A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift her out.
2,485-word summary · 11 min read
american literature + coming of age
4 books tagged both “american literature” and “coming of age”.
Little Women
Alcott's Little Women retold: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March through the Civil War years and beyond.
2,487-word summary · 11 min read
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river classic, its cons and…
2,605-word summary · 12 min read
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of Scout Finch: Maycomb's slow days, Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson, the Boo Radley mystery, and what Lee's 1960…
2,308-word summary · 10 min read