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Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

Earliest Publication Date

1975

Summary

Seven year old Sara Crewe learns of the tragic death of her father not long after she is left in the care of Miss Michin, headmistress of a boarding school. Now an orphan and stripped of her family fortune, Sara must survive the emotional trials of loss and the mental anguish of abuse at the hands of her new caretakers.

2) Anne of Green Gables

Author

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942

Earliest Publication Date

1908

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"Anne of Green Gables' tells the tale of a little red headed orphaned girl, mistakenly sent to the Cuthbert's' farm on Prince Edward Island. Anne's strong character and vivid imagination both help and hinder her as she makes her way through childhood in the pretty little town of Avonlea. This early work by Lucy Maud Montgomery was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Lucy Maud Montgomery...

3) Black Beauty

Author

Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878

Earliest Publication Date

1890

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One of the best loved animal stories ever written, the dramatic and heartwarming Black Beauty is told by the magnificent horse himself, from his idyllic days on a country squire's estate to his harsh fate as a London cab horse. No one can ever forget the gallant Black Beauty, a horse with a white star on his forehead and a heart of unyielding courage.

4) Peter Pan

Author

Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

Earliest Publication Date

1950

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Classic fiction. Neverland is home to Peter Pan, a young boy who has never grown up. On one of his visits to London, Peter makes the acquaintance of young Wendy Darling, whom he invites to travel with him to Neverland and become the mother of his gang of Lost Boys. Flying through the night sky to Neverland, Wendy and her brothers John and Michael soon become caught up in marvelous adventures with the Indian Princess Tiger Lily, the loyal fairy Tinker...

5) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Author

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 1856-1923

Earliest Publication Date

1962

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In early twentieth century New England, talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their company.

6) Robinson Crusoe

Author

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731

Earliest Publication Date

1903

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"Shipwrecked off the coast of Trinidad, Robinson Crusoe - a young man with a thirst for adventure - finds himself washed up on a remote tropical island with nothing but a few tools and animals for company. Castaway for thirty years, he must battle cannibals, mutineers and the elements in a tale so convincing that many readers at the time believed it to be non-fiction. A true page-turner, Robinson Crusoe is one of the most enduring novels in the English...

7) The call of the wild

Author

London, Jack, 1876-1916

Earliest Publication Date

1903

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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy ... Came to buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight.

8) The five little Peppers and how they grew

Author

Sidney, Margaret, 1844-1924

Earliest Publication Date

1948

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In New England in the late nineteenth-century, a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman and his young son.

9) The war of the worlds

Author

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Earliest Publication Date

1964

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The ultimate tale of Earth's invasion, written by one of the fathers of the science fiction genre. They came from a depleted, dying planet. Their target: the riches of a moist, green Earth. With horrifyingly advanced machines of destruction, they began their inexorable conquest. The war for Earth seemed destined to be ... but was it?

10) The yearling

Author

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953

Earliest Publication Date

1938

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A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

11) Treasure Island

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

Earliest Publication Date

1901

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When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor's sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting adventure stories in literature. The discovery of a treasure map sets Jim and his companions in search of buried gold, and they are soon on board the Hispaniola with a crew of buccaneers recruited by the one-legged sea cook, Long John Silver. As they near their destination,...

12) White Fang

Author

London, Jack, 1876-1916

Earliest Publication Date

1905

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In the desolate, frozen wilds of north-west Canada, a wolf-cub soon finds himself the sole survivor of the litter. Son of Kiche - half-wolf, half-dog - and the ageing wolf One Eye, he is thrust into a savage world where each day becomes a fight to stay alive.