Classics - Teens Ficton

When the ship's crew evacuate without them, the Robinson family are left to survive a great storm alone. The ship survives the night, and the family soon find themselves on a tropical desert island. The book covers more than ten years with the Robinson's...

This tale of freedom and friendship depicted through a boy's journey down the Mississippi River, conveyed both the voice and the experience of the American frontier as no other book had done beforeAuthor: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1722503068ISBN-13: 9781722503062Publisher: G&D MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/16/2020Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize:...

"[O]ur ancestors found in the Aeneid a purpose, a pathos, and a profundity that moved them. It was Virgil-not in opposition to but alongside the Bible-who taught Christian Europe the shape of history, the cost of empire, the primacy of duty, the transience of...

Not everyone knows that Pinocchio started life as a serial. Collodi's masterpiece was in fact conceived as a way of attracting readers to one of the first children's periodicals in Italy: the Giornale per i Bambini. This book contains the complete text of the...

Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared...

Rilla of Ingleside' is the eighth book in the 'Anne of Green Gables' series. Anne's daughter, fourteen year old Rilla, can think of little else but day dreaming of her first dance and hoping for her first kiss. However, everything changes at Ingleside when...

First published in 1813, this novel follows Elizabeth Bennet and her four unmarried sisters as she enters adulthood. The novel focusses on issues of manners, morality, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency.Author: Jane AustenISBN-10: 1789430828ISBN-13: 9781789430820Publisher: Benediction...

Author: Robert Louis StevensonISBN-10: 9380028490ISBN-13: 9789380028491Publisher: CampfireLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/15/2011Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 10.00h x 6.30w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.5Point Value: 1Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 151686 / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 190

Colleen Oakes's twisted reimagining of the Queen of Hearts origin story comes to a thrilling conclusion in War of the Cards.Dinah has lost everyone she ever loved. Her brother was brutally murdered. The wicked man she believed was her father betrayed her. Her loyal...

There was a fire in her and throughout her.Hester Prynne's husband had been abroad for years, maybe lost at sea. Many men used the opportunity to try to charm her. . . . There was only one Hester couldn't resist. When Hester's sin is...

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This powerful Little Women remix follows four young Black sisters coming of age during the American Civil War,...

The opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, by Richard Wagner, stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of music. Wagner based his Ring cycle on tales from Norse and German mythology after studying ancient legends of gods, demigods, and earthly...

"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." To the final moment of his death beneath the waves, Captain...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness a trio of body snatchers getting into a fight. When one of the men is...

Twain Illustrated: Three Stories by Mark Twain, is a collection of classic Mark Twain stories, illustrated by Marc Johnson-Pencook. All three stories, Emerson, Holmes, and Longfellow, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, and Running for Governor, show why Mark Twain...

Running away seemed like a good idea at the time... The Widow Douglas is doing her best to civilise Huckleberry Finn, but it just isn't working. Wearing clean clothes, going to school, and having a hot meal waiting for him when he gets home...

Rainbow Valley' is the seventh book in the 'Anne of Green Gables' series. Anne Shirley has now been married to Gilbert Blythe for 15 years, and the couple have six children. The new minister has arrived in Glen St. Mary along with his four...

We bring together these two novels by L. M. Montgomery, in one volume for you to enjoy.Magic For Marigold is a tale of a young girl, living with her family at their home named Cloud of Spruce on Prince Edward Island. Marigold is an...

"Pride and Prejudice" is a 1813 romantic novel by seminal English author Jane Austen. The story revolves around Elizabeth Bennet, a 20-year-old English woman who, as she matures, must learn the difference between the superficial and the necessary. Elizabeth, her five sisters, and their...

**** PREMIUM BOOK WITH BEAUTIFUL LAYOUT **** Written in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is one of the best novel of all times, a real timeless classic This book has been optimized with a premium layout design.Author: Jane AustenISBN-10: 1724259237ISBN-13: 9781724259233Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby-Dick, a white whale of...

"Envision a region of damp, rocky, rolling hills attacked by winds, obscured by fogs, and covered by large patches of grass and heather: 'a perfect misanthrope's Heaven.' ... The soil supports very little life due to its high acid content, killing off most vegetation...

Handsome, readable, affordable, a new edition of one of the great works of American literature. The magnum opus of revered writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter is arguably one of the greatest novels written during the nineteenth century. It is the story of Hester...

A timeless story of the strength of family, the meaning of home, but above all, about the difficulties of young women to grasp the disparities between domestic roles and personal growth. Little Women is a book as popular today as it was when first...

The Call of the Wild follows the life of a dog named Buck. The story opens when Buck is stolen from his home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where...

"In The Secret Garden, Burnett shows the ugliness of human behavior and then, as if to shake her fists at her critics, overcomes human depravity with the power of Spring. Although her depictions of rebirth deserve criticism, the story's message is one that Christians...

