The Cat in the Hat
A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.
2,546-word summary · 11 min read
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The Bad Beginning
After a fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to Count Olaf, who plots to steal their fortune.
2,759-word summary · 12 min read
Winnie-the-Pooh
Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.
2,068-word summary · 9 min read
The House at Pooh Corner
Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.
2,022-word summary · 9 min read
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sedaris on French classes, family chaos, and learning to speak badly in two languages.
2,111-word summary · 9 min read
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
The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
3,412-word summary · 15 min read
The Martian
Mark Watney is stranded on Mars after his crew leaves him for dead, and survives with botany, repairs, and stubborn humor.
2,271-word summary · 10 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
Catch-22
Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.
3,764-word summary · 17 min read
Bossypants
Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes about work and…
2,301-word summary · 10 min read
A Man Called Ove
A grumpy widower plans to end his life after losing his wife, but new neighbors keep interrupting him. Backman blends grief, humor, and community in this…
2,473-word summary · 11 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
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry retold: Elizabeth Zott fired, TV cooking with science, Six-Thirty helps.
1,951-word summary · 9 min read
Holes
Stanley Yelnats digs holes at Camp Green Lake while a broken promise, a buried outlaw, and a boy named Zero close in around him.
2,456-word summary · 11 min read