Setting
Characters
Theme
First Lines
Freedom Trail
100

Ecuadorian Jungle

Through Gates of Splendor

100

Buck

Call of the Wild
100

She admitted her sin, but would not reveal the other person who also sinned.

The Scarlett Letter

100

The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

100

This man went to jail, but proclaimed to prisoners freedom in Christ.

Born Again

200

Boston, Massachusetts

Johnny Tremain

200

Huckleberry Finn

Tom Sawyer

200

 There was no grace under the law, so he died for a crime he committed.

Billy Budd

200

Matt stood at the edge of the clearing for some time after his father had gone out of sight among the trees.

Sign of the Beaver

200

Irresponsibility is using your freedom for your own benefit, like this boy who attended his own funeral.

Tom Sawyer

300

Washington, DC

Born Again

300

Elwood P. Dowd

Harvey

300

The man couldn't see a pit he was being forced into.

"The Pit and the Pendulum" or "Gold Bug"

300

When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

To Kill a Mockingbird

300
Even "the worst" people are humbled by the gospel of Christmas.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

400

Talbot County, Maryland

A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

400

Santiago

The Old Man and the Sea
400

Self-sufficiency gives one the freedom to discover one's true self and attain true independence.

"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

400

The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

Red Badge of Courage

400

A husband and wife give up something they love for the benefit of the other. 

The Gift of the Magi

500

Tuskeegee Institute, Alabama

Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)

500

Jim Elliot

Through Gates of Splendor

500

He had a dream of true social equality for all citizens.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in "I Have a Dream" speech.

500

On rocky islands, gulls woke.

Johnny Tremain

500

Announced the arrival of an army ordered to quell a fight for freedom, and "hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year."

"Paul Revere's Ride" by H.W. Longfellow