Horatio Alger Jr : 203 books

After his father's death, John Oakley clashes with his cruel stepmother while searching for the missing will that grants him his inheritance. In the Luck and Pluck Series. John Oakley, 15, lives with his stepmother, who enticed his father into marriage, and her over-bearing son, Ben Brayton. The stepmother...

This is a story book. A Story of the Pacific Coast. 'Ben's Nugget' is the concluding volume of the Pacific Series. Though it is complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chief characters introduced will be recognised as old friends by the readers of 'The Young Explorer', the volume just...

In this tale Ragged Dick, now Richard Hunter, continues "cultivating himself," again meets with a set of lucky circumstances (with some unlucky ones thrown in there, but nothing too terribly shocking or unresolvable) and, in the end, meets with his Fame and Fortune.

Pleasant reading about how Guy Fenwick looks for treasure to help himself and his family.