Books tagged with Fiction[957 found]
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The Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or, The Straight Road to Success
by Edward S. Ellis
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
An ambitious city boy takes a job sprinting urgent telegrams through rain, traffic, and back-alley dangers. A stolen dispatch, a gang of swindlers, and one perilous night ride test his nerve and honor. With quick wits, loyal friends, and a mentor on the wires, he fights to clear his name and prove that straight dealing—not shortcuts—opens the surest road to success.
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The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies
by Edward S. Ellis
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
An ingenious boy unveils a towering steam-driven man that hauls his wagon across the prairie. With a flinty scout and a few reckless partners, he outruns buffalo herds, bandits, and vengeful foes, threading iron sinews through ambushes and storms. Whirring pistons make the frontier a racetrack as courage and cunning decide who claims the West.
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Five Thousand Pounds
by Agnes Giberne
Categories: Fiction » Christian
A gripping story of fortune, ambition, and unexpected opportunity, it follows characters whose lives are transformed by a sudden windfall. Through challenges, choices, and moral dilemmas, they discover how wealth can test character, reveal true intentions, and shape destinies.
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Too Dearly Bought: Or The Town Strike
by Agnes Giberne
Categories: Fiction » Cultural & Ethnic Theme
In a quiet market town, a sudden strike meant to win fair wages instead tears families, friendships, and consciences apart. While hotheaded leaders push for harsher measures and employers grow stubborn, one thoughtful girl and a few brave allies struggle to calm tempers, expose hidden selfishness, and seek justice that will not ruin the weak.
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Daisy of Old Meadow
by Agnes Giberne
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
In Old Meadow’s quaint countryside, spirited Daisy brightens her miserly grandfather’s dingy home. Amid meadows and village games, she tends their parlor, her joy clashing with his solitude. As secrets unfold, her resilient heart navigates loss and kindness. This tender Victorian tale celebrates childhood’s magic and courage, blooming amid hardship.
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The Scarlet Plague
by Jack London
Decades after a swift red plague erased civilization, an old professor shuffles along the California shore with his rough grandsons, telling how cities fell in days, how tribes replaced traffic, how love and learning burned out like lamps. As he guides them through ruins and memory, he fights to pass on fragile wisdom before violence, ignorance, and time finish the work the pestilence began.
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Miles Murchison
by Agnes Giberne
Categories: Fiction » Christian
A gripping tale of courage and adventure as a young man faces challenges that test his character and resolve. Through trials, unexpected dangers, and personal growth, he learns the value of integrity, bravery, and the strength required to overcome adversity.
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Stolen from a sunny estate and sold north during the Klondike rush, a proud dog is hammered into a sled beast by cold, hunger, and the law of club and fang. He rises through the team, faces a ruthless rival, and finds fierce loyalty to a man who saves him—until the forest’s drums call him deeper. Between firelight and the wolf pack, he must choose the master he was born to follow.
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Flower Fables
by Louisa M. Alcott
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A delightful collection of whimsical tales where flowers come to life, teaching lessons of kindness, courage, and imagination. Each story blends charm and moral insight, inviting readers into a magical world where nature and virtue intertwine.
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Miss Theodora: A West End Story
by Helen Leah Reed
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
In Boston's West End, Miss Theodora, from a ruined New England family, raises her nephew Ernest amid loss and poverty. Sacrificing everything, she nurtures his potential as the city changes and traditions fade. This poignant tale explores family loyalty, personal sacrifice, and resilience, drawing you into an era of quiet courage and heartfelt bonds.
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In Paths of Peril: A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia
by J. Macdonald Oxley
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A young boy braves rugged wilderness, hidden dangers, and thrilling challenges across Nova Scotia. Adventure, courage, and resourcefulness guide him as he navigates forests, rivers, and unexpected perils in a story of youthful daring and discovery.
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Terry's Trials and Triumphs
by J. Macdonald Oxley
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A spirited young hero faces challenges that test his courage, honesty, and perseverance. Through trials, setbacks, and victories, he learns valuable lessons about character, resilience, and the rewards of determination in this uplifting adventure.
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The Young Woodsman Or Life in the Forests of Canada
by J. Macdonald Oxley
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
An eager English lad leaves home for the Canadian backwoods, trading schoolbooks for axe and rifle. Among trappers, loggers, and frozen rivers, he learns to face wild beasts, blizzards, and his own fears. Friendship, hard work, and quiet faith slowly turn rash boyhood into true grit and manhood on a harsh, perilous frontier.
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Donalblane of Darien
by J. Macdonald Oxley
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A spirited Scottish boy joins the Darien expedition to claim a lush New World island. Eager to build a grand city, he faces tropical fevers and fierce wildlife. This thrilling tale of frontier dreams weaves hardship, valor, and unbreakable bonds, celebrating youthful grit in a vibrant 17th-century quest.
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Ti-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red River
by J. Macdonald Oxley
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A hardy boy of the northern plains grows up between trading post and campfire, learning to hunt, paddle and read the moods of men and sky alike. Drawn into river feuds, blizzards and daring rescues, he must prove his courage and loyalty when danger threatens both his family and the scattered settlements they call home, testing the mettle of youth.
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Super Man and the Bug Out
by Cory Doctorow
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A daring adventure unfolds as a young hero faces unexpected threats in a high-tech world. With wit, courage, and quick thinking, he navigates danger, uncovers secrets, and discovers the power—and responsibility—of extraordinary abilities in a modern landscape of intrigue.
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Home Again, Home Again
by Cory Doctorow
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A heartfelt story of return and rediscovery follows a character navigating the challenges of homecoming. Amid personal growth, unexpected connections, and the search for belonging, it explores family, identity, and the meaning of “home” in a changing world.
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Return to Pleasure Island
by Cory Doctorow
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
This story follows a group of children who revisit an amusement park or “Pleasure Island”, a place filled with wonder, technology, and peril.
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Shadow of the Mothaship
by Cory Doctorow
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
The story follows a spacefaring adventure in which humans encounter remnants of a vast, ancient alien civilization.
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A Place So Foreign
by Cory Doctorow
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
A young boy in 1970s America is whisked to a futuristic world of time travel and alien tech when his inventor father vanishes. Navigating a dazzling, disorienting society, he uncovers secrets tying his family to cosmic conspiracies. This vibrant sci-fi tale blends wonder, rebellion, and the quest for belonging
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