This story follows the four March girls---Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy---through their lives during and after the Civil War. Through Louisa May Alcott’s seamless writing and detailed descriptions, readers learn about the daily in’s and out’s of life in mid-1900s New England. Their audience shares in the joys, the laughter, the catastrophes, and the sorrow of the March family, getting to know each girl and their family and friends. However, this heartwarming classic is more than a historical tale or a series of moral lessons. Alcott’s style represents a genre of American literature that is both op
Taking place on a Scottish heath, circa 1000 A.D., three mysterious witches meet during a furious storm, stating their intention to speak with Macbeth, the Thane of Cawdor, who is wrapping up battle against an insurgency against King Duncan.The witches inform him of several prophecies, including the statement that Macbeth shall be not only King of Scotland, but also Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth writes of these events to his wife, Lady Macbeth, she immediately begins to think through the paths upon which her husband must travel in order to gain the crown ultimately; she fears that he
Family is the center of The Memory String which tells the story of Laura, a young girl living with her father and stepmother. Through illustrations the reader dives into the life of Laura who was given a memory string from her mother who recently passed away. Each button on the memory string represents a piece of her family’s history. One day, the memory string breaks, causing Laura, her father, and stepmother to search frantically for the missing buttons. It is then that Laura realizes her memory string has the ability to help her collect new memories in add
Readers will grow in their understanding of the use of metaphors, foreshadowing, and symbols in My Daniel, Julia Creath, the story of a grandmother visiting her grandchildren in New York City for the first time, reliving her childhood adventures. As Julia tours the Museum of Natural History, she shares her story with her two grandchildren, Ellie and Stevie. Julia becomes the Nebraska farm girl she once was, as her story of the great dinosaur rush and her childhood adventures unravels for her grandchildren. Her story includes memories of Daniel, her older brother, who died
Lois Lowry illustrates the true meaning of friendship and courage throughout this riveting story by drawing readers in with suspense and imagery. Number the Stars tells the story about the friendship of ten-year-olds Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen. The story is set in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1943, where daily life has changed since the German occupation began three years before. The war and the occupation have brought food shortages, evening curfews, and German soldiers in the streets. Then a more ominous change threatens, as the Germans prepare to “relocate” the Jewish Danes,