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A Child's Story Garden
Unknown
This collection serves as a moral primer for young minds, blending myth, biblical narrative, and classic tales to instill character and high ideals. It is a gentle, instructional journey through virtue and wisdom.
A Question of Latitude
Richard Harding Davis
A high-minded American reformer travels to the African jungle, only to find the sun and isolation stripping away his moral compass.
Bumps and His Buddies
Marie Helene Gulbransen
This collection of short, whimsical tales follows a series of young protagonists as they stumble out of their ordinary lives and into fantastic, dreamlike landscapes. These children, often guided by magical creatures, discover hidden realms where the impossible is commonplace and every wish holds the potential for…
Danger at Mormon Crossing: Sandy Steele Adventures #2
Robert Leckie
Adventure waits in the rugged backcountry of the Idaho Rockies, where two boys and their guide face treacherous rapids and a hidden cache of silver. This mid-century tale of endurance and survival pits amateur explorers against both the unforgiving wilderness and determined, desperate men.
Doubloons—and the Girl
John Maxwell Forbes
A young clerk finds a cryptic treasure map, launching a perilous maritime expedition that tests his courage against mutineers, volcanic upheavals, and the pangs of a jealous heart.
Gloria at Boarding School
Lilian Garis
A spirited girl finds her desire for independence challenged by the rigid expectations of boarding school life and a mysterious, unfolding family secret.
Gold
Eugene O'Neill
HOOK A ship captain sacrifices his humanity for a chest of buried treasure, only to discover that the gold he chased his entire life is nothing more than worthless scrap.
Julian Mortimer: A Brave Boy's Struggle for Home and Fortune
Harry Castlemon
A boy kidnapped as a child faces a treacherous web of greed and identity theft, struggling to reclaim his lost inheritance in the untamed American West.
Kiddie the Scout
Robert Leighton
An aristocrat returns to the wilderness to live by his wits, trading high society for the raw danger of the American frontier.
Little Snap the Postboy
George Waldo Browne
A dedicated young mail carrier navigates mountain hazards and a dangerous criminal conspiracy, proving his integrity while uncovering the secret identity of a mysterious local hermit.
"Long Live the King!"
Guy Boothby
A story of royal duty, lost brothers, and the burdens of a crown, this narrative follows a young prince’s search for his missing sibling across the globe. It is a classic adventure of the late Victorian era, filled with political intrigue, personal sacrifice, and the heavy atmosphere of a changing Europe.
Lucy Harding
Mary Jane Holmes
A resolute American traveler navigates the political dangers of turn-of-the-century Russia, finding her past and future unexpectedly entwined with a mysterious tutor and a radical revolutionary.
On the Borderland
F. Britten (Frederick Britten) Austin
These stories inhabit the fragile, unseen space where the waking world dissolves into shadows. They explore how the mind, when pushed to its limits, bridges the gap between reality and the paranormal.
Star: The Story of an Indian Pony
Forrestine C. (Forrestine Cooper) Hooker
A loyal pony serves as the silent witness to the vanishing way of life for the Quahada Comanche and their legendary chief, Quannah.
The Boy Scouts on War Trails in Belgium
Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917
Four American teenagers attempt to navigate their way through the chaos of occupied Belgium, using their scouting ingenuity to survive the crossfire of the Great War.
The eagle's wing: A story of the Colorado
B. M. Bower
A mining engineer uncovers a cryptic family cipher that leads him to a desert obsession, where a secretive mountain clan risks everything to tame the Colorado River.
The Happy Adventurers
Lydia Miller Middleton
A housebound young girl steps through the glass of a family photograph album into nineteenth-century Australia, discovering a world of sunlit gardens, lost diamonds, and timeless bonds.
The Italian Twins
Lucy Fitch Perkins
Lost in the holiday crowds of Easter Saturday Florence, two wealthy children are taken by a traveling performer and thrust into a world of forced street dancing, high-road escape, and desperate wanderings.
The lively adventures of Gavin Hamilton
Molly Elliot Seawell
A young soldier’s pursuit of his birthright unfolds against the backdrop of the Seven Years' War, weaving personal honor and high-stakes military service into an adventure of shifting loyalties and enduring maternal devotion.
The Lorelei Death
Nelson S. Bond
A space-faring trio is drawn into a deadly trap by a mysterious, alluring signal, only to discover that the "Lorelei" of legend is a weaponized asteroid piloted by a ruthless pirate gang.
The monkey that would not kill
Henry Drummond
This small volume collects two loosely connected tales about an irrepressible, indestructible creature that defies every attempt to end its life, eventually finding its way into the homes and hearts of those who tried hardest to be rid of it.
The Motor Boys on the Wing
Clarence Young
Young aviators soar above the earth to outwit daring criminals in this classic tale of high-altitude adventure. Mechanical ingenuity meets detective work as a trio of friends chases justice through the clouds.
The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise
Margaret Penrose
A group of spirited young women find their summer vacation interrupted by a persistent, unsettling mystery when they discover their rental bungalow is being haunted by invisible intruders.
The Perambulations of a Bee and a Butterfly,: In which are delineated those smaller traits of character which escape the observation of larger spectators
Elizabeth Sandham
A young, headstrong bee finds himself humbled by the elements, leading to an unlikely and transformative friendship with a butterfly. Together, they observe the complexities and vanities of the human world from a unique, miniature perspective.
