The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Characters:

Mary Lennox - a young orphan little lady
Colin Craven - his confined to bed cousin
Dickon - a community young man who's very helpful
Ben Weatherstaff - gardener of the family
Martha - the maid of the house

The Novel:

Mary Lennox was only 10 years old when her parents died in India because of cholera. Now an orphan, she was transport to England at Missekthwaite Manor to reside with her uncle Archibald Craven. Mary become independent, decision-maker and helps the housekeeper Mrs. Medlock a lot.

While in the manor house, Mary was accompanied by the housemaid Martha. On an unexpected day, she found a young boy Colin, his cousin, the 10-year old son of his uncle. Colin was always at his room because he thinks that he was disabled and does not help. Mary and Colin became close friends, the former use to eat meal at his room and they found joy when they were together. Without their knowledge within the area of the ancestral house, Mary discovers a secret garden. Mary was amazed and she decides to transform the garden into a blossoming plants and roses with the help of the village boy Dickon.

To Have and To Hold

by Mary Johnston

Characters:

Capt. Ralph Percy - an official in Virginia.
Jocelyn Leigh - a lady-in-waiting at King’s court.
Lord Carnal - evil lord who wanted Jocelyn very much.
John Rolfe - loyal buddy of Percy.
Jeremy Sparrow - a preacher who saved Jocelyn.
Diccon - Percy’s valet.
Governor George Yeardly of Virginia.

The Story:

Captain Ralph Percy is still single, with the help and advice of his friend John Rolfe, he went to Jamestown to choose from 90 girls that come on a ship from England to be his wife. He suddenly saw the beautiful, finesse lady Jocelyn Leigh and offer her marriage and she agreed to marry him. They were blessed to marriage by preacher Jeremy Sparrow. She discloses to Percy that she was a lady-in-waiting in King’s court, she escape because of Lord Carnal that she never wants to marry. She went to Virginia and pretends as a maid using a name Patience Worth.

But Lord Carnal looks for her at Virginia and wants to bring her back to England. Capt. Percy fought against him and they both got hurt. Until the governor arrived that made stop their dueling. Jocelyn was scam and kidnapped by Lord. But Percy was there to rescue her, they ran away to keep away from arrest. The couple went through many trials and hardships, stumble upon pirates and Spaniards that got Percy wounded. But Lord Carnal still caught them, detained Percy and bring them to Jamestown.

Tom Brown's School Days

by Thomas Hughes

Characters:

Tom Brown - a brave English man
Peter Brooke - captain of football
Dr. Arnold - leader of Rugby
Arthur - young friend of Tom
Flashman - the bully of school

The Story:

An English escort son Tom Brown, go into an English public school Rugby, in introductory for college. Tom is really a brave man, he join a football game and end with a sprain on his ankle. The head of football Peter Brooke admire him and got interested to Tom. He also experience bullying headed by Flashman. He joins an off-road racing game, being lost with friends and ends late still not reprimand by Dr. Arnold, the school head.

Tom study well and was endorse to higher levels. Tom and his roommate Earl begin to revolt again the upper-class boys because they make lower-class boys do task and chores for them. They also make a way to stop Flashman bullying them.

King Of The Mountains

by Edmond About

Characters:

Mrs. Simons - the overconfidence British lady
Mary Ann - kind daughter of Mrs. Simons
Herman Schultze - a young man from Germany
Hadgi-Stavros - mountain robbers king

Story:

Herman Schultze falls for Mary Ann and proposes to marry her. But Mrs. Simons strongly rejects Herman because of his motive to their wealth. Mother and daughter Mrs. Simons and Mary Ann travels with Herman, along the way mountain robbers with their king Hadgi-Stavros detain them for ransom.

Herman finds out that the king has a lot of money to a bank in London where Mrs. Simons brother works. She note to pay their ransom for their immediate released. The king of robbers is fascinated with the receipt given to him and Mrs. Simons and Mary Ann was released. Herman was left tried to run off but when caught he is castigate.

God Sees the Truth but Waits

by Leo Tolstoy

Characters:

Aksenov - young merchant who live in Vladimir
Vanya - the wife of Aksenov
Makar - the man who caused Aksenov sufferings

The Story:

One summer day, Aksenov had to travel to a fair at Nizhi. Though his wife doesn’t want him to go because of her bad dream, the merchant insisted to go, to have a good fortune and to bring his family rich gifts.

The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

by William l. Shirer

The Biography:

Adolf Hitler was the poor the poor boy who rose from the gutter to provoke World War II and conquer most of Europe. He was born in Branau-on-the-Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889. His father wanted him to be a government employee; Hitler’s ambition was to be a painter.

At 16 to 19 years, he merely roamed around, read books, attended operas, didn’t employ himself. He flunked his fine arts exams; stayed four years in Vienna absorbing political ideas. He turned rabble rouser orator with a fixed hatred for Jews.

The Organdy Cupcakes

by Mary Stolz

Characters:

Gretchen Bemis, senior nursing students.
Rosemary Joplin, Nelle Gibson, classmates.
Miss Merkle, director of nurses.
Dr. Orin Whitney, Dr. Kenneth Grafton, Wally Chase, Dr. Dolphin

The Novel:

Gretchen Bemis decided on becoming a nurse and perhaps marrying a doctor when she brought her father to a hospital to have his appendix removed. So she went to college for two years in her Ohio hometown, then entered Sibert Memorial Hospital where she took up nursing.

Wings Of Youth

by Elizabeth Jordan

Characters:

Barbara Devon, alias Miss Smith, a rich girl.
Lawrence Devon, alias Jones, rich brother.
Sonia Orleneff, file-clerk in publishing office.
Warren, a sympathetic, helpful young msn.
Rodney Bangs, a struggling playwright.

The Novel:

Sister Barbara and brother Lawrence are the last of the Devon clan. Rich, they want to succeed in jobs instead of just getting bored with their money. Both go to New York to get themselves employed for a year disguised as Barbara Smith and Lawrence Jones.

Abraham Lincoln

by John G. Nicolay and John Hay

The Biography:

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, was born of poor farming parents in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809. He read law by himself, showed habits of thrift and honesty; managed a county store and became known around.