The story begins with the narrator and the family is on a sailing ship experiencing a fierce storm. The ship's crews evacuate without them with the last remaining boat. William and Elizabeth and their four children (Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and Francis) are left to survive alone. They able to survive…
Everyone said she was the most disagreeable child they ever saw. Mary's parents abandon her and leave her under the servants' care. Without her parents love and caring, she becomes a spoiled child - tyrannical and selfish. One day, when the chlorella starts spreading in India, a few servants died…
Nancy and her friend Helen travel to a historic inn and resort owned by Emily and her fiancé, Dick, which will serve as their livelihood after marriage. Nancy is called home to investigate a break-in of her own bedroom, and discovers that her card is stolen. There is someone out…
Once, there was a china rabbit named Edward Tulane who was loved by a little girl. The rabbit went on an ocean journey and fell overboard. He was rescued by a fisherman but later buried under rubbish. He was unburied by a dog and traveled for a long time with…
This book consists of 284 fables and some illustrations. These stories teach moral lessons, often with animals. Aesop's fables are the perfect way to learn important lessons about life through the adventures of some unforgettable animal friends. Despite Aesop's fables often retold especially for children, I still love it as…
Huckleberry Finn is a poor boy who tries to run away from his drunken father. After being kidnapped by his father who only interested in his fortune, Huck fakes his own death. He hides out on a nearby island, where he meets another runaway: Jim, a slave who tries to…
This story is about Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil. There are twelve dreams in this story and each dream tells the discovery of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, numbers with triangles, and factorials. As we dream with Robert, we get to understand more…
Nancy and Helen caught in a storm and nearly drown. Coincidentally, Laura walks along the shore and she hears their cries for help. She gets into another boat, paddles out and saves both Nancy and Helen. After exchanging their introductions, Nancy gets to know that Laura is an orphan and…
Bod is a short form for the name ‘Nobody’. He is just a normal boy but has an interesting upbringing. Bod is raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. As a curious toddler, he climbs…
Twerp is a nickname for Julian Twerski as his last name sounds like 'Twerp'. After being suspended for a week, Julian's English teacher, Mr Selkirk, offers him a choice to avoid writing a report on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, only if he keeps a journal and writes about the terrible incident…