The Price of Blood: An Extravaganza of New York Life in 1807
Howard Pyle
Nathaniel Griscombe is a young, idle lawyer in 1807 New York whose boredom is shattered by a series of four mysterious clients. Each brings a strange errand that pulls him into a web of international intrigue, hidden treasures, and mortal danger.
The princess of the atom
Ray Cummings
A mysterious woman’s arrival triggers a harrowing odyssey through the atomic dimensions of reality, where the scale of one's existence dictates the fate of two worlds.
The Wolf Patrol: A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts
John Finnemore
Two young boys from vastly different worlds find common ground and purpose through the rigors of scouting, proving that true brotherhood transcends social class and hardship.
Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
Victor Appleton
When a brilliant young inventor is falsely suspected of assisting border smugglers, he takes to the skies with a groundbreaking searchlight to clear his name and bring the culprits to justice.
Tom the telephone boy
Frank V. Webster
An ambitious young worker stumbles upon a conspiracy while managing a telephone switchboard. His curiosity and integrity become the only defenses against a cold-blooded plot to defraud a wealthy, forgetful scholar.
Winning His Wings: A Story of the R.A.F
Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The life of a young pilot in the Great War is a succession of engine failures, narrow escapes, and the quiet, salt-sprayed duty of the coastal patrol.
A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán
Harry De Windt
To cross frozen Caucasian peaks, treacherous Persian deserts, and the lawless wastes of Baluchistan requires equal parts reckless grit and quiet observational humor.
A Ticket to Adventure: A Mystery Story for Girls
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A high-altitude leap into pioneering life becomes a wilderness chase across frozen lakes, hidden gold mines, and high-stakes sled dog races.
A trip to California in 1853
Washington Bailey
The lure of gold pulls a young man from the Midwest toward the Pacific, where the vast, unforgiving landscape threatens to swallow his dreams before they even begin.
Around the World in Ten Days
Chelsea Curtis Fraser
The impossible machines of yesterday become the mundane facts of tomorrow. In this brisk, turn-of-the-century adventure, four young aviators race to prove that an equatorial flight around the globe is both possible and superior to the northern routes of their peers.
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Atom Mystery [Young Atom Detective]
Charles Ira Coombs
A dream of prospecting for uranium leads two observant teenagers to unmask a spy ring smuggling atomic secrets off the California coast.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures
Frances Trego Montgomery
An adventurous goat, a dog, and a cat return from the battlefields of Europe to embark on a whimsical, high-spirited journey across America toward their family home.
Harper's Round Table, December 8, 1896
Various
A day on the water with a salty old captain turns into an unexpected maritime chase, sweeping young readers straight into the thrilling, varied, and unpredictable world of a late nineteenth-century youth magazine.
Harper's Young People, February 7, 1882: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A frozen, snow-dusted Paris street comes alive when a bold fourteen-year-old American boy accidentally knocks over an organ-grinder’s money cup with a stray snowball.
Homestead Ranch
Elizabeth G. Young
A young Connecticut woman leaves the comforts of the East to build a homestead in Idaho with her brother, facing land jump-offs, cattle thieves, and the raw demands of the frontier.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks: Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series
Bracebridge Hemyng
The globe-trotting escapades of a resourceful youth find their dramatic conclusion amidst the shifting loyalties and ancient customs of the Ottoman Empire. This final installment balances high-stakes peril with the inevitable settling of long-standing accounts.
Leaves from a middy's log
Arthur Lee Knight
Young Jack Darcy leaves his frigate to track a stolen merchantman off the Cuban coast, plunging into a whirlwind of shore raids, pirate caverns, volcanic eruptions, and desperate escapes across the Caribbean.
Marjorie's Vacation
Carolyn Wells
A summer of small adventures becomes an enduring memory for a young girl sent to visit her grandmother in the country. This gentle narrative captures the ephemeral, sun-drenched joy of childhood.
My life and balloon experiences
Henry Tracey Coxwell
A fearless young boy from the Medway estuaries grows into Victorian England’s premier aeronaut, soaring miles above Europe to tame the sky, fight bureaucratic skepticism, and establish the untamed science of early aviation.
On the Trail of Pontiac
Edward Stratemeyer
The frontier is a fragile border where the promise of a new life is perpetually haunted by the shadows of old wars and the encroaching threat of Pontiac’s uprising.
Parrot & Co
Harold MacGrath
A disgraced engineer wanders the Far East under an alias, bound to a parrot and a heavy secret, until a chance encounter on a muddy riverboat pulls him back toward the world he left behind.
Six little Bunkers at Captain Ben's
Laura Lee Hope
When a chimney fire interrupts their attic games, six energetic siblings embark on an unexpected second summer vacation to the Atlantic coast with an old family friend.
Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet
William Bowen
A master tailor weaves strange, interconnected enchantments in a royal tower, unspooling long fantasy tales to a rapt court to solve the mystery of a magic garment and its missing button.
The Crimson Sign: A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, Sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot
S. R. (Samuel Robert) Keightley
A young Protestant officer, trapped within a beleaguered Irish city, risks everything to carry a crucial message through enemy lines to the blockading fleet.