political fiction

Describes the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America.

Presents an unabridged reading of George Orwell's political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.

A young Lithuanian immigrant, hoping to create a good life for himself and his family in the early 1900s, is discouraged by the shocking conditions he encounters as a worker in the Chicago stockyards.

Presents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and includes a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, critical analyses, and other study tools.

Burglar Luther Whitney is forced to run for his life after he sees Secret Service agents shoot and kill a wealthy, young socialite whose affair with the President of the United States had gotten out of control.

Presents an unabridged edition of the controversial 1906 novel which describes the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America.

A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

"Sixteen-year-old Amy joins a political campaign to seek revenge on a boy who used to bully her but soon discovers that her feelings about the boy have changed"--OCLC.

A retelling of Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times," in which disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind must reexamine his utilitarian worldview when his daughter's upbringing and loveless marriage lead her to a crisis.

In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world.