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A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner

A Rose for Emily

Genre:
Classics, Short Stories
Age Level:
YA

Emily Grierson is in love with Homer Barron, but is very upset that he has not proposed to her. Distraught, Emily buys arsenic, which some believe she will use to commit suicide. However, Homer and Emily disappear; only the servant goes to and from the home. What horrifying surprise will the townspeople find when they finally go into Emily’s house?

Marietta D. Moskin

I Am Rosemarie

Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Drawn from the author’s own experiences, this is the moving story of a young Jewish girl, Rosemarie Brenner, and her experiences in a concentration camp during World War II.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Play by Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

Genre:
Classics, Fiction
Age Level:
YA

The fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. Echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, reality and illusion mix, and where fate leads heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.