The Railway Children, E. Nesbit

Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were just ordinary suburban children, living comfortably in a modern villa with their lovely parents. They always had everything they needed, and their parents always take care of them well. Then, one night, two men came to their house. After a heated conversation with their father…

The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #6), Carolyn Keene

Writer: Midred Wirt (1931). Revised By: Lynn Ealer (1961). One-Sentence Summary: A bottle of perfume which reluctantly being sold to Bess leads to the adventure of capturing a counterfeit syndicate. When waiting for the train to return to River Heights, Nancy is contemplating their encounter with the mysterious woman in…

Moby-Dick, Herman Melville

One-Sentence Summary: Ishmael joins the adventure of hunting whales but almost lost his own life due to Captain Ahab's obsession of hunting the white whale (Moby Dick) which he had lost his leg to it. "Call me Ishmael." The narrator introduces himself as Ishmael. He recalls his life…

The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin

An uncommon-looking delivery boy is riding around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. The delivery boy was sixty-two years old, and there was no such person as Barney Northrup although the letters were signed with that name. In one day he had rented all of Sunset…

The London Jungle Book, Bhajju Shyam

If you are surrounded with modern inventions and living in a city like me, you will have various opinions about tribes and villages which probably based from what you've watched on the tv or books that you've read. We seldom question ourselves what will be a tribal man think about…

Fish in a Tree, Lynda Mullaly Hunt

"If you spell 'cow' inside a cupcake, can a vegetarian eat it?" Ally needs to write a page about herself for the new teacher but she is reluctant to do it. Ally thought a bright card with yellow flowers will be beautiful enough to make Mrs. Hall smile…