the 1840s in Missouri. I enjoyed this book a great deal and loved the characters of Huck Finn and Jim and their adventures. Synopsis: Huck Finn is around thirteen to fourteen years old. His mother is dead, and his father …
