Children's Fiction

The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The Young Miner is a nineteenth‑century adventure novel that follows Tom Nelson, a sixteen‑year‑old son of a…

Five Children and It

E. Nesbit

Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

Horatio Alger, Jr.

Ragged Dick is a gritty bildungsroman set in the bustling streets of New York in 1868, chronicling the life…

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune

E. Nesbit

The novel is a lively family adventure that follows the six Bastable children as they grapple with the loss…

The Phoenix and the Carpet

E. Nesbit

The Story of the Amulet

E. Nesbit

South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure

Cyrus Townsend Brady

The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean

R. M. Ballantyne

Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics

Oliver Optic

Cast Upon the Breakers

Horatio Alger, Jr.

In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce

G. A. Henty

Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success

Horatio Alger, Jr.

My Doggie and I

R. M. Ballantyne

Paul Prescott's Charge

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers

E. Nesbit

Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The Coral Island

R. M. Ballantyne

Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The Scouts of the Valley

Joseph A. Altsheler

The Magic City

E. Nesbit

The Jolliest School of All

Angela Brazil

The Cash Boy

Horatio Alger, Jr.

On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War

G. A. Henty