item: #1 of 11
          id: 10340
      author: Stoddard, William O.
       title: Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy
        date: None
       words: 70093
      flesch: 89
     summary: Ham's remark had gone deep into other ears as well as Dabney's; and there were reasons, therefore, why good Mrs. Kinzer was sitting by the window of her own room, at that very moment, as little inclined to sleep as was the boy she was thinking of. His success made Dab Kinzer a fast friend of his for life, and that was something.
    keywords: annie; boat; boys; chapter; come; dab; dab kinzer; dabney; day; deal; dick; face; fish; ford; ford foster; foster; frank; fuz; going; good; half; ham; home; house; joe; kinzer; lee; like; look; morris; mother; mrs; myers; new; right; room; swallow; thing; time; way; young
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        item: #2 of 11
          id: 15541
      author: Chittenden, Charlotte E. (Charlotte Elizabeth)
       title: What Two Children Did
        date: None
       words: 28460
      flesch: 86
     summary: Then they sang what they called Precious Julias, Little children who love Mary Deemer. They went up-stairs to the nursery where their own small desks were and taking some of their beloved Kate Green a way paper with pictures of quaint little children on it, after much trouble, ink, and many sheets of paper, as well as consultations with Bobby and Nan, they finished and posted a very small envelope to Bobby's grandfather, whose address they obtained from Bobby.
    keywords: aunty; away; beth; bobby; boy; children; day; dear; dick; doll; elizabeth; ethelwyn; father; good; grandmother; home; house; life; miss; money; mother; mrs; new; rayburn; sister; stevens; things; think; thought; time
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        item: #3 of 11
          id: 15630
      author: Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
       title: Polly Oliver's Problem
        date: None
       words: 44154
      flesch: 81
     summary: Persuasion bore no fruit, and for a long time Miss Polly ate in solitary grandeur. It is said that Rudyard Kipling considers Polly Oliver one of the most delightful of all girl-heroines; and Mrs. Wiggin really hopes some day to see the Hospital Story Hour carried out in real life.
    keywords: bird; boarders; children; course; day; dear; dollars; edgar; george; girl; good; head; home; house; know; life; look; mamma; margery; miss; money; month; mother; mrs; new; night; noble; oliver; place; polly; poor; room; story; table; things; thought; time; want; way; week; white; work; year
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        item: #4 of 11
          id: 20837
      author: White, Eliza Orne
       title: Peggy in Her Blue Frock
        date: None
       words: 35117
      flesch: 94
     summary: Peggy and the pussy-cat had a wild race, and more than one person looked back to see why Peggy Owen, with flying yellow hair, was running at such speed cross-lots, through back yards, and climbing over fences. While Peggy was busy getting Diana out of her wraps, Alice was taking off the wraps of her namesake Alice, and those of Peggy Owen Carter, for Diana had been asked to bring these two with her.
    keywords: alice; carter; cat; children; christopher; clara; day; diana; hens; house; jane; lady; miss; mother; mrs; new; owen; peggy; think; thought; time
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        item: #5 of 11
          id: 21228
      author: Walton, Amy
       title: White Lilac; or the Queen of the May
        date: None
       words: 62739
      flesch: 87
     summary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not that it matters, said Mrs Greenways on her way home afterwards, what they call the poor little thing--Lilac White, or White Lilac, or what you will, for she'll never rear it, never. There's little White Lilac, as we used to call her,--you find her a handy sort of lass, don't you? She's well enough in her way, said Mrs Greenways.
    keywords: agnetta; bella; bit; butter; child; day; eyes; face; farm; good; greenways; hand; head; joshua; leigh; lilac; lilac white; look; mind; mother; mrs; mrs greenways; mrs white; peter; queen; round; things; think; thought; time; uncle; white; wishing; work
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        item: #6 of 11
          id: 21316
      author: Fenn, George Manville
       title: The Adventures of Don Lavington: Nolens Volens
        date: None
       words: 119227
      flesch: 92
     summary: That's a true word, Mas' Don, cried Jem. It was a busy day at the yard, for a part of the lading of a sugar ship was being stored away in Uncle Josiah's warehouses; but from the very commencement matters seemed to go wrong, and the state of affairs about ten o'clock was pretty ably expressed by Jem Wimble, who came up to Don as he was busy with pencil and book, keeping account of the deliveries, and said in a loud voice,-- What did your uncle have for breakfast, Mas' Don? Coffee--ham--I hardly know, Jem.
