Pinocchio

 

Title: Pinocchio

Author: Carlo Collodi

Rating: ★★★★★

Age Category: Children's Literature/Middle Grade

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    The hair-raising adventures of a naughty wooden puppet who longs to become a real boy. 

    When the old wood-carver, Geppetto, decides to make a wonderful puppet who can dance and turn somersaults, he has no idea of the trouble in store. For as the puppet takes shape, it gradually comes to life, learning to talk and play pranks. providing a constant source of exasperation and delight.

    This famous Italian story, first published in English in 1892, has been made into an equally famous film and has delighted generations of children. 

Jane Eyre

Title: Jane Eyre

Author: Charlotte Bronte

Rating: ★★★★★

Ages: 16 - 18+

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    Orphaned and penniless, Jane Eyre arrives as a governess at the home of the dark and brooding Mr. Rochester. Before long he has captured her heart. But what terrible secret is lurking at the top of Thornfield Hall? 

    Charlotte Bronte's classic story of passionate and forbidden love, has thrilled and horrified generations of readers. 

To Kill a Mockingbird

Title: To Kill a Mockingbird

Author: Harper Lee

Rating: ★★★★★

Ages: 15 - 18+

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    The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy, Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill a Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pultizer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

    Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill a Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into ten languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American Literature.