Curriculum Area: Comparative Literature
-
Mina and Lucy
Synopsis Best friends, and Halloween enthusiasts Mina and Lucy discover that their strange new classmate Vlad is hiding an unnatural secret. 14-year-old Vlad is actually a centuries-old vampire who only longs to be human again. With the help of Mina’s Grandfather, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, Mina and Lucy try to help Vlad become mortal, even…
-
Hidden Island
Synopsis When a family’s decision to gather for Christmas sends them into the heart of a storm in the remote Pacific, they wind up marooned on a fantastic island that tests each of them in ways none could ever have imagined. Loosely based on the classic novel The Swiss Family Robinson, Hidden Island is the story of…
-
The Hollow
Synopsis Commemorating the recent 200th anniversary of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Hollow is a modern take on the timeless tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman by American author Washington Irving. Among the earliest examples of American fiction, the gothic story was first published in 1819 along with Irving’s famous companion piece Rip Van Winkle. Set…
-
Treasure Island 2020
Synopsis James Hawkins, 13, is not looking forward to another boring summer in Montauk, Long Island where he helps his mom run a motel. But all of that changes in a heartbeat when he discovers a mysterious man washed up on the beach, disoriented and in fear for his life from a “one-legged man.” James…