All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.
2,543-word summary · 11 min read
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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
Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins finds Flint's map, sails with Squire Trelawney's crew that hides pirates, and learns Long John Silver is both cook, friend, and mutineer.
2,179-word summary · 10 min read
The Last Song
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
2,761-word summary · 12 min read
The Graveyard Book
A toddler escapes the murder of his family and is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, learning from the dead while the killer who hunts him waits outside.
2,786-word summary · 12 min read
Speak
After calling police at a party, ninth grader Melinda stops speaking until art helps her tell.
2,073-word summary · 9 min read
It's Not Summer Without You
After Susannah's death, Belly returns to a cold Cousins Beach with Jeremiah to save the house and faces grief, brother tension, and first love.
2,736-word summary · 12 min read
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou recalls Stamps, St Louis and San Francisco, from childhood silence after trauma to voice through books and work.
2,607-word summary · 12 min read
Demon Copperhead
Born in a Lee County trailer, Damon Fields survives foster care, football fame, and opioid addiction in Appalachia.
2,447-word summary · 11 min read
Call Me by Your Name
One summer on the Italian Riviera: seventeen-year-old Elio and grad student Oliver circle each other through swims, talks, and missed chances.
2,627-word summary · 12 min read
An Abundance of Katherines
Colin, dumped by his nineteenth Katherine, road-trips to Gutshot with Hassan and tries to turn heartbreak into math.
2,465-word summary · 11 min read
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Four best friends share one magical pair of jeans through the summer that changes everything.
2,092-word summary · 9 min read