NattieShea will be back on tomorrow.
. . . as indeed I well recall; I need no link to it aside from my own bookmark! Indeed I class it under the heading of Philipians 4:8 . . .Whereas I had read all the Chronicles of Narnia, I have read only 2 of Dickens' classics--Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol. Since I know the quality of your reporting from last year and indeed can critique your discussion of Dickens from memory of two of the works, I now know more about the other three Dickens novels by reading your report.
My general impression is that you clearly have read and understand the works cited, and that that is by itself quite a distinction at your age. And I generally agree with your conclusions, even if I might couch some of them slightly differently.
Last year you wanted your work to be judged without reference to your age, but you were being a little unfair to yourself in that. You see, since the adults who post here are generally quite intelligent and often well-educated as well, anyone who ventures to have their work critiqued here without reference to age is really asking to be judged at the college level if not higher.
There are teachers in schools who won't give any grade higher than a "B", on the basis that even excellent students don't know the entire subject. Of course that's true, but that is also taken for granted in reading a report card. So I think "no A" grading to be mere confusion at best, and probably arrogance as well.