War
Sarah’s Key (Tatiana de Rosnay)
Sarah’s Key Author: Tatiana de Rosnay Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2006 Pages: 306 Goodreads: Sarah’s Key “In this two part intertwined novel a young girl protects her brother […]
loss of innocence
War
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2001 Pages: 335 Goodreads: Atonement “Revolving around the search for identity and overcoming guilt divided into three periods, including World […]
Recent Prize Winner
The Shock of the Fall (Nathan Filer)
The Shock of the Fall Author: Nathan Filer List: Recent Prize Winner Year of publication: 2013 Pages: 310 Goodreads: The Shock of the Fall
Open Option
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a monstrous being through his ambitious experimentations. As the consequences of his creation unfold, Victor must confront the moral and existential dilemmas that […]
Open Option
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita is a controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov that tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who becomes infatuated with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze, whom he nicknames Lolita. The book explores […]
Dystopia
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Stranded on an uninhabited island, a group of boys grapples with survival and the unraveling of their civilized society. Their struggle for power and the erosion of morality exposes the primal instincts that lie within, […]