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Book Summary: The Little Prince

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Source:  http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/chapter1.html The Little Prince is a  fable and modern classic by French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry that was published with his own illustrations in French as  Le Petit Prince  in 1943. The simple tale tells the story of a child, the little prince, who travels the universe gaining wisdom. The narrator introduces himself as a man who learned when he was a child that adults lack imagination and understanding. He is now a pilot who has crash-landed in a desert.  He encounters a small boy who asks him for a drawing of a sheep, and the narrator obliges. The narrator, who calls the child the little prince, learns that the boy comes from a very small planet, which the narrator believes to be asteroid B-612.  Over the course of the next few days, the little prince tells the narrator about his life. On his asteroid-planet, which is no bigger than a house, the prince spends his time pulling up baobab seedli

Book Summary: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Source:  https://archive.org/details/DiaryOfAWimpyKidSeries/page/n5 Diary of A Wimpy Kid is  written by Jeff Kinney. This book was in the works since 1998. This book became a bestseller overnight when it was released in 2007.  It is written as Greg's diary, spanning his entire school year, from the first day through the last.  Greg is a funny, imaginative, and fairly self-centered middle schooler who is mainly interested in video games and girls.  A lot of the drama in the story comes from Greg's misdeeds. Like with a lot of other entertainment for young adults, it's both fun and informative to see Greg behaving badly.  We can find some fun in the irony of him thinking he's doing what's best, and learn from the mistakes he makes when navigating his teenage years and his friendships. * Point of View:       - The main character is very funny.       - The story is enjoyable and not boring.       - The words at this book is quite easy to understand. But