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Not without laughter
By Langston Hughes. 1995
Don't you know there's a war on?
By James Stevenson. 1992
The author, a ten-year-old boy in 1942 when the United States entered World War II, reminisces on just what it…
was like to be a "kid." With his brother and father away fighting, he tried to do his part to win the war by collecting tinfoil, saving tin cans, buying war stamps, planting a "victory garden," and keeping an eye on a neighbor who he suspected was a spy. For grades 2-4 to share with older readersThe nutmeg of consolation (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #14)
By Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Obrian. 1991
When a typhoon wrecks the "Diane," and its captain, Jack Aubrey; its surgeon, Stephen Maturin; and its crew plot their…
survival on an island in the Dutch East Indies. At first they are hoodwinked by a band of pirates. Eventually they take command of "The Nutmeg of Consolation," a small ship with which they outwit a much larger French enemy vessel and proceed to Australia. There they become involved in assorted battles that they have little to do with the seaThe letter of Marque (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #12)
By Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Obrian. 1990
When Captain Jack Aubrey is dismissed from the Royal Navy, his friend, Stephen Maturin, gives him command of the private…
warship "Surprise," a letter of marque. As Maturin's marital problems and Aubrey's disgrace bring the buddies even closer, Aubrey captures the frigate "Diane" in a skirmish against Napoleon and is wounded in the process. The question now is whether this feat is enough to bring about his reinstatementThe enormous room
By E. E. Cummings, E. E Cummings, E E Cummings, George J. Firmage. 1978
Satirical account of the poet's experiences in a French prison camp during World War I. Volunteering as an ambulance driver…
in France, he is arrested for his association with another American who is his best friend. 1934Voices of war: stories of service from the home front and the front lines (The library Of Congress Veterans History Project)
By Veterans History Project. 2004
Personal accounts of American soldiers and medical personnel active in World War I, World War II, the Korean and Vietnam…
wars, and the Persian Gulf conflicts. Extracts from interviews, letters, and diary entries collected by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project are grouped by themes: Answering the Call, Under Fire, Coming Home. 2004These happy golden years: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #8)
By Laura Wilder. 1943
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder, the town's most eligible bachelor, enjoy a delightful romance while Laura teaches school. When her…
last term ends, they marry and look forward to a long and happy life together. Sequel to Little Town on the Prairie (BR 11326). For grades 5-8 and older readersThe long winter: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #6)
By Laura Wilder. 1953
The Ingalls family moves from their stake on the Dakota prairie to their store in town to escape the severe…
winter. One blizzard follows another until trains stop running and the community, isolated for months, faces starvation. Sequel to By the Shores of Silver Lake (BR 11324). For grades 4-7Little town on the prairie: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #7)
By Laura Wilder. 1941
In 1881 Mary, who is blind, is finally able to leave for college, and Laura gets a job in town…
helping a seamstress. She also continues her schooling so she can receive her teaching certificate. Sequel to The Long Winter (BR 11325). For grades 4-7By the shores of Silver Lake: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #5)
By Laura Wilder. 1939
The Ingalls family moves westward once more, this time to the Dakota territory, where Pa finds a job in a…
railroad camp and the family takes up a homestead. Sequel to On the Banks of Plum Creek (BR 11323). For grades 4-7 and older readersLittle house in the big woods (Little House #1)
By Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1953
Wisconsin, 1871. The Ingalls family experiences pioneer life in a little log house, miles from any settlement. They feel safe…
and secure despite blizzards, wolves, and the loneliness of the big woods. Prequel to Little House on the Prairie (DB 10929). For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1932On the banks of Plum Creek: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #4)
By Laura Wilder. 1953
The pioneering Ingalls family leaves the prairie for a farm and a primitive sod hut in Minnesota, where they must…
battle a flood, a blizzard, and a devastating plague of grasshoppers. Sequel to Little House on the Prairie (BR 10510). For grades 4-7 and older readersThe first four years (Little House #9)
By Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1971
The story of Laura and Almanzo Wilder and their first years together on a homestead on the Dakota prairie in…
the late 1800s. This story follows "These Happy Golden Years" (DB 21200). For grades 4-7 and older readersLittle house on the prairie (Little House Ser.)
