Young Adult Literature
The Ranch Girls in Europe
"The next volume to be issued in the Ranch Girls’ Series will appear under the title of “The Ranch Girls in Europe.” In this story the …
Mystery of the Ambush in India
Another Biff Brewster adventure story set this time in exotic and mystical India with much of the action around and near the Himalayas. This…
Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around Ameri…
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…
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…
Robin Hood
Step into the legendary world of Robin Hood, the iconic outlaw of English folklore. Known for his unmatched archery skills and daring exploi…
Rose O' The River
Rose Wiley is a pretty country girl. She's engaged to Stephen Waterman, a country boy. She is quite content, until Claude Merril, a man from…
Miss Ashton's New Pupil
Marion Park, the daughter of missionaries, is sent to Miss Ashton's boarding school. There she meets with many young girls and together they…
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…
Emily Climbs
Teenage orphan Emily Starr of New Moon has always wanted to be a great writer. But her old-fashioned aunt, who has never liked Emily’s writi…
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 …
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…
Longshanks
In 1828, young Tad Hopkins takes an adventure-filled trip down the Mississippi River to meet his father in New Orleans. Along the way he bef…
Peggy Raymond's School Days
Published in 1916, this third installment with The Friendly Terrace girls places them in The Girl’s High School, with an array of new charac…
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…
Fast in the Ice
At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every…
Ragged Dick
Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting "the American Dream" of poor boys making good …
Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship
Tom Swift is an inventor, and these are his adventures. The locale is the little town of Shopton in upstate New York, near Lake Carlopa. Whi…
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…
Bert Wilson at the Wheel
First volume of an adventure series for young adults - Summary by kathrinee