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Earliest Publication Date

1890

Summary

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.

2) Little women: abridged from the original

Author

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Earliest Publication Date

2008

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An abridged version of the classic story that chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

3) The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Earliest Publication Date

1920

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"Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American culture, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Tom runs away from home to an...

4) The secret garden

Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

Earliest Publication Date

1938

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When spoiled rich girl, Mary Lennox, is orphaned, she is shipped from India to live in her uncle's enormous manor in faraway England. The lonely girl is forbidden to play in most of the imposing house ? struggling to adjust to her new surroundings, she goes out into the grounds every day. Before long, Mary finds a key to a secret garden that has been left untouched for ten years, and a whole new world of enchantment opens up to her. For the first...