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By: Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) | |
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The Little Savage |
By: Plague Ship (1912-2005) | |
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Voodoo Planet
The sequel to Plague Ship, Voodoo Planet finds the Solar Queen banned from trade and starting her supposed quiet two-year stint as an interstellar mail carrier. But instead her crew accepts a visit to the safari planet of Khatka, where they find themselves caught in a battle between the forces of reason and the powers of Khatka’s mind-controlling wizard. |
By: Ethel Sybil Turner (1872-1958) | |
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In the Mist of the Mountains | |
By: William Dean Howells (1837-1920) | |
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A Boy's Town | |
The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story |
By: L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) | |
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Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. (Uncle John Merrick tells his nieces that politics is "work," which yields the title.)The story begins three days after the end of the previous book, Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville; the freckled and red-haired Patsy still sports a sunburn from her summer in the Adirondacks... | |
Aunt Jane's Nieces In The Red Cross
The 10th and final book in the series for adolescent girls sees two of the three cousins react to atrocities in World War I by volunteering in the Red Cross. Written under the pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne, this is the 1915 version, which reflects United States' neutrality. A later version, published in 1918, differed significantly to reflect changes in the position of the United States. | |
Aunt Jane's Nieces In Society
Written under pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Beth,with their debuts in society and the appearance of suitors, one of whom is rejected and kidnaps Louise. |
By: Bret Harte (1836-1902) | |
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The Queen of the Pirate Isle |
By: Samuel B. Allison | |
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An American Robinson Crusoe
An American Robinson Crusoe is a short version of the original story. An indolent, rebellious teen goes on a marine voyage against his parents’ wishes. The ship (and all of its crew) is lost in a storm, but Robinson makes it to a deserted island. He has no tools, no weapons, but he lives for over 28 years on the island. He befriends many animals on the island and after over 20 years living solo, he is joined by a young “savage” who becomes his constant companion. The transformation from the young, lazy teen to a self-sustaining, incredibly knowledgeable adult is one of the major themes in the story. |
By: Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) | |
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The Coral Island - A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
Ralph Rover is a traveler at heart, and has always dreamed of shipping out to the South Seas islands. He finally convinces his aging parents to let him go and find his way in the world. But the islands that Ralph finds are not as idyllic as in his dreams. Shipwrecked on a large, uninhabited island, Ralph and his fellow survivors, Jim and Peterkin, discover a world of hostile natives and villainous pirates. Danger, high adventure, and wonders of the sea greet them at every turn. When all seems lost, they find help from an unexpected source. |
By: Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) | |
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Raggedy Ann Stories
To the millions of children and grown-ups who have loved a Rag Doll, the author dedicated these stories. Now listen as Shannon reads to you Raggedy Ann’s exciting adventures; as gentle and charming today, as they were when first published in 1918. Find out what is written on her candy heart, what was the gift the fairies brought, and all about Raggedy Ann’s new sisters. |
By: Ethel C. Pedley (1859-1898) | |
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Dot and the Kangaroo
Dot and the Kangaroo, written in 1899, is a children’s book by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. |
By: C. J. Dennis (1876-1938) | |
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The Glugs of Gosh
First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century – but the absurdities it catalogs seem just as prevalent at the start of the twenty-first. The foolishness of kings, the arrogance of the elite, the gullibility of crowds, the pride of the self-righteous, the unthinking following of tradition – all find themselves the targets of C. J. Dennis’ biting wit. |
By: Eva March Tappan (1854-1930) | |
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Makers of Many Things
How are friction matches made? How do rags and trees become paper? Who makes the dishes on our tables? Published in 1916, this children's book explains the origins of everyday items in an entertaining and informative way. There are plenty of illustrations, so please feel free to read along. | |
When Knights Were Bold
This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictures of the manner of life and habits of thought of the people who lived between the eighth and fifteenth centuries. Our writings and our everyday conversation are full of their phrases and of allusions to their ideas. Many of our thoughts and feelings and instincts, of our very follies and superstitions, have descended to us from them. To become better acquainted with them is to explain ourselves. |
By: Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) | |
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The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales |
By: Katherine Pyle (1863-1938) | |
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The Counterpane Fairy
A little boy, recuperating from a lengthy illness, is entertained by visits from the Counterpane Fairy, who treats him to stories associated with each of the squares in the counterpane (quilt) on his sickbed. She has him concentrate on one of the squares until it turns into something like a doorway into the story. Once inside the story, he becomes its lead character until it fades out as if he’s awakening from a dream. |
By: Roy J. Snell (1878-1959) | |
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The Blue Envelope
A mystery and adventure story for girls set in Alaska. |
