The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
Chapter 18: The Animated Logs
by Laura Lee Hope
A hunter arrives just in time. The troupe finally encounters alligators.
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A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 17: “A Royal Banquet”
by Mark Twain
Morgan Le Fay begs the Yankee to give them an exhibition of his powers. After prayer, a large dinner reception is held. An old woman interrupts the banquet to curse Le Fay for killing her grandson. Le Fay takes the Yankee to the dungeon to see a man being tortured on a rack. The Yankee asks to speak to the prisoner.
Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 2: A Merry Christmas
by Louisa May Alcott
The girls awake Christmas morning to find gifts from their mother, and decide to help out a less fortunate family.
Great Expectations
Chapter 3
by Charles Dickens
Pip encounters another stranger as he heads back to the marsh.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
Chapter VII: "A Florida Sheriff"
by Captain Quincy Allen
Frank’s suspicions about their nightitme visitor are confirmed. The boys have a visit from the town sherriff, who tells them about the fugitive he is hunting. Will sets out to get photos of the wildlife, not realizing the risks he takes.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XXXIII: “An Adventurous Deer-Hunt”
by Kirk Munroe
The lack of provisions sends the boys on a hunt for deer or wild turkey. They are suprised by a fire.
The Sea-Wolf
Chapter 34
by Jack London
Hump and Maud, having considered all their options, devise a plan that will allow them to escape the island. Captain Larsen lets his true intentions be known. Hump and Maud remain cautious with the unpredictable captain so close by.
Crime and Punishment
Part 5, Chapter 4
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Sonya is told of her families troubles. Raskolnikov finally admits his crimes to Sonia, who promises not to abandoned him in his time of need.
The Iliad
Book 6: The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache
by Homer
The Achaeans once again have the upper hand. Hector and Paris prepare to re-enter the field of battle.
Half-Past Seven Stories
Story 14: "The Hole that Ran to China"
by Robert Gordon Anderson
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story Marmaduke and the Toyman dig a hole to China with their magical friends.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Ogre of Rashomon
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A brave warrior fights an ogre, cutting off his arm. The ogre runs away, and the warrior keeps the arm as a prize. Later, the warrior’s old nurse appears at his door and pleads to see the arm. He lets her, and she grabs it, turning into the ogre. The ogre thus gets away with his arm, and is scared enough of the warrior that he never troubles the city again.
Great Expectations
Chapter 29
by Charles Dickens
Pip returns to Satis House, but continues to feel inadequate around Estella.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XXVIII: “What Became of Quorum and the Canoes”
by Kirk Munroe
Quorum's experience of events is revealed.
Babbitt
Chapter 33
by Sinclair Lewis
A sudden illness brings Myra and George closer. George receives another invitation to join the Good Citizen's League.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 7: “The Key to the Garden”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Martha talks with Mary about her family. Mary realizes that for the first time, she actually likes and cares for someone else. Martha comes to find out that Mary doesn’t even like herself. Mary finds a mysterious key.
David Copperfield
Chapter 7: My 'First Half' at Salem House
by Charles Dickens
As school begins at Salem House, David and Steerforth share stories. Mr. Peggotty and Ham visit David at school.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter IX: “The Nocturnal Visitor”
by Kirk Munroe
Worth is sure that someone has tried to pull his gun away during the night. Sumner goes to investigate.
Treasure Island
Part Two: The Sea Cook, Chapter 10: The Voyage
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Mr. Arrow is discovered as a hopeless drunk and disappears one night. Job replaces him as first mate. Jim is entranced with Silver and his parrot. Jim gets hungry and climbs into a barrel for an apple.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 37: The Subject Continued
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Rebecca makes a deal before returning to London. Rebecca and Rawdon make arrangements with Mr. Raggles. Rebecca receives word of Miss Crawley's death and inheritence.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 33: “Sixth Century Political Economy”
by Mark Twain
The Yankee compares Dowley’s wages in his kingdom to those in Arthur’s kingdom. The guests are confused at the concept of real wages and the Yankee talks of trade unions. The Yankee talks about the cruelty of stoning and warns them that they may be stoned for breaking the law.
Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 4: Burdens
by Louisa May Alcott
A good deal of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy's personalities are divulged to the reader.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 5: “The Cry in the Corridor”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary continues to look for the secret garden. Martha tells her more about it and about its history. The master’s wife used to climb a tree and fell from it one day causing her death. After that, the master locked the garden forever.
Jane Eyre
Chapter XVIII
by Charlotte Brontë
The guests stay at Thornfield for several days. Rochester and Blanche compete as a team at charades. From watching their interaction, Jane believes that they will be married soon though they do not seem to love one another. Blanche would be marrying Rochester for his wealth, and he for her beauty and her social position. One day, a strange man named Mr. Mason arrives at Thornfield. Jane dislikes him at once because of his vacant eyes and his slowness, but she learns from him that Rochester once lived in the West Indies, as he himself has done. One evening, a gypsy woman comes to Thornfield to tell the guests’ fortunes. Blanche Ingram goes first, and when she returns from her talk with the gypsy woman she looks keenly disappointed.
Flappers and Philosophers
Benediction
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the midst of a major life decision, Lois reacquaints herself with her older brother who is training to be a Jesuit priest.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 15: “How Dorothy Happened to Get Lost”
by L. Frank Baum
The gang helps to settle an argument between a zebra and a crab. The next morning Dorothy gets up early and, along with Toto and Bellina, takesa walk through the forest. They get lost and come upon the Spoon Brigade who take them to the kingdom of Utensia.