Non-Juvenile

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

2025-12-02T11:20:50-05:00

Ben-Hur surpassed the fabulously popular Uncle Tom in the 19th century and was beloved for its attempt to faithfully represent the life and times of Jesus, and the person of Jesus himself. This is ironic, given that when Wallace began writing the book, he was not very religious.…

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ2025-12-02T11:20:50-05:00

A Girl of the Limberlost

2025-12-02T11:18:09-05:00

Rejected by her embittered mother and scorned by her classmates, Elnora Comstock seeks consolation in nature amid the wilds of eastern Indiana’s Limberlost Swamp. Teeming with danger as well as beauty, the vast marshland offers Elnora an unexpected way to build a better life.…

A Girl of the Limberlost2025-12-02T11:18:09-05:00

Slaughterhouse-Five

2025-12-02T11:10:21-05:00

Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time).

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books.…

Slaughterhouse-Five2025-12-02T11:10:21-05:00
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