One-Sentence Summary: Teenagers' confusions of their love interests, Voldemort's history before going to the dark side, and Harry's obsession with Draco Malfoy's whereabouts. I am glad that the story for once has a different beginning that does not involve Dursleys' mistreatment of Harry Potter. It has an uncommon start with…
One-Sentence Summary: Ministry of Magic interferes with Hogwarts's administration and denies the truth of the return of Voldemort, forcing the students to rebel for freedom and the revelation for the truth. On one of the hottest nights of the summer, Harry has an argument with his cousin Dudley on the…
One-Sentence Summary: Voldemort wants to regain his power, but he needs to lure Harry Potter to get something from Harry to help him rise again. I already got hooked with the story when it begins with rumours from villagers about a murder that happened a long time ago in their…
One-Sentence Summary: Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban and is targeting to kill Harry but later finds out the cause of his parents' deaths is related to Sirius Black. Uncle Vernon's sister, Aunt Marge, visits the Dursleys and has many verbal attacks against Harry's family. So far in this series,…
One-Sentence Summary: The Chamber of Secrets reopens after being sealed for 50 years, targeting to kill Muggle-born by an unknown Slytherin's heir with Harry Potter being the suspected heir. Harry has been spending unpleasant time with the Dursleys before starting his second year in Hogwarts. The story's beginning summarises Harry's…
This story is set in the 1840s in the town of St Petersburg located in Missouri. Tom Sawyer, an orphan boy, lives with his mother's sister, Aunt Polly. Aunt Polly loves Tom dearly and very strict with him. Tom is a fun-loving, quick-witted, and adventurous boy who always finds his…
Writer: Mildred Wirt (1935). Revised By: Grace Grote (1972). Aunt Eloise invites Nancy to New York City to meet her detective friend for a mystery case in Illinois. Detective Boyce tells the story of a wounded French missionary in 1680. The French missionary was nursed and regained consciousness only long…
Writer: Mildred Wirt (1934). Revised By: Harriet Stratemeyer Adams & Grace Grote (1965). Mr Drew has a client Lawrence Baker who owns a summer cottage at Misty Lake. Before Mr Baker leaves to Europe, he rented his place for two weeks to a young woman called Cecily Curtis. The caretaker…
Writer: Walter Karig (1933). Revised By: Patricia Doll (1966). When Nancy is on the flagstone path of her garden, a wounded bird plummeted down and landed among the flowers. The homing pigeon has a thin piece of paper on its leg. And the message indicates trouble will occur and after…
Writer: Walter Karig (1933). Revised By: Patricia Doll (1968). Nancy and her friends Bess and George are heading for a secluded inn called The Sign of the Twisted Candles. There are rumours from their neighbours that an old man was virtually a prisoner in the tower of the old-fashioned mansion.…