By: Edith Howes (1872-1954) | |
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Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories
A collection of three short stories about fairies, complete with good moral lessons (as every fairy tale should be). |
By: Oliver Optic (1822-1897) | |
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The Birthday Party, A Story For Little Folks
Flora Lee’s birthday came in July. Her mother wished very much to celebrate the occasion in a proper manner. Flora was a good girl, and her parents were always glad to do any thing they could to please her, and to increase her happiness. | |
Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida
"Down South" is the fifth and last volume but one of the "Great Western Series." The action of the story is confined entirely to Florida; and this fact may seem to belie the title of the Series. But the young yachtsman still maintains his hold upon the scenes of his earlier life in Michigan, and his letters come regularly from that State. If he were old enough to vote, he could do so only in Michigan; and therefore he has not lost his right to claim a residence there during his temporary sojourn in the South... | |
Up the River
Up the River is the sixth and last of “The Great Western Series.” The events of the story occur on the coast of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, and on the Mississippi River. The volume and the series close with the return of the hero, by a route not often taken by tourists, to his home in Michigan. His voyaging on the ocean, the Great Lakes, and the Father of Waters, is finished for the present; but the writer believes that his principal character has grown wiser and better since he was first introduced to the reader... | |
Within The Enemy's Lines | |
The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder | |
On The Blockade | |
Stand By The Union | |
Taken by the Enemy | |
Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks | |
Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student | |
Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy | |
Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark | |
Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants | |
All Adrift or The Goldwing Club | |
Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter | |
The Coming Wave Or, The Hidden Treasure of High Rock | |
Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim | |
Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer | |
Now or Never Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright | |
Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. | |
Dolly and I A Story for Little Folks | |
Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk | |
Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway | |
Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives | |
Careless Kate A Story for Little Folks | |
Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World |
By: Charlotte M. Yonge (1823-1901) | |
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Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures. |
By: Alexandre Exquemelin (c. 1645-1707) | |
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The Pirates of Panama
This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaeneche Zee Roovers. It immediately became very popular and this first hand history of the Buccaneers of America was soon translated into the principal European languages. The first English edition was printed in 1684. Esquemeling served the Buccaneers in the capacity of barber-surgeon, and was present at all their exploits. Little did he suspect that his first hand observations would some day be cherished as the only authentic and true history of the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main... |
By: Edward R. Shaw (1855-1903) | |
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Discoverers and Explorers
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown “Sea of Darkness” where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense heat that it would boil the ocean water. It was also commonly thought at the time that the world was flat, and the ships would fall off the face of the earth. These men overcame these fears to explore and discover new lands. |
By: Stella M. Francis | |
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Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes or The Quest of a Summer Vacation
“Girls, I have some great news for you. I’m sure you’ll be interested, and I hope you’ll be as delighted as I am. Come on, all of you. Gather around in a circle just as if we were going to have a Council Fire and I’ll tell you something that will—that will—Teddy Bear your teeth.” A chorus of laughter, just a little derisive, greeted Katherine Crane’s enigmatical figure of speech. The merriment came from eleven members of Flamingo Camp Fire, who proceeded to form an arc of a circle in front of the speaker on the hillside grass plot near the white canvas tents of the girls’ camp. (Gutenberg) | |
Campfire Girls In The Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success Against Odds
The Camp Fire Girls books is a series of fiction novels written for children by various authors from 1912 into the 1930s. (Wikipedia) |
By: Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) | |
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The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, as a friend and fellow author has written of him, was “youth incarnate,” and there is probably nothing that he wrote of which a boy would not some day come to feel the appeal. But there are certain of his stories that go with especial directness to a boy’s heart and sympathies and make for him quite unforgettable literature. A few of these were made some years ago into a volume, “Stories for Boys,” and found a large and enthusiastic special public in addition to Davis’s general readers; and the present collection from stories more recently published is issued with the same motive... | |
The Boy Scout |
By: George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) | |
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With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as that of the Seven Years' War, maintained by Prussia--then a small and comparatively insignificant kingdom--against Russia, Austria, and France simultaneously, who were aided also by the forces of most of the minor principalities of Germany. The population of Prussia was not more than five millions, while that of the Allies considerably exceeded a hundred millions... |