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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Mindy Kaling · 2011

Mindy Kaling recalls Boston childhood, Dartmouth comedy, New York hustle, and The Office writers room.

2,239-word summary · 10 min read

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell · 1960

Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.

2,559-word summary · 11 min read

It

Stephen King · 1986

Seven friends in Derry face a shape shifting evil as kids in 1958 and again as adults in 1985.

2,229-word summary · 10 min read

It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover · 2016

It Ends with Us from Lily's flower shop to her marriage: alternating past and present, Ryle's cycles of violence, and why the ending refuses a clean romantic…

2,381-word summary · 11 min read

It Starts with Us

Colleen Hoover · 2022

It Starts with Us retold: Lily and Atlas after Ryle, co-parenting, second chances in Boston.

2,216-word summary · 10 min read

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl · 1961

Lonely James escapes two cruel aunts inside a giant peach with huge insect friends, rolling to the sea and floating on gulls to New York City.

2,384-word summary · 11 min read

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre retold: Lowood, Thornfield, the attic secret, and Jane's refusal to shrink.

2,325-word summary · 10 min read

John Adams

David McCullough · 2001

McCullough follows Adams from Braintree lawyer to second president.

2,515-word summary · 11 min read

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton · 1990

Hammond clones dinosaurs on Isla Nublar and invites Grant, Sattler and Malcolm to certify safety before opening.

2,388-word summary · 11 min read

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez · 2024

Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

3,090-word summary · 14 min read