Through the tunnel by Dorris Lessing

1. Setting: On a winter holiday in a foreign county at the beach.
2. Plot: Jerry a English boy and his mother, who is a window are on a vacation at a beach they came many times in years past. On the next morning, Jerry let it slip that he would like to explore the other side of the beach where there were rocks. As he arrived, he swum and he came across some local boys swimming on the shore and he joined them. While they were diving, the boys disapeared into a dark wall of a rock, and he was jealous as he couldn't. He started preparing to pass through as he bought googles and learn to hold his breath, till he felt weak and dizzy. On the next morning he finally made up his mind to swim through the rock tunnel and he made it.
3. Main character: Jerry, whose the protagonist. An eleven year old English boy. He was a good swimmer. He's the only child of his mother. Likes to explore. He's kind and likes meeting new friends.