Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Greg Heffley records middle school survival in his journal, dodging the Cheese Touch and Rowley's popularity.
1,912-word summary · 8 min read
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Coraline
Coraline finds a door to a better version of home, ruled by the Other Mother with button eyes.
2,081-word summary · 9 min read
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak follows Max in his wolf suit from mischief to a forest of Wild Things, through the wordless rumpus and back home to supper waiting still hot…
2,585-word summary · 11 min read
The Secret Garden
Sour Mary Lennox lands at Misselthwaite Moor from India, finds a locked garden with Dickon, and pulls sickly Colin to his feet.
2,036-word summary · 9 min read
The Giving Tree
A boy and a tree grow older together as he takes her apples, branches, and trunk until only a stump remains.
2,249-word summary · 10 min read
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bruno moves to Out-With and befriends Shmuel through a camp fence without understanding it.
3,101-word summary · 14 min read
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer skips school, chases Becky Thatcher and sees Injun Joe kill in a graveyard on the Mississippi.
3,439-word summary · 15 min read
Matilda
Brilliant Matilda Wormwood teaches herself to read, faces her crooked parents and the fearsome Miss Trunchbull, and finds Miss Honey.
2,296-word summary · 10 min read
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Poor Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket to tour Wonka's factory with four spoiled kids.
3,574-word summary · 16 min read
Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery brings talkative Anne Shirley to Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, where mistakes, school rivalries, and fierce friendship slowly turn…
2,182-word summary · 10 min read
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Sidewalk Ends retold: poems and drawings, Sarah Cynthia, unicorns, homework and giants.
1,952-word summary · 9 min read