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Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Fly by Night is a children's or young adults' fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published on 7 October 2005 by Macmillan in the UK and on 25 April 2006 by HarperCollins in the US. Fly by Night won the Branford Boase Award in 2006, [ 1 ] and was listed in the School Library Journal 's Best Books of 2006. [ 2 ]
Rubeus Hagrid (/ ˈ h æ ɡ r ɪ d /) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling.He was introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as a half-giant who is the gamekeeper and groundskeeper at the wizarding school Hogwarts.
Joanne Rowling (/ ˈ r oʊ l ɪ ŋ / ⓘ ROH-ling; [1] born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist.She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007.
The novel is Mauriac's best known work, and was described as "outstanding" in the biography that accompanied his Nobel Literature Prize citation. [5] On 3 June 1950 Le Figaro named it as one of the winners of the "Grand Prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle", a prestigious literary competition to find the twelve best French novels of the first half of the twentieth century.
They Drive By Night is the second novel by British author James Curtis published in 1938. [1] It is a crime thriller set in 1930s London and the North of England dealing with working-class themes in a Social realism style.
Creature of the Night is a young adult novel by Kate Thompson. It was first published by Bodley Head on 5 June 2008. [ 1 ] It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal [ 2 ] and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize .
A tale from The Decameron, by John William Waterhouse. This article contains summaries and commentaries of the 100 stories within Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron.. Each story of the Decameron begins with a short heading explaining the plot of the story.