A Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket The three Baudelaire children are orphaned and sent to live with supposed relative, Count Olaf. But find their living situation is miserable and their guardian is only after their inheritance. Although cleverly written, the story is truly unfortunate. The adults portrayed in the books are either imbeciles, villains, or …
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis In Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis takes us back to Narnia. Although it has only been a year since Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy left Narnia as Kings and Queens, hundreds of Narnian years have passed. Narnia is now held by a usurper to the throne, King Miraz. His …
Stuart Little Stuart is a mouse who is adopted into the Little family. Although his parents don't seem to notice a difference in Stuart, he struggles to be accepted by his new brother. Life in a big world poses unlimited dangers for a small mouse. Charlotte's Web Fern is a young girl who loves a …
Great Expectations was one of the last works completed by Charles Dickens. It is the coming-of-age story about a young boy named Pip whose chance encounter with an escaped convict impacts his life and expectations. The story takes Pip from the countryside home of his harsh sister and her husband to the city of London. …
Hello Universe by Erin Estrada Kelly The individual paths of Virgil Salinas, Valencia Somerset, and Kaori Tanaka are united by fate or as Kaori would say, by the universe itself. Virgil ends up in an old well - thanks to a bully named Chet Bullens. But things end up better than he could've ever imagined. I …