On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures escape from captivity. One is a 15-year-old boy, Samuel Miles, a.k.a. 'Smiler', wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a young offenders institution. The other is a cheetah, Yarra, a restless resident of Longleat Wildlife...

Beginning with a simple explanation of reading from a Christian worldview, Nancy Wilson examines and explains significant American literary movements: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and Postmodernism. Each section has a suggested reading list for further study. This booklet can be used as a handbook...

Bella is an introverted teenage girl who is about to enter her first year of high school. As nervous as she is, she feels confident, since she has the support of her extroverted friend, Mercedes, who has helped and guided her through grade school....

Freckled fugitive Smiler is never far from trouble.After hitching a ride south, Smiler finds his way to North Devon and the estate of the 'The Duchess' - a former fairground fortune-teller who now runs a farm. Here, he stays and tends to circus animals...

"You are deluded, Romeo. Vampires do not have the capability to love. They are heartless." The Capulets and the Montagues have some deep and essential differences. Blood differences. Of course, the Capulets can escape their vampire fate, and the Montagues can try not to...

The Faerie Queene is one of the enduring works of literature that inspired literary greats, such as CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. It is a magical and multi-layered epic of heroism, chivalry, monsters, witches, wizards, damsels, tests and temptations, woven into the backdrop of...

'Magic for Marigold' is a novel about a young girl named Marigold and her fairytale world. Marigold lives with her family at their home named Cloud of Spruce on Prince Edward Island. She is an imaginative girl who has plenty of adventures and fantasies,...

The story starts with arrival of a handsome and young eligible bachelor Charles Bingley in neighbourhood of the family of Bennett's comprising five sisters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty & Lydia and their parents. Mr. Bennett is an intelligent and witty but indolent man who...

Mr and Mrs Bennet have five unmarried daughters. When the amiable Mr Bingly moves into the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet therefore feels entirely sure that he is meant for one of her girls. Her eldest Miss Bennet captures his attention, but Mr Bingley's proud friend...

" Ivan Denisovich succeeds on many levels. First, Solzhenitsyn tells a fascinating story of survival. Second, the novel is a great work of art in keeping with the classical ideals of truth, goodness, and beauty. Finally, Ivan Denisovich is a deeply Christian work that...

First published in 1807, Tales from Shakespeare derives from Charles and Mary Lamb's great love of, and familiarity with, Shakespearean drama. This collection of plays was written to introduce young readers to Shakespeare and to encourage them to read his works in their original...

Six teenagers' lives intertwine during one thrilling summer full of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this sparkling retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. After she gets kicked out of boarding school, seventeen-year-old Beatrice goes to her uncle's estate on Long Island. But...

Colleen Oakes's twisted reimagining of the Queen of Hearts origin story comes to a thrilling conclusion in War of the Cards--now in paperback Dinah has lost everyone she ever loved. Her brother was brutally murdered. The wicked man she believed was her father betrayed...

A renewed interest in "Moby-Dick" in the early 20th century would help to establish it as an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance, firmly placing it amongst the greatest of all American novels. Based on the real life events depicted in the...

The Faerie Queene was first published in 1590. It is one of the longest poems in the English language and is separated into 6 books.Book 1 focuses on the virtue of holiness as embodied in the Redcrosse Knight. The Redcrosse Knight must fight off...

"When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved." -Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper (1881) The Prince and the Pauper-A Tale...

June Austen is one of the most well-known and widely-read English novelists of all times. Her other published works are-'sense and sensibility', 'Mansfield Park', and 'Emma'. Austen's transformation into one of the greatest writers in English history began only after her death. Her works...

"Extraordinary. Who would have looked for philosophy in whales, or for poetry in blubber?" London John Bull, 1851"Intriguing, haunting, suggestive, ambiguous-the narrator does not say that his name is Ishmael. He summons the reader to call him by that name. And in so doing,...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness a trio of body snatchers getting into a fight. When one of the men is...

"Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change." ― H. G. Wells, The Time Machine"We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow." ―...

Emma gets a Hollywood-tinged, feminist update in this funny and fierce retelling of Austen's classic about a well-intentioned but tragically misguided matchmaker. The summer after her first year of college, teen starlet Emma Crawford returns home to Manhattan to prepare for the role of...

Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy with an undying hunger for adventure, and a knack for getting into trouble. He lives with his Aunt Polly in the Mississippi River town of St Petersburg, Missouri. He plays hooky from school; hangs around with Huck...

Classics from some of world literature's most renowned authors are meticulously translated for young adult readers in this series of quality hardcovers. Each title includes vibrant illustrations and a full-color section about the author, the work, and the time period in which it was...

"Ah, childhood. Boys. Long summer days, barefoot, fishing, swimming, laughter, pocket knives, dirty hands, dirty faces, sweaty brows, trouble, joy. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an unmistakable celebration of youth and in particular boyhood." -From Toby Sumpter's guideLook Inside the GuideThe Canon Classics...