By Laura Wilder. 1935
A family moves westward from Wisconsin in a covered wagon and builds a cabin on the Kansas prairie right in…
Indian territory. Sequel to Little House in the Big Woods (BR 4442). For grades 4-7Twitterature
By Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin. 1990
Perhaps while reading Shakespeare you've asked yourself, What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince words…
and muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub? But if the Prince of Denmark had a Twitter account and an iPhone, he could tell his story in real time--and concisely! Hence the genius of Twitterature. Hatched in a dorm room at the brain trust that is the University of Chicago, Twitterature is a hilarious and irreverent re-imagining of the classics as a series of 140-character tweets from the protagonist. Providing a crash course in more than eighty of the world's best-known books, from Homer to Harry Potter, Virgil to Voltaire, Tolstoy to Twilight and Dante to The Da Vinci Code. It's the ultimate Cliffs Notes. Because as great as the classics are, who has time to read those big, long books anymore? Sample tweets: From Hamlet: WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN??? From the Harry Potter series: Oh man big tournament at my school this year!! PSYCHED! I hope nobody dies this year, and every year as if by clockwork. From The Great Gatsby: Gatsby is so emo. Who cries about his girlfriend while eating breakfast...IN THE POOL?El bachiller, El donador de almas, Mencía y sus mejores cuentos
By Amado Nervo. 2017
La primera novela de Amado Nervo, El bachiller, representa el inicio de una fértil carrera literaria, mientras que en El…
donador de almas el lector se sorprenderá con un radical giro en su narrativa. "Debía dormir también allá en el fondo misterioso del biselado cristal, con un sueño levísimo de fantasma..." Amado Nervo, reconocido poeta, fue también diplomático, cronista y un extraordinario narrador. Aclamado por ser uno de los poetas modernistas mexicanos más importantes, su obra en prosa irradia la misma fuerza que sus poemas. Presentamos por primera vez en un solo volumen tres novelas fundamentales y poco difundidas para comprender la evolución narrativa del autor, así como las distintas facetas que abarcó su producción -desde la influencia romántica de El bachiller hasta los rasgos fantásticos de El donador de almas-, seguidas de una selección de susmejores cuentos. La edición de las obras aquí reunidas se realizó a partir de las últimas versiones publicadas o reescritas por Amado Nervo. Selección, prólogo, notas y cronología a cargo de Gustavo Jiménez Aguirre, doctor en Letras por la UNAM y especialista en la obra de Nervo.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By Frederick Douglass, Peter J. Gomes, Gregory Stephens. 1997
Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable…
by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre-Civil War plantations in the South and reveals the daily terrors he suffered as a slave. Written more than a century and a half ago by an African-American who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister to Haiti, and leader of his people, this timeless classic still speaks directly to our age. It is a record of savagery and inhumanity that goes far to explain why America still suffers from the great injustices of the past. With an Introduction by Peter J. Gomes and an Afterword by Gregory StephensNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By Frederick Douglass, Peter Gomes, Gregory Stephens. 1997
Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable…
by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre-Civil War plantations in the South and reveals the daily terrors he suffered as a slave. Written more than a century and a half ago by an African-American who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister to Haiti, and leader of his people, this timeless classic still speaks directly to our age. It is a record of savagery and inhumanity that goes far to explain why America still suffers from the great injustices of the past. With an Introduction by Peter J. Gomes and an Afterword by Gregory StephensThe Girls in 3-B (Femmes Fatales)
By Tania Modleski, Valerie Taylor. 1959
Annice, Pat, and Barby are best friends from Iowa, freshly arrived in booming 1950s Chicago to explore different paths toward…
independence, self--expression, and sexual freedom. From the hip-hang of a bohemian lifestyle to the sophisticated lure of romance with a handsome, wealthy, married boss to the happier security of a lesbian relationship, these three experience firsthand the dangers and limitations of women's economic -reliance on men. Well-known lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor skillfully paints a sociological portrait of the emotional and economic pitfalls of heterosexuality in 1950s America-and then offers a defiantly subversive alternative. A classic pulp tale showcasing predatory beatnik men, drug hallucinations, and secret lesbian trysts, The Girls in 3-B approaches the theme of sex from the stiffened vantage point of 1950s psychology.Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women's writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; The Blackbirder; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; In a Lonely Place; Laura; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Women's Barracks.Black Boy (P. S. Series)
By Richard Wright. 1945
Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged…
at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment-a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 11-12 at http://www.corestandards.org.]