Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto
Naruto Uzumaki fails his ninja exam, steals a forbidden scroll, and lands on Team 7. A full chapter by chapter retelling of Vol. 1 plus Kishimoto context.
2,942-word summary · 13 min read
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
A laid off designer clerks nights in a strange bookstore and cracks a centuries old code with friends.
2,296-word summary · 10 min read
Journey to the Center of the Earth
A professor, his nephew, and a guide climb into an Icelandic volcano to reach the center of the earth.
1,902-word summary · 8 min read
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Claudia and Jamie run away to the Met, chase whether a 225 dollar Angel is a Michelangelo, and trade secrets with Mrs. Frankweiler.
2,774-word summary · 12 min read
Daughter of the Pirate King
A pirate captain daughter lets herself be captured to find a map, then spars with a strict young pirate prince.
2,156-word summary · 10 min read
Born to Run
A hurt runner seeks the Tarahumara of Copper Canyons, finds Caballo Blanco, and joins a hidden fifty mile race about why people run.
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A Gathering of Shadows
Kell and Lila reunite for magical games in Red London while a new power hunts Antari blood.
2,055-word summary · 9 min read
Wizard's First Rule
Woods guide Richard joins Kahlan and wizard Zedd to find the Boxes of Orden before Darken Rahl, learning why people believe lies.
2,220-word summary · 10 min read
Children of Blood and Bone
White haired Zelie chases magic return with princess Amari hunted by Inan.
2,027-word summary · 9 min read
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
A monster hunt finds Nemo submarine, and three captives tour seas they cannot leave.
2,022-word summary · 9 min read
The Blade Itself
A torturer, a barbarian, and a spoiled officer circle a wizard quest that serves banks more than heroes.
1,998-word summary · 9 min read
Morning Star
Broken in a box by the Jackal, Darrow rises with Howlers to open Mars mines to sky.
2,009-word summary · 9 min read
Finale
Sisters face waking Fates with debts due, loving princes, and choices that break immortal math.
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Drums of Autumn
Brianna crosses stones to save parents, finding love, assault fallout, and a home to build.
2,003-word summary · 9 min read
Around the World in Eighty Days
Fogg bets half his fortune to circle the globe in eighty days with one bag and a valet.
1,995-word summary · 9 min read
All Systems Red
A self aware security robot just wants soap operas, but its survey team keeps walking into corporate murder.
2,119-word summary · 9 min read
Voyager
Claire returns through the stones in 1968 after learning Jamie survived Culloden.
2,901-word summary · 13 min read
The War of the Worlds
A Surrey writer watches Martians land in cylinders, march on London in tripods, and fall to Earth's smallest life.
2,667-word summary · 12 min read
The Silver Chair
Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.
2,940-word summary · 13 min read
The Phantom Tollbooth
A bored boy drives a toy car through a magic tollbooth into the Kingdom of Wisdom and learns to care about words, numbers and time.
2,765-word summary · 12 min read
The Lincoln Highway
Emmett and Billy plan California in 1954, but two escapees steal their car and drag them east to New York.
2,954-word summary · 13 min read
The Last Battle
Lewis ends Narnia: Shift ape false Aslan, King Tirian last stand, Jill and Eustace at Stable Hill, and a morning beyond the world.
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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
On his 100th birthday Allan Karlsson climbs out of his care home window and pockets a gangster fortune, while flashbacks trace his explosive century.
3,018-word summary · 13 min read
The Great Hunt
Rand hunts the stolen Horn of Valere across the land while Egwene and Nynaeve face the Seanchan and the White Tower.
2,516-word summary · 11 min read