A young boy in nineteenth-century London runs away from an unhappy home, finds employment in a wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a wide variety of characters in the city streets.
Asher Lev, born into a devout Jewish family and community, struggles to reconcile his burning need to create art with the restrictions and expectations placed on him by his faith and his people.
the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men
Sax, Leonard
2009
Examines the possible reasons why American boys, from kindergarten to college, are less resilient and ambitious than twenty years ago, discussing the causes of failure in school and at home and presenting a series of practical solutions.
Joseph, a footman in eighteenth-century England, must protect his virtue from the advances of several women, including Lady Booby, and Betty, a chambermaid.
Pip's life as a blacksmith's apprentice in Victorian England changes drastically when he is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be educated and reared as a gentleman--and an equal with the contemptuous Estella.
Forrest Gump, a young man with a limited IQ, does not let his disability hold him back when pursuing success on the football field, in war, and in business, nor does it keep him from remaining steadfast in his love for Jenny.