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A p p ro v e d fo r u s e in E n g lis h IV

S u m m a ry o f th e W o rk : R a tio n a le :

Agatha Christie‘s master sleuth Hercule Poirot is called upon to E nglish IV , M *A*S *H, my stery , adv enture, suspense and horror, is a determine —w hodunit“ on a 1 9 3 0 ‘s journey ab oard the w orld's most section of the req uired E nglish IV course. T his course emphasiz es the opulent train, the O rient E x press. Just after midnight, a snow drift stops analy sis of non-fiction and nov els. S tudents should hav e an appreciation the O rient E x press in its track s. T he lux urious train is surprisingly full for for and lov e of reading. the time of y ear. B ut b y the morning there is one less passenger. An American lies dead in his compartment, stab b ed a doz en times, his door Christie is often regarded as the Q ueen of the G olden Age detectiv e and lock ed from the inside. T he list of possib ilities is endless, R ed herrings my stery nov els. Murder on The Orient Express is a classic my stery are put in the path of Hercule Poirot encounters many red herrings b ut nov el. he succeeds in coming up w ith not just one, b ut tw o possib le solutions to the crime.

P ro fe s s io n a l R e v ie w s a n d /o r C ritic a l E s s a y s : N o te d D is tin c tio n : • S ee T itlew av e for Aw ards. Tim es L itera ry S upplem ent - January 1 1 , 1 9 3 4 R e a d a b ility : ‹ Print resources are av ailab le from the lib rary media center and • L ex ile S core: 6 4 0 lib raries in the district. Contact any lib rary media specialist to v iew the • R eadab ility L ev el: 7 .4 scholarly sources. ‹ S cholarly rev iew s are also av ailab le online through B ook s in L e a rn in g R e s o u rc e s G u id e lin e s : Print and G ale. Contact the lib rary media specialist to ob tain username • T he nov el meets the L earning R esources G uidelines. and passw ord information to access the sub scription datab ase of full-tex t S ta n d a rd A lig n m e n t: (link) rev iew s. A p p ro v a l: S u b m itte d to C o m m itte e : A p p ro v e d fo r A d o p tio n :

N o te s o n th e T e x t: C o n n e c tio n to th e C u rric u lu m : (The b est w a y to ev a lua te a nd understa nd a nov el is to persona lly rea d the b ook in its entirety .) T he nov el connects to the curriculum as students w ill recogniz e and

T he nov el is b ased in part upon the k idnapping of the L indb ergh b ab y in understand conv entions and dev ices used b y the author to present ideas the U nited S tates in 1 9 3 2 , w hen Charles and Anne M orrow L indb ergh and themes. paid a ransom of $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 , b ut the b ab y w as murdered nonetheless. T he second incident that influenced the plot occurred in 1 9 2 9 , w hen the • S y mb ols O rient E x press train crossed the T urk ish b order and w as snow b ound for • Compare to other murder my steries six day s. "Hard to surpass." - S aturday R ev iew of L iterature. • Classic "Christie...k eeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end." - • Female w riter T imes L iterary S upplement

A d d itio n a l C o n n e c tio n s : (A P , H onors, Essentia l/A pplied, D ra m a s, F ilm s, etc .)

Films - Murder on the Orient Express (1 9 7 4 ) S idney L umet Murder on the Orient Express (2 0 0 1 ) made-for-telev ision directed b y Carl S chenk el