St. Charles Parish Public Schools

Often times when one hears “The Godfather” you think of Al Pacino and Marlon Brando. No one ever thinks about Mario Puzo. The Godfather movie actually originated from Puzo’s astounding classic novel about the Corleone family. […]

Ben Marcus’ new novel, The Flame Alphabet, takes place in modern day, suburban New York with a young Jewish family struggling to keep their family strong. He wrote this fictional novel because he was becoming a new parent and did not know what the future held for him. […]

Truman Capote portrays two ex-cons, Percy and Dick, in his novel In Cold Blood. When they rob and kill the Clutter family in a late 1950’s rural Kansas town, their motive is unknown, for they take only about $40.

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