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When Mr. Tate’s class arrives at a farm for a field trip, it takes the students a while to figure out what the main crop is. There are fields bursting with flowers and trees covered in blossoms, but bouquets and fruit aren’t what Farmer Ellen harvests. The children soon learn that the blooms are there […]
The Civil War is tearing apart the country—and families, as Homer P. Figg’s older brother, Harold, is sworn into the Union army. Shortly after the elder Figg’s departure, however, Homer learns that it was an illegal conscription carried out with the help of the boys’ degenerate uncle and a corrupt judge in exchange for money. […]
In your classic fairytale, you’ve got a young woman facing horrible prospects or peril—think Snow White’s poison apple, Rapunzel’s imprisonment, Cinderella’s horrid home life, and Sleeping Beauty’s curse-triggered enchantment—only to be rescued by a prince. And not just any prince. Prince Charming. Such a feat of daring, you’d think, would immortalize the hero in song, […]
