The Canterbury Tales has long been required reading in many English classes. While you can find the book with the Middle English on one side and …
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Continue ReadingWalk Two Moons, a intelligent and heartfelt young adult novel by Sharon Creech, is about growing up, coming to terms with loss, and the value of …
Continue ReadingAlso called “Rocket Boys,” “October Sky” by Homer Hickam, Jr. is a story of a young boy growing up in a mining town during the …
Continue ReadingTennyson’s “Ulysses” is the first modern adaptation of the myth. Homer’s Odyssey lends the poem its narrative background. A closer look at the …
Continue ReadingThis story of an Eskimo girl straddling two different cultures is as relevant today as when first written in 1972 by Jean Craighead George. These …
Continue ReadingCharlotte Bronte captured readers’ hearts and inspired controversy with her heroine Jane Eyre, a woman who overcomes an abusive and deprived …
Continue ReadingNo genre of literature better depicts the 20th century than science fiction. Its growth as a genre matches the growth of importance of technology in …
Continue ReadingThis is a summary of the book “Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story.” The novel is set in the Civil War era and authored by Andrea Davis Pinkney for …
Continue ReadingThe story of growing up in a coal mining town, “October Sky” is impossible to understand fully without recognizing the many symbols which …
Continue ReadingIf you have ever read any of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, you already know she talked about her growing-up experiences with her family. Just what did …
Continue ReadingAll 12 of the characters in “The Rivals” by Richard Sheridan, are essential aspects of the play. Get some help keeping the cast straight …
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