The Great Gatsby is set in the Roaring Twenties and follows the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession with rekindling a past romance with Daisy Buchanan. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the novel explores themes of wealth, love, illusion, and the American Dream. Through its portrayal of excess and moral decline, the story offers a critical view of society and the pursuit of happiness.
The Wild Robot is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of Roz, a robot who washes ashore on a remote island after a shipwreck. With no memory of her purpose, she learns to adapt to the wilderness by observing and imitating the animals around her. Over time, she forms bonds with the island’s inhabitants, especially an orphaned gosling she adopts. However, Roz’s peaceful life is threaten…
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group od schoolboys, assemble on the beach and waiting to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bridget fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, an…
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there
Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being