Zorba the Greek
1946 · 368 pages
A bookish young Greek reopens a lignite mine on Crete and hires Alexis Zorba, an aging laborer who dances, plays the santuri, and treats his employer's reading as a substitute for living.
★ 6.5
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
1990 · 48 pages
You leave town in a yellow suit and hit the Lurch, the Slump, and the Waiting Place, where nothing happens. Seuss made the standard graduation gift out of a warning about failure.
★ 4.5