Young Adult Literature
Children's Short Works
Discover a delightful assortment of stories in Children's Short Works, featuring the timeless tales of renowned authors Charles Dickens and …
More William
More William continues the delightful adventures of William Brown, the mischievous and endearing schoolboy created by Richmal Crompton. In t…
Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk
Jimmy 'Flash' Evans, 17, ace photographer for The Brandale Ledger, tries his hand at the newsreel game in this upbeat, pre-war adventure. Th…
Peggy Raymond's Way
In this fifth and (as far as is known) final volume of Peggy Raymond and her Friendly Terrace entourage, we find the Girls winding down from…
Little Saint Elizabeth
She had not been brought up in America at all. She had been born in France, in a beautiful château, and she had been born heiress to a…
The Adventures of Ulysses
Lamb used Homer's Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses's journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not…
Short Stories for Colored People
Several short stories relating to young African Americans. Summary by kirk202
Marjorie Dean
Marjorie Dean thinks that she is going to have a splendid year at Sanford High when her best friend comes to visit. However, she soon finds …
The Secret Garden
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her …
The Friendly Terrace Quartette
The Friendly Terrace Quartette (or Peggy Raymond At The Poplars) published in 1920, finds Peggy and her friends preparing for The Great War.…
Racketty-Packetty House
Racketty-Packetty House is a charming collection of short stories and fairy tales by Frances Hodgson Burnett, renowned for her ability to we…
Only a Farm Boy
A young farmhand struggles to advance himself in spite of the bitter, miserly farmer for whom he works. A story of the 'Horatio Alger' genre…
Elsie's Girlhood
Elsie's Girlhood follows the journey of Elsie Dinsmore as she navigates the complexities of adolescence and early adulthood. Spanning from t…
The Luck of the Dudley Grahams
The Luck of the Dudley Grahams is the story of the four Graham children and their recently widowed mother, trying to make ends meet by takin…
The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip
The torpedo submarine's inventor, Jack Farnum, is looking for investors to help him kick his new shipyard into high gear. He already has hi…
Paula the Waldensian
Into the home of an interesting but self-centered family in old France comes Paula, a young orphaned cousin, from the little village of Vill…
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Young scapegrace John Watkins, Jr., Denham ("Jack"), the favourite of his great-aunt Mary, has gotten into one too many scrapes. T…
It's Like This, Cat
It's Like This, Cat follows the adventures of 14-year-old Dave, a boy navigating the complexities of adolescence in New York City. With his …
The Valiant Runaways
Savage bears, a river rescue, capture by Indians, escape on wild mustangs and a revolutionary battle await the protagonists of this suspense…
Finn, Again
Still a rascal and a wanderer, Huck Finn, now nearing thirty, narrowly escapes a shotgun wedding, outwits a crafty Treasury Agent bent on co…