Synopsis: This is a children’s fiction book about Matilda Wormwood, a very bright and precocious girl, born to Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood. Her parents are abusive and neglectful of her. She learns to speak at the age of one and to read at three and a half. Matilda loves books and literature and is a …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book about a ten-year-old girl named Winnie Foster. She is from a wealthy family and lives in the small town of Treegap in the late 1800s. Her family is overbearing, and Winnie things about running away. One night while Winnie is outside catching fireflies, she sees a man in a …
Synopsis: This is a play by Tennessee Williams that takes place in New Orleans. It is about Blanche Du Bois, a former southern belle. After losing her job as a high school English teacher, and her luxurious plantation home, Belle Reve, Blanche moves in a seedy apartment in New Orleans with her younger sister, Stella, …
Synopsis: This is a play by Tennessee Williams. It is a memory play based on Tom’s recollection of his mother Amanda and sister Laura that takes place in the 1930s in St. Louis. Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support his family, but wishes to become a poet and escapes from reality by going …
Synopsis: This novel follows the lives of the four March sisters- Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy from their childhood to their adulthood. Their father is a chaplain in the Union Army during the Civil War, and their mother Margaret (Marmee) runs the house while her husband is away and is loving, caring and gentle. They …
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 …