Some of my earliest memories are of my godmother reading to me in the evening. ... I read constantly over the summer, Books were my escape and I could polish off a decent sized novel in one day. ... Moving into middle school, I had become slightly less fanatic about reading. ... I still enjoy creating stories and reading books, just on a more casual level. ... Yet when I start reading a book or writing a story, everything else fades away. ...

• Word Count: 1078
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

When carefully reading the story, the reader is aware of the old man's natural disablility of deafness. ... He writes of a small bar in what appears to be Spain by the currency but could just as easily have taken place elsewhere on a lone summer night. ...

• Word Count: 479
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During the summer of 1771, on vacations in a small town near England, Benjamin Franklin decided to recall and write about his life to his son: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. ... Besides enjoying reading, he also had a strong inclination for the sea, but his father declared against it, and prohibited him from becoming a sailor. ...

• Word Count: 1115
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate