Young Adult Literature
Helen's Babies
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
John Habberton
In this hilarious novel, Harry Burton, a bachelor white-goods salesman, goes to take care of his sister Helen's two little boys for ten days…
Dear Enemy
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Jean Webster
Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, J…
Four Girls at Chautauqua
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Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” First in the Chautauqua Girls series.Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-lovi…
On the Irrawaddy
Read by Mike Harris
G. A. Henty
With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal--in proportion to the num…
Vixen
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, ar…
The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Laura Lee Hope
The second book in The Bobbsey Twins series finds the two sets of twins experiencing life in the country during the first part of their summ…
Mary Louise
Read by Sibella Denton
L. Frank Baum
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his …
The Young Railroaders
Read by Mark F. Smith
Francis Lovell Coombs
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, tra…
Tom Swift and His War Tank
Read by Mark F. Smith
Victor Appleton
Tom Swift, that prolific youthful inventor, is engaged in trying to help the Allies win WWI. After reading newspaper accounts of the British…
The Moving Picture Girls
Read by Cori Samuel
Laura Lee Hope
Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like M…
God's Country
Read by Esther
James Oliver Curwood
James Curwood wrote many adventures of the far north. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that pro…
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1…
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Read by Tom Weiss
Victor Appleton
Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially-designed prototype electric race car. But as he makes the final preparations and adjust…
True to the Old Flag
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G. A. Henty
This book tells the story of the American war of Independence from the side of the British. The old flag mentioned in the title is the flag …
Aunt Jane's Nieces
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L. Frank Baum
Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…
Fifty-One Tales
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Lord Dunsany
Very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagi…
More William
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Richmal Crompton
The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to …
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
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J. Walker McSpadden
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…
Elsie's Girlhood
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Martha Finley
In the third book of Martha Finley's much-loved Elsie Dinsmore series, Elsie's life is traced from the tender age of 12 or 13 to the mature …
Max Quick
Read by Mark Jeffrey
Mark Jeffrey
Five quiet years have passed in Starland, California since the the time of the Pocket. But when a crazed old man shows up with a warning, Ma…