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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for Forge, by Laurie Halse Anderson, includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the realities of the Revolutionary War, racism and slavery in “free” America, and identities revealed through hardship.

This audio study guide for Facing East from Indian Country by Daniel K. Richter includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as cultural accommodation, racial antagonism, and the influence of resources and materials on historical events. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the danger and risk of supernatural powers, indigenous identity and culture, and addiction in dysfunctional families. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the dire consequences of racism, historical knowledge in contemporary social transformation, and rethinking racist power. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Trampoline by Robert Gipe includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as dysfunctional family relationships and environmental activism in the Appalachian South. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the advantages of difference, the power of words, speaking up for oneself, and the importance of friendship. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as systemic racism, activism, and social justice. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Looking for Alaska by John Green includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as guilt and forgiveness, friendship and loyalty, and religion and philosophy. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics. Looking for Alaska, the debut by best-selling author John Green, tells the story of a 16-year-old boy's experiences at a boarding school and his search for "a Great Perhaps".

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as segregation and "separate but equal", the generational divide, and community obligation. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as the Comanches’ role as the most powerful Native American tribe in American history; the anti-romantic “noble savage”; and learning from history. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the role of women and the importance of marriage, social hierarchy, and duplicity versus honesty. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as sin, punishment, and forgiveness; the self in society and in private; gender norms and relationships between men and women; and the weight of the past. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Awakening by Kate Chopin includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as individuality versus social order, motherhood and women’s rights, and the consequences of self-expression. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as travel as a mode of spiritual pilgrimage, food as a sacred substance, and the joys of solitude versus the joys of society. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for The Great Influenza by John M. Barry includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the triumphs and limits of science and the need for truth and leadership in crises. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Saltwater Slavery by Stephanie E. Smallwood includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the commodification of African captives, diaspora, and social death, and the Middle Passage. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as race in 20th-century America, the journey toward self-understanding, adult identity, and alienation from a sense of place through involuntary resettlement.

This audio study guide for A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as nationalism, print capitalism, imperialism, and postcolonialism. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as imperialism and colonialism, the absurdity of morality, and horror and despondency. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.