Joshua Kasperek
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It is 1964 in Sylvan, South Carolina, Lily Melissa Owens, a
fourteen-year-old white girl, lives on a peach farm with her father, T. Ray, who
is both neglectful and abusive. Lying in bed in her room at night, Lily is often
visited by bees that seem to be at home with her. Lily holds a terrible and
guilty secret: Lily believes she shot and killed her mother, Deborah, when she 
was four years old. Her vague memory of that day — when her parents were arguing
and she picked up and shot the gun that her mother had dropped — continues to
haunt her, and she yearns to know more about her mother.
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NARNIA... a land frozen in eternal winter... a country waiting to be set free. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia-a land enslaved by the power of the white witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the great lion, Aslan, signals a great change... and a great sacrifice. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are four siblings sent to live in the
country with the eccentric Professor Kirke during World War II. The children
explore the house on a rainy day and Lucy, the youngest, finds an enormous
wardrobe. Lucy steps inside and finds herself in a strange, snowy wood. Lucy
encounters the Faun Tumnus, who is surprised to meet a human girl. Tumnus tells
Lucy that she has entered Narnia, a different world. Tumnus invites Lucy to tea,
and she accepts. Lucy and Tumnus have a wonderful tea, but the faun bursts into
tears and confesses that he is a servant of the evil White Witch. The Witch has
enchanted Narnia so that it is always winter and never Christmas. Tumnus
explains that he has been enlisted to capture human beings
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Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of British boys whose
plane crashes on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. (It
appears that the world is at war. This matters later.) With no adults, the boys
are left to fend for and govern themselves. The boys range in age from six to
twelve, and Ralph, one of the older boys, becomes “chief” with the assistance of
a conch shell. (The boys decide that only he who holds the conch shell
has public speaking privileges. It helps to establish order.)
The first trouble begins when the boys become fearful of a “beast” somewhere on the
island. Troubles aside, they decide it would be best to build a fire to signal
any passing ships. To do so, they use the glasses of a boy named Piggy (who is a
portly fellow, and also the most loyal friend to Ralph).