We will read and discuss a variety of stories and novels for young people. Students will be expected to attend class regularly and take part in open discussion. Written work will consist entirely of a series of between five and ten in-class essays, written in response to study questions handed out in advance.

Texts: Robert Louis Stevenson, TREASURE ISLAND; Mark Twain, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER; Lewis Carroll, ALICE IN WONDERLAND; Kenneth Grahame, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS; James Barrie, PETER PAN; E. B. White, CHARLOTTE'S WEB; L. M. Montgomery, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES; J. K, Rowling HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE; Rudyard Kipling, THE JUNGLE BOOKS; Louisa May Alcott, LITTLE WOMEN; A. A. Milne, WINNIE-THE-POOH; and Alfred and Mary Meeks, editors, THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES AND OTHER FAIRY TALES.