A daring pilot races against time to deliver an important package -- and keep it from falling into the wrong hands -- in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller of spine-tingling suspense and tantalizing romance.

It's about three kids, two sisters from Cuba and a boy from Ohio, who Doc Ford and Hannah Smith train to tag sharks because their population is being affected by poachers. A well thought out story that brings these three together in friendship and courage.

The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.

A student decides to fight back with a paper chain of 6 million links commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, and soon the whole school and half the internet are on board. Meanwhile, Link, perpetrator of many pranks and most popular guy in the seventh grade, is shocked to learn he's actually Jewish.

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The main idea of a story is the central idea or concept that the author wants to portray through the narrative, characters, and settings. The main idea can either be explicit, which means it's directly stated in the story, or it can be implied, which means it's not directly stated in the story.

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The plot of a book, film, or play is the series of events that unfolds from start to finish. The plot explains not just what happens but also the causality - how one event leads to another. In Poetics, Aristotle identified the basic form of a plot as containing three parts: a beginning, middle, and end.

What is a story plot? Essentially, a story plot is what happens in the story. More specifically, the plot is the series of events that take place. It's the action of the story that drives the narrative forward.

It names and identifies important characters and describes the major events of the story. It does not explain the events or interprets them in any way; the plot summary merely describes what happens.

The main idea of a paragraph is the author's message about the topic. It is often expressed directly or it can be implied.

The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.