“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” — Charlotte Chapter 1: Before Breakfast Fern Arable, an eight-year-old girl, stops her father from killing […]
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The Tale of Despereaux
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.” Book the First: A Mouse Is Born The story begins in the castle of Dor, where a […]
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Because of Winn-Dixie
“You can’t always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.” — Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie Chapter […]
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Bridge to Terabithia
“It was Leslie who had taken him from the cow pasture into Terabithia and turned him into a king.” Chapter 1: Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr. Jesse Aarons, an […]
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Holes
“If only, if only,” the woodpecker sighs, “The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies.” While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, Crying to […]
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
“I remember the day the Aleut ship came to our island. At first it seemed like a small shell afloat on the sea. Then it grew larger and […]
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That Was Then, This Is Now
“That was then, this is now.” Chapter 1 Bryon Douglas, the protagonist, introduces his life in a rough neighborhood where he and his best friend, Mark, navigate adolescence. […]
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The Outsiders
“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.” Chapter 1 Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old Greaser, introduces his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where social divisions between the working-class Greasers and the wealthy […]
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Number the Stars
“She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night, threaded with dreams that were vaporous and shifting.” Chapter 1: Why Are You Running? Ten-year-old […]
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The Giver
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” Chapter 1 Jonas, an Eleven in his […]