Twelve years a slave

by Solomon Northup

Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State-and having a...

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Ce Vieux monsieur et cette vieille dame sont les parents de Mr. Bucket.

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

Divergent

by Veronica Roth

Chez moi, il y a un miroir.

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

CORALINE DISCOVERED THE DOOR a little while after they moved into the house.

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

That last time.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unrega...

Eclipse

by Stephenie Meyer

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.

The Princess and the Goblin

by George MacDonald

THERE was once a little princess who-"But, Mr. Author, why you always write about princess?"

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

OROTHY lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the far...

Angela's Ashes

by Frank McCourt

My father and mother should have stayed in New York where they met and married and where I was born.

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Ariadne Oliver had gone with the friend with whom she was staying, Judith Butler, to help with the preparations for...

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

"CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roo...

Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson

I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when ...

The Classic Tale of the Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams Bianco

There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid.

Bambi

by Felix Salten

He came into the world in the middle of the thicket, in one of those little, hidden forest glades which seem to be entir...