The epic poem follows Odysseus, the clever king of Ithaca, as he attempts to return home after the decade-long Trojan War. Because it took him ten years to get home, his journey spans twenty years in total. The narrative is divided into three main parts: the Telemachy (the search by his son), Odysseus’s adventures and trials at sea, and his triumphant return and reclamation of his home.
Ethan Frome and Other Stories typically pairs Edith Wharton’s most famous, bleakly tragic novella, Ethan Frome (1911), with a curated selection of her finest short fiction (such as "The Triumph of Night," "The Last Asset," or "The Other Two"). While Wharton is world-renowned for her glittering, razor-sharp social satires of New York high society (like The Age of Innocence), Ethan Frome showca…
The Spook's Blood (published in the United States as The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Blood) is the seventh installment in Joseph Delaney's dark, thrilling fantasy-horror series, The Wardstone Chronicles (also known as The Spook's Apprentice series). Published in 2011, this terrifying dark-fantasy novel continues the perilous training of young Thomas Ward as he faces ancient evils, blood-drinki…
Gladiator Clash: Battle the Mightiest is an action-packed children's historical-fantasy adventure novel written by Chris Blake (published under the pen name Danica Davidson or as part of the Time Hunters series team). Released around 2013, it is part of the popular Time Hunters series, which follows ordinary kids hurled into historical eras on mythical, high-stakes quests.
Gulliver's Travels (originally titled Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships) is a satirical masterpiece written by Anglo-Irish author and clergyman Jonathan Swift, published in 1726. Framed as a travel memoir, the novel follows the fantastic voyages of Captain Lemuel Gulliver. Beneath its whimsic…
Another Jekyll, Another Hyde is a young adult dark fantasy novel by siblings Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri, published in 2012. It is the third and final installment in their Another trilogy (following Another Faust and Another Pan). Blending gothic horror, supernatural suspense, and modern elite boarding school drama, the novel serves as a dark, contemporary retelling of Robert Louis Stevensonâ…
Matilda is a beloved children's novel written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Published in 1988, it tells the magical and empowering story of Matilda Wormwood, a wickedly smart, book-loving little girl who uses her extraordinary intellect—and eventually, telekinetic powers—to stand up against neglectful parents and tyrannical school authorities.
Heap House (subtitled An Iremonger Tale) is a darkly whimsical, gothic fantasy-mystery novel written and illustrated by Edward Carey. Published in 2014, it is the first installment in the acclaimed Iremonger Trilogy. Blending the eerie atmosphere of Charles Dickens with the macabre quirkiness of Lemony Snicket, the novel is set in an alternate London surrounded by massive, shifting mountains of…
The Twenty-One Balloons is a classic children’s fantasy-adventure novel written and illustrated by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947. It was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal in 1948. Blending real historical events (specifically the cataclysmic 1883 volcanic eruption of Krakatoa) with whimsical imagination, brilliant engineering concepts, and satire, the novel follows the astonish…
"Come Away, Come Away! " That's peter pan's irresistible call to the darling children - and to generations of readers who have treveled with him to neverland and all the secret places in a child's hurt. with a magic and emotional appeal unmatched by any other story, Berrie's Peter pan speaks directly to childhoods dreams and desires with an imaginative genius the evokes both laughter and t…