Rachel Baack
Added to listRealistic Fictionwith 54 books.
Added to listMystery & Thrillerwith 15 books.
Summary: After learning from her detective husband that he wants a divorce, a pregnant housewife has a drastic reaction, which she must then try to cover up.
Summary: After learning from her detective husband that he wants a divorce, a pregnant housewife has a drastic reaction, which she must then try to cover up.
Added to listDystopiawith 25 books.
Added to listScience Fictionwith 21 books.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron lives in a world where all people have been made as equal as the powers that be know how to make them: intelligent people wear earpieces that emit though-interrupting noises, beautiful people wear masks to obscure their faces, strong people wear heavy weights to make movement just as difficult for them as it is for everyone else. Unfortunately for Harrison, he is a little to exceptional to be subdued.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron lives in a world where all people have been made as equal as the powers that be know how to make them: intelligent people wear earpieces that emit though-interrupting noises, beautiful people wear masks to obscure their faces, strong people wear heavy weights to make movement just as difficult for them as it is for everyone else. Unfortunately for Harrison, he is a little to exceptional to be subdued.
Added to listMiddle Gradewith 25 books.
Added to listYoung Adultwith 56 books.
Added to listHorror & Gothic Fictionwith 23 books.
Added to listShort Fictionwith 34 books.
Summary: The narrator of this spooky story by Niel Gaiman has offered to babysit his girlfriend’s little brother, who tells him about the frightening creatures known as “click-clacks.”
This is a great scary story for students in middle grades: not overly gory or horrifying, but still thoroughly creepy.
Summary: The narrator of this spooky story by Niel Gaiman has offered to babysit his girlfriend’s little brother, who tells him about the frightening creatures known as “click-clacks.”
This is a great scary story for students in middle grades: not overly gory or horrifying, but still thoroughly creepy.
Three Questions
Added to listClassicswith 56 books.
Three Questions
Added to listPhilosophical & Existential Fictionwith 10 books.
Three Questions
Summary: An emperor in search of wisdom seeks the advice of a wise old man and learns important lessons about who to value, what to do in life, and when to act.
Summary: An emperor in search of wisdom seeks the advice of a wise old man and learns important lessons about who to value, what to do in life, and when to act.
Added to listScience Fictionwith 18 books.
Three Questions
Added to listShort Fictionwith 28 books.
Summary: A couple of extraterrestrial beings discuss a recent (and, to them, somewhat unwelcome) discovery of sentient life on another planet.
Summary: A couple of extraterrestrial beings discuss a recent (and, to them, somewhat unwelcome) discovery of sentient life on another planet.
Summary: This spooky tale tells how a frightening supernatural event turned a local minister into the severe man that he became. I would recommend reading it with a modern translation next to you.
Summary: This spooky tale tells how a frightening supernatural event turned a local minister into the severe man that he became. I would recommend reading it with a modern translation next to you.
Summary: The narrator, claiming that he is not crazy, admits to killing a man and then tells how it happened. After recounting the story of the homicide, the man attempts to hide his actions from the police.
Summary: The narrator, claiming that he is not crazy, admits to killing a man and then tells how it happened. After recounting the story of the homicide, the man attempts to hide his actions from the police.
Summary: On a sea voyage to New York, the narrator of this story notices that his friend has brought, along with his wife and two sisters, an oddly shaped box. Although the narrator believes that he has determined the contents of the box to be a painting, some strange occurrences suggest that there may be something else in the box.
Summary: On a sea voyage to New York, the narrator of this story notices that his friend has brought, along with his wife and two sisters, an oddly shaped box. Although the narrator believes that he has determined the contents of the box to be a painting, some strange occurrences suggest that there may be something else in the box.
Summary: A wealthy prince throws a party and locks all the guests in to keep the “Red Death,” an illness that has been claiming lives all over the country, from overtaking them. At midnight, a new darkly-clad figure appears at the party. The prince does not know why he’s there, but he will soon find out.
Summary: A wealthy prince throws a party and locks all the guests in to keep the “Red Death,” an illness that has been claiming lives all over the country, from overtaking them. At midnight, a new darkly-clad figure appears at the party. The prince does not know why he’s there, but he will soon find out.
Summary: The narrator of this short story goes to stay at a foreboding mansion because his friend, the owner, has fallen ill and asked him to come. The longer the narrator stays, however, the more he witnesses strange and creepy happenings.
Summary: The narrator of this short story goes to stay at a foreboding mansion because his friend, the owner, has fallen ill and asked him to come. The longer the narrator stays, however, the more he witnesses strange and creepy happenings.
Summary: The crazed Montresor carries out a sinister plan for getting revenge on a man who has insulted him.
Summary: The crazed Montresor carries out a sinister plan for getting revenge on a man who has insulted him.
Summary: In this eerie short story, a magical charm falls into the hands of the White family and affects its members in ways that they never would have imagined.
Summary: In this eerie short story, a magical charm falls into the hands of the White family and affects its members in ways that they never would have imagined.