Frank recalls the memories of the summer in 1961 when he was a thirteen-year-old boy in a small town of New Bremen, Minnesota. The story is narrated by Frank forty years after, looking back at that particular summer which visited by frequent deaths in various forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder.…
On 7th November 1843, Harriet Monckton was found murdered in the privy behind the chapel she had regularly attended in Bromley, Kent (based on a true story). The first part introduces the background of several main characters who knew Harriet and possibly her secret as well. The story was told…
The story is narrated by Death during World War II, and it is the story of a young German girl named Liesel. It begins with the death of her brother and her first act of book thievery. A book is hidden in the snow called 'The Gravedigger's Handbook' which is…
This is one of the best graphic novels I've ever read. Wow. The drawings were so beautiful. The sequence of the story was extremely accurate and wordings were very similar to the original story. I recommend to anyone who loves the novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and also to anyone…
The narrator begins recounting her family history with Simon Finch, who fled England to escape religious persecution and established a prosperous farm on the banks of the Alabama River. The narrator introduces his father as Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the nearby town of Maycomb, a tired, poor, old town…
This story focuses on Sally, who grows up in a convent after her father committed suicide, leaving her mother as a widow before Sally was born. Growing up in the convent has piqued her interest to become a nun. Her mother refuses to let her go until she was reminded…
"Well, I say, we all have to start somewhere if us want to do better, and our own self is what is have to hand." The entire book consists of Celie's letters telling her life stories to God, and towards the end, she writes letters to her sister,…
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…
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This first line has become one of the most famous in English literature. When Mr. Bingley arrives at Netherfield, Mrs. Bennet sees this as an opportunity for…
This story is set in 1920’s when the old Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) under the British influence and the elite society emerged from the central Colombo. There were two main characters in this story, Annalukshmi and Balendran, at different stages of their lives, both learning how to control their…