Tag: friendship

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin · 2022

Childhood friends Sam Masur and Sadie Green build hit games from Ichigo to Mapletown while love, disability, and work strain a thirty year bond through fame…

2,464-word summary · 11 min read

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911

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 Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Chbosky's Perks retold: Charlie's letters, Sam and Patrick, first year of high school in Pittsburgh.

1,951-word summary · 9 min read

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton · 1967

Outsiders retold: Ponyboy and greasers vs Socs, church fire, rumble, stay gold ache.

2,067-word summary · 9 min read

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini · 2003

Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.

2,584-word summary · 11 min read

The Help

Kathryn Stockett · 2009

Kathryn Stockett's The Help retold: Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter in 1962 Jackson, the interviews, and the book that breaks the town open.

2,592-word summary · 12 min read

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry · 2021

Poppy and Alex have shared one vacation each summer for ten years. Two years after a silent falling out, she talks him into one more trip to fix it.

2,358-word summary · 10 min read

Paper Towns

John Green · 2008

Quentin chases clues after Margo vanishes, learning the girl he imagined was never the whole story.

2,198-word summary · 10 min read

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · 1937

Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men retold: George and Lennie on a California ranch, the dream farm, and why mercy ends it.

2,237-word summary · 10 min read

Looking for Alaska

John Green · 2005

Looking for Alaska retold: Miles at Culver Creek, Alaska Young, pranks, loss, before and after.

1,914-word summary · 9 min read

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman · 2017

Eleanor keeps a rigid Glasgow routine until she and Raymond from IT help an old man who collapses in the street, and slowly remembers why.

2,277-word summary · 10 min read

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White · 1952

E. B. White's Charlotte's Web retold: Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and the words that save him.

2,059-word summary · 9 min read