    keywords: arn't; boat; boy; captain; close; come; coming; don; door; eyes; face; feel; good; half; hand; head; help; home; jem; jem wimble; josiah; lad; left; little; look; looking; man; mas; master don; men; mike; mind; ngati; place; poor; right; round; ship; sir; slowly; tell; thought; time; try; uncle; want; water; way; yes
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        item: #7 of 11
          id: 21448
      author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
       title: The African Trader; Or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford
        date: None
       words: 25472
      flesch: 81
     summary: I felt Paul grasping my hand, Come Harry, come, too late to save poor captain, he said, dragging me after him. The Krumen were fine athletic fellows, neatly dressed in shirts and trousers, and having all served on board men-of-war or in merchant vessels, spoke a little English.
    keywords: black; board; captain; coast; crew; dat; deck; god; good; harry; man; paul; poor; schooner; sea; time; vessel; water; way
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        item: #8 of 11
          id: 22944
      author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
       title: The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy
        date: None
       words: 26066
      flesch: 84
     summary: Are you better, mother, to-day? asked little Peter, as he went up to the bed on which Widow Gray lay, in a small chamber of their humble abode. She had known Mary Gray from her childhood, and came every day, without fee or reward, to assist her during the grievous illness from which she had long been suffering, while little Peter was away tending Farmer Ashton's sheep on the neighbouring downs.
    keywords: bible; boy; captain; crew; day; deck; god; hixon; man; mate; men; old; peter; sea; ship; sir; time
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        item: #9 of 11
          id: 45774
      author: Norway, G. (George)
       title: Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma: A Tale of the Burmese Jungle
        date: None
       words: 71329
      flesch: 81
     summary: CHAPTER VIII KIRKE ESCAPES Kirke's jealousy of Ralph Denham had dated from the earliest commencement of their ill-fated voyage; and Ralph had not been as way-wise as an older person might have wished him to be in avoiding occasions for arousing it. So Ralph Denham, Esq., marching orders are yours.
    keywords: agnes; boat; boy; brudenel; burmese; captain; dacoits; day; dear; denham; english; eyes; face; fire; friends; gilchrist; god; good; ground; half; hand; head; help; home; jungle; kirke; left; life; little; man; men; miss; mother; mrs; night; osborn; people; place; poor; ralph; rangoon; rice; sea; set; things; thought; time; village; water; way; wills; work; young
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        item: #10 of 11
          id: 53345
      author: Alger, Horatio, Jr.
       title: Dan, the Newsboy
        date: None
       words: 62067
      flesch: 90
     summary: What is your name, my boy? Dan, sir--Dan Mordaunt. After much search and many thwarted plans, at last Dan discovers the treasure and is the means of finding Harry's father.
    keywords: 12mo; althea; bill; book; boy; business; child; cloth; dan; day; dollars; donovan; girl; good; hartley; home; house; lady; look; man; mike; money; mordaunt; mother; mrs; new; pay; price; right; rogers; room; sir; story; street; talbot; thought; time; tom; want; way; work
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        item: #11 of 11
          id: 62301
      author: Munroe, Kirk
       title: Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
        date: None
       words: 69024
      flesch: 78
     summary: Right you are, Mr. Sumner, said the sailor. Then, as Sumner, with a flushed face, but disdaining any reply, sheered off and sailed away, he added, I'd jest naturally hate myself if I was as mean as you be, Sumner Rankin, and I won't forget your disobligingness in a hurry, neither!
    keywords: away; beach; boat; boy; boys; camp; canoes; carey; chapter; close; craft; day; eyes; feet; fire; fish; florida; good; indian; island; key; know; left; length; lieutenant; light; look; man; moment; place; quorum; reef; sail; saw; schooner; set; sumner; time; water; way; west; white; wind; worth; young
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