Book+Summaries

= = ====I deleted the old spreadhseet on this page, a new one will be created for the Fall Reading List. Just make sure you know what's going on, new kids!BOOK SUMMARY PAGE On this page, list your name, the name of the book you are reading, and add a summary for others to read. Remember to include key info that may be asked during the competition.***Please do not read more than 10 books. It helps keep your info in check.We want between 2-3 people on each book but since that means a WHOLE lot of reading I suggest you //try// and read books that others haven't at first. But if you really want to read a book, go ahead, just don't let the books you have to read suffer because of it. ====    Let me know if there are any changes needed such as if you finished a book or find that you are unable to finish it. ~Seniors (Lexie, Mary Beth, Kelsey)

Sara Miller - A Raisin in the Sun The drama revolves around the life of a poor black family living in the south side of Chicago in the 1950's.Their family consists of Walter Lee Younger (the father), Ruth Younger (Walter's wife), Travis Younger (Walter and Ruth's son), Beneatha (Walter's sister), and Lena or "Mama" Younger (Walter and Beneatha's mother). Tthe story opens with family about to recieve an insurance check left by Beneatha and Walter's father. Mama wants to buy a house with the money, but Walter Lee would like to spend the money on opening a liquior store he believes will make their family rich. Beneatha just wants the money to go into a fund so that she can use it to pay for her medical schooling. As the play reaches its midpoint Ruth finds herself pregnant and Walter has made the mistake of taking all the insurance money to his friend Willy Harris (who ends up running off with what was left after Mama had made the down payment on their new home). The Youngers future neighbors soon send in Mr. Lindner from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association to make a deal with the Youngers: they will pay the family to not move into the all white neighborhood. The Younger's refuse the deal despite having lost all the insurance money,and Beneatha becomes engaged to her Nigerian friend, Joseph Asagai, from medical school. The play ends on a happy note with the Younger's moving out, despite the furture being filled with uncertainty.