The Giver is a dystopian children"s novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives

В хрестоматию включены ведущие произведения современной советской литературы, которые реалистично, с партийных позиций освещают историю народа, а также ставят серьезные проблемы коммунистического строительства

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963

Главное внимание в пособии уделяется методике изучения пунктуационных правил

На материале основополагающих средневековых трактатов в книге излагается учение о поэтических канонах в классической персоязычной поэзии в период ее расцвета

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. And there's no delete button. Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time

В книге предлагается историко-литературный комментарий к тексту поэмы "Хорошо!", который углубляет представление читателей об идейно-художественных особенностях произведения В. Маяковского

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control

When Laura Ingalls and her family set out for Kansas, they travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the perfect place to call home. Pioneer life is sometimes hard, but Laura and her family are busy and happy building their new little house. For anyone who has ever read and loved Little House on the Prairie, and for those who have yet to discover Laura's world, this is a volume to cherish