The War of the Worlds(2011) ?????
Written by: H.G.Wells
Genres: science fiction
Movie versions:1953,2005
Summary:London, England.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the most significant event in human history has come to pass. Contact from an alien planet has been achieved. Rocket capsules fired from the surface of Mars have crashed into the southern
English countryside.But what should be a moment of scientific curiosity and wonderful first contact between two alien worlds turns instead into disaster. The annihilative weapons of the Martians leave no doubt whatsoever about the nature of the alien contact -an outright invasion of Earth.
Reader level: Easy
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The Merchant of Venice(2011) ?????
Written by: William Shakespeare
Genres: classics
Movie versions:2004
Summary:A gamble on trading ships at sea, a pound of flesh as the penalty, a contest to win the hand of a rich heiress, and the final rescue in a court of law–The Merchant of Venice has all the ingredients required which make it one of Shakespeare’s most dramatic romantic comedies.
Antonio is the merchant of Venice who borrows money to help his friend Bassanio win Portia in marriage. He borrows the money from Shylock, a shrewd moneylender who devises a retribution unprecedented in the annals of law…
…till a young lawyer defeats him in his own game. Who is this young lawyer? What is the clinching argument? The Merchant of Venice is memorable as much for its dramatic scenes as for its strong characters, all of which remain etched in the mind long after the story has been read.
Reader level: Easy
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Romeo and Juliet(2012) ?????
Written by: William Shakespeare
Genres: classics
Movie versions:1996
Summary:A story of ill-fated lovers whose untimely deaths unite two feuding families, Romeo and Juliet has become the archetype of young love destined to meet a tragic end.The hatred between the House of the Capulets and the House of the Montagues is well known in Verona. Yet love blossoms between Romeo and Juliet. A brawl between the kinsmen of the Houses leads to Romeo?s exile, and from then on it is a series of misjudgments and chance – of time, place, and event that inexorably play out the lovers? doom.One of the most popular of Shakespeare?s plays, and one of his most performed, Romeo and Juliet is an enduring love story of emblematic proportions. Campfire?s adaptation seeks to bring this iconic work of Shakespeare to young readers in a language that is simple yet Shakespearean, and art that movingly recreates a tragic romance of 16th-century feudal Italy.
Reader level: Easy
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The strange case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde(2011) ?????
Written by: Robert Louis Stevenson
Genres: thriller
Movie versions:2008,1941,1996
Summary:Bold visionary, Henry Jekyll, believes he can use his scientific knowledge to divide a person into two beings–one of pure good and one of pure evil. Working tirelessly in his secret laboratory, concocting a potion that would tear at the core of what makes a man human, he eventually succeeds–but only halfway.Instead of separating the good and evil halves, Jekyll isolates only the latter. What seems at first a relief to the doctor becomes a nightmare as he loses control of the transformation. His friends feel Jekyll will waste away and fear the worst.Can Jekyll undo what he has done? Or will it change things forever?
Reader level: Easy
The Plain Janes(2007) ?????
Written by: Cecil Castellucci
Genres: graphic
Movie versions:none
Summary:When a transfer student named Jane is forced to move from the cool confines of Metro City to Suburbia, she thinks her life is over. But there in the lunch room at the reject table she finds her tribe: three other girls named Jane. Main Jane encourages them to form a secret art gang and paint the town P.L.A.I.N. – People Loving Art In Neighborhoods. But can art attacks really save the hell that is high school?
Reader level: Easy