... There a "conspiracy" is unmasked. Frodo thought to leave the Shire secretly, but his relatives Peregrin Took ("Pippin") and Meriadoc Brandybuck ("Merry") already know what his plans are. They insist joining Frodo on his trip. The next goal is the city of Bree. To avoid the Black Riders, Frodo decides to travel through the Old Forest. This is a forest of which many rumours are told. They are lost in ... this forest and Merry and Pippin are captured by the Old Willowman, an evil tree. Screaming for "Help", a strange man, named Tom ... Frodo receives a phial with the bright light of the EÃ...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... time ago, in a shire far, far away before Harry Potter rode a broomstick, before Luke Skywalker lifted a light saber, Frodo Baggins inherited a ring. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four, his mother, Mary Suffield, took him together with his younger brother, Hilary, back to England for ... his great mythological van legendary cycle The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher. The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien is the first of the three books in The ...

• Word Count: 1461
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... time ago, in a shire far, far away before Harry Potter rode a broomstick, before Luke Skywalker lifted a light saber, Frodo Baggins inherited a ring. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 at Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, but at the age of four, his mother, Mary Suffield, took him together with his younger brother, Hilary, back to England for ... his great mythological van legendary cycle The Silmarillion to be edited for publication by his son, Christopher. The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien is the first of the three books in The ...

• Word Count: 1461
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School