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ABOUT THE BOOK Christmas Day, 1946 brought more than the usual celebrations to one household in Pascagoula, Mississippi: little James William Buffett was born. Some thirty years later, J. D. and Mary Loraine's bouncing baby boy would introduce the music-buying public to an entirely new state...

The perfect companion to Lois Lowry's, "Gathering Blue," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be...

The perfect companion to Avi's, "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and...

The perfect companion to Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier's, "My Brother Sam Is Dead," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from...

The perfect companion to Jerry Spinelli's, "Maniac Magee," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to...

The perfect companion to Theodore Taylor's, "The Cay," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be...

The perfect companion to Wilson Rawls and James Lincoln Collier's, "Where the Red Fern Grows," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the...

Summary of LaRose by Louise Erdrich | Includes Analysis   Preview:   LaRose by Louise Erdrich is a novel about two little boys who are torn from their families and the infinite sorrow that’s left in their wake of their separations. As the repercussions of a tragic hunting...

In this clear and detailed reading guide, we’ve done all the hard work for you!Dom Juan is one of the most famous plays by Molière, the well-known French playwright who entertained kings and people alike. It tells the story of Dom Juan, a libertine, religious hypocrite, seducer, and yet a great lord,...

ABOUT THE BOOK Satrapi enjoyed the art of both writing and drawing and felt combining them were better than choosing one or the other. This is how, “inspired, Satrapi created a book of black-and-white comic strips about living in Tehran from ages six to 14,” (www.noteablebiographies.com)...

ABOUT THE BOOK A Framework for Understanding Poverty provides important insight into the nation’s ongoing difficulty educating poor children. Students from impoverished backgrounds at all levels of America’s education system achieve success at lower rates than students who are not impoverished....

ABOUT THE BOOK The roaring ‘20s. America was in the throws of its post-war boom years. Men and women alike convened in local speak-easys where the Volstead Act couldn’t touch them to drink, dance, laugh, and listen to all the latest and greatest Swing. It wasn’t all fun...

ABOUT THE BOOK In the study of Benjamin Franklin's life, one travels through a historical period in which the prosperous colonies of a mighty empire grow in anger from discontent to empowerment, finally rising in arms. Then from the ashes of war, there rose our nation. So surely, an equally...

ABOUT THE BOOK Few novels have influenced the way generations of readers shaped their understanding of society as much as George Orwell’s 1984, or added as many terms to the English lexicon: Big Brother, doublethink, Room 101, and thoughtcrime, to name a few. Even the term “Orwellian”...