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 …
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 …