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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter 11

by Mark Twain

News of Dr. Robinson's murder spreads throughout St. Petersberg. Both Tom and Huck are greatly troubled by the arrest of an innocent man.

Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades

Chapter XII: “Picked up in the Gulf Stream”

by Kirk Munroe

Sumner continues to drift into the Gulf. He is reunited with his mother and discovers the answer to the missing canoes.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

The Fisherman and His Wife

by Grimm Brothers

A fisherman and his wife encounter a magical fish.

The Tale of Tommy Fox

Chapter 1: “Tommy Enjoys Himself”

by Arthur Scott Bailey

Tommy Fox plays with a feather and runs in circles to distract a dog’s scent trail. On his way home, he gets hungry and picks up the scent of Old Mother Grouse.

As the lake drains away, the princess becomes more and more flighty. She becomes sickly and cannot remember the prince or her mother and father. The only solution is for a man to willingly give his life to stop the hole in the lake.

Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades

Chapter XXXVII: “Fishing for Sharks”

by Kirk Munroe

The boys learn a lesson about shark fishing. The group meets up with the keeper of the house of refuge and his dog.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 32: The Waking

by Alexandre Dumas, pére

Franz leaves the Island of Monte Cristo and heads to Rome to meet his companion Albert.

Gulliver's Travels

Part Three: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 1

by Jonathan Swift

The author sets out on his third voyage. Is taken by pirates. The malice of a Dutchman. His arrival at an island. He is received into Laputa.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Told to the Children

Chapter 14: Aunt Dinah

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Cousin Ophelia attempts to change Aunt Dinah.

Moby Dick

Chapter 66: The Shark Massacre

by Herman Melville

The crew protect the carcass from the sharks. Queequeg narrowly escapes injury.

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court

Chapter 31: “Marco”

by Mark Twain

The Yankee convinces the mob not to kill the men. They meet Marco. They run into a group of children who have strung up someone in imitating the adults. The Yankee invites the blacksmith to dinner.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Part 1, Chapter 13: A Traveler Arrives

by Hugh Lofting

Tommy's abilities continue to progress under the tutelage of Polynesia. A long lost friend returns from Africa.

Peter Rabbit and Other Stories

“The Tale of Tom Kitten”

by Beatrix Potter

Three kittens are dressed up for a tea-party and set out to play cleanly, but end up losing their clothes to the ducks, which started with Tom Kitten losing his buttons. Mother cat finds them w/o clothes and sends them upstairs so as not disturb her tea-party, but they keep playing and make noise. The ducks eventually lose the clothes, which fall off for lack of buttons and sink into the pond.

Moby Dick

Chapter 108: Ahab and the Carpenter

by Herman Melville

Ahab abuses the carpenter when he goes to be fitted for his new leg.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Chapter 7: “The Journey to the Great Oz”

by L. Frank Baum

Dorothy and her friends venture through strange lands. Her friends use their courage, their brains, and there hearts to survive.

The Age of Innocence

Part 1, Chapter 4

by Edith Wharton

Archer and May, now newly engaged, pay a visit to their many friends and relatives. Mrs. Mingott assists May in her wedding preparations.

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court

Chapter 41: “The Interdict”

by Mark Twain

When the Yankee and Sandy’s daughter, Hello, falls ill again, they spend weeks nursing her to health in France. The Yankee decides to travel back to England leaving his family in France. The Yankee arrives in Camelot to find it desolate.

Black Beauty

Part 2, Chapter 27: Ruined and Going Downhill

by Anna Sewell

Having sufficiently healed from his injuries, Black Beauty bids farewell to an old friend and finds himself in a tolerable new surrounding.

The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists

Chapter XI: "All the Comforts of Salt Water"

by Captain Quincy Allen

The boys decide to camp at the mouth of the river for the night. They each explore the waters and beaches. Jerry seems to have something big on the fishing line.

The Sea-Wolf

Chapter 39

by Jack London

The Ghost, sets sail one last time, headed towards the coast of Japan. After a period of rough weather, the exhausted couple find themselves in more familiar seas. Hump and Maud finally admit their true feelings.