Student World: 43 books

As the story begins, we are introduced to Marcus Yallow. He is a seventeen years old techno whiz, to be more precise, a hacker, from San Francisco. One day, Frederick Benson, the vice Principal of Caesar Chavez High School accuses Marcus of hacking into the school. It becomes obvious that Marcus...

It is notable that “The Woman in White” is said to be one of the first mystery novels written in English. It is also said to be one of the first and finest novels in the sensation novel genre. The story has multiple narrators. Since Collins had had legal training, he draws upon it. Almost all the main characters, excpet for Laura, Anne, and Percival, are the narrators.

The narrative covers the time period between 1929 and 1942. There are altogether eight highly engaging episodes, or short stories. It is a kind of humorous novel that describes the annual summer trips that a boy and his sister make to rural Illinois where their eccentric grandmother, Grandma...

The book that you are about to read is not the original text of “The Messenger” written by Markus Zusak. It is a study guide for students of literature. This book introduces the reader to the author, the novel, the plot, the characters, and then provides the complete summary of the novel....

The play begins and ends in the jury room. The judge is not physically present in the main action, but before the beginning of the play, he gives instructions from offstage vantage point, telling the jurors that they have to say not guilty if there is a reasonable doubt. The judge obviously does not...

“Passing” by Nella Larsen was first published in 1929. It is a social and psychological fiction written very realistically. The story is set primarily in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. The story revolves around the reunion of two childhood friends, Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield. It also...

The author very skillfully describes how the descendants of an Asante woman named Maame lived their lives. Each chapter describes a different descendant of Maame. The narrative begins with the description of Maame’s two daughters, Effia and Esi, who are separated by circumstances. The lucky one...

“Jacob Have I Loved” by Katherine Paterson was first published in 1980. It soon became a very popular children’s novel. The book won the Newberry Medal in 1981. The title of the novel is inspired by the Biblical story that presents the rivalry between the siblings Jacob and Esau. The...

“What Maisie Knew” has been very widely discussed in the academic circles. The book is highly admired for its technical proficiency and its judgment of a negligent and damaged contemporary society. The novel primarily explores the theme of knowledge and education through the upbringing...

The play is in two acts. There are only three characters. The first major character is a white South African teenage girl. The second of the three characters is a black South African teenage boy. The third character is the teacher of the black teenage boy. The play is set in Camdembo, South...

The present novel “The Power of the Glory” was first published in 1940. The title of the novel is particularly notable, for it happens to be an allusion to the doxology that is often recited at the end of the Lord’s Prayer: “For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever,...

“Hard Love” by Ellen Wittlinger was first published in 1999. It proved to be a highly successful novel and it soon became very popular. The book won the Printz Honor Award in the year of its publication. Winning this award for Young Adult Fiction was a remarkable achievement because several...

Robert C. O’Brien through his novel “Z for Zachariah” gave a kind of new dimension to the science fiction writing. Robert C. O’Brien was the pen name that Robert Leslie Conly used in his books as a writer. The present novel “Z for Zachariah” was published posthumously in 1974. It is a...

“Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is one of the most discussed and argued novels in the history of English novels. It often gets included in the school and college syllabus for the students of English literature. Thomas Hardly had also observed social class very deeply and the issue of social...