Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, is the story of a horse, Black Beauty, and his travels. The book teaches of the effects of animal cruelty, as well as the virtues of loyalty and friendship. Touching the life of all readers, this great novel is an exciting and, at the same time, a sad piece...
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Chance Taylor worries about things kids his age don’t usually worry about. He worries about the mortgage fees, the food bills, the gas bills, the rent, and with a dad who’s a drunk and can’t hold a job for over a week these things just wont go away with wishful thinking. Chance’s dad also...
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In the story, Before we were Free, by Julia Alvarez, almost all of Anita’s relatives have emigrated to the United States, her family being the only ones left in the Dominican Republic. Her Uncle, Tio Toni has disappeared and nobody has heard from him in several months. After the last of her relatives have...
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Billy, a boy who at the beginning of the book is 9 years old and at the end 14, has only one dream: to have two coon hounds. Billy dreams of running through the woods and river bottoms with his dream dogs, but he has a problem. The dogs he wants are too much...
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Coming out of a life of violence and mistreatment, David, a young, sweet boy, looks for love as he tries to forget his rough past. In the previous book, A Child Called “It,” Dave explained his life threatening childhood, with events that are completely heart shattering. Now in The Lost Boy, his life has...
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Do you think math is boring and pointless? Do you think sailing is a waste of time? Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham and you will surely change your mind. This is an exciting, heart-breaking book about the life of Nathaniel (Nat) Bowditch, an intelligent boy living in Salem in 1776,...
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Mike Noonan, a middle aged writer, lives his life in Dairy, Maine. Four years after Mike’s wife Jo unexpectedly passes away, Mike moves to his summer cabin, “Sarah Laughs,” which is in Manderly Falls, Maine, and he finds that he has developed writer’s block. Noonan, the protagonist in the story, has high emotions of...
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