William was born into slavery in the early 1800s on a plantation in Jamaica. William's mother, Stella, was a house slave to the Mowatt family. Stella was often abused by her master Cargill Mowatt or whom they called Massa. William has a younger brother Sammy who claimed as Massa's biological…
Set in a small town in Wollongong, Australia, in the 1970s, Tanya's mother, Eleanor, has been continuously trying to have a baby. She already had multiple miscarriages in the past until Shelley comes into the world. Tanya Randall is just an eleven-year-old girl struggling with peer pressure, puberty, and coping…
The first book sets in a small fishing village located in Yeongdo, Busan, from 1910 to 1933. It begins with the story of a fisherman and his wife that has three sons, but only the eldest and weakest survived. Hoonie was born with a cleft palate and a twisted foot…
Set in the '70s at Odessa Texas, the story begins with Gloria Ramirez, who is just fourteen years old, observing closely of a young cowboy who is sleeping in his truck. She is waiting for the right time to run away before he sobers up. As the sun rises, offering…
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…