Family & Relationships
The Paying Guest
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism…
The Mob Violence and the American Negro
According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between…
All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
The Little Colonel's Hero
In this sixth volume of “The Little Colonel Series” for girls, Lloyd is surprised with a gift for her twelfth birthday, of a summer trip to …
Miss Ingalis
As the story begins, title character Grace Ingalis is a young woman with a middle-class socialite's upbringing who decides to marry a well-o…
The Ordeal of Elizabeth
An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As…
The Wouldbegoods
Being the Further Adventures of The Treasure Seekers“We are the Bastables—Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and H. O. If you want to know wh…
Human Toll
Ursula (Ursie) Ewart, orphaned as a young child, is sent away from her home in the Australian bush. While Ursie was previously doted on by s…
A Family Well-Ordered
An essay to render parents and children happy in one another handling two very important cases: I. What are the duties to be done by pious p…
The Corner House Girls at School
The adventures of the Corner House girls continue as they head off to school. - Summary by Lia LalloGrace Brooks Hill was a house pseudonym…
The Barbadoes Girl
Matilda Sophia Hanson, whose father has recently died in their country of Barbadoes in the West Indies, must live for a time with family fri…
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…
Oliver's Bride
Betrothed to one woman but married to another whose heart will be broken. Summary by Michele Eaton
The Teacup Club
The Teacup Club (For the Advancement of Woman) is formed when Dorothy decides to found an intellectual club of her own - to teach her fiance…
Sowing and Reaping
This novel is subtitled A Temperance Story, which identifies explicitly the focus of the work. Frances Harper is a Christian moralist and us…
On The Trail
Lina and Adelia Beard, co-founders of the first American girls' scouting group, originally called the Girl Scout Society, then the Girl Pion…
Tio Jorge
Tio Jorge is a novel about a young woman caught between two worlds, that of her affluent, fair-haired mother and her brooding Mexican father…
Our Little Irish Cousin
This little book is intended to help American children (and adults) learn more about the children of Ireland, their culture and how they liv…
Bee and Butterfly
The wonderful evolution of a caterpillar, or grub, into a beautifully winged creature must inspire admiration in everyone. More marvelous st…
Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue were featured in a series of 20 books for young children published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1916-193…