Have you ever thought about what fiction is? Probably, such a question may seem surprising: and so everything is clear. Every person throughout his life has to repeatedly create the works he needs for specific purposes - statements, autobiographies, dictations - using not gypsum or clay, not musical notes, not paints, but just a word. At the same time, almost every person will be very surprised if he is told that he thereby created a work of fiction, which is very different from visual art, music and sculpture making. However, everyone understands that a student's essay or dictation is fundamentally different from novels, short stories, news that are created by professional writers. In the works of professionals there is the most important difference - excogitation. But, oddly enough, in a school literature course, you donโt realize the full power of fiction. So using our website in your free time discover fiction for yourself. Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student by Oliver Optic (good books for high schoolers TXT) ๐
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His Own Master.
"This is a book after the typical boy's own heart. Its hero is a plucky young fellow, who, seeing no chance for himself at home, determines to make his own way in the world. . . . He sets out accordingly, trudges to the far West, and finds the road to fortune an unpleasantly rough one."โPhiladelphia Inquirer.
Bound in Honor.
This story is of a lad, who, though not guilty of any bad action, has been an eye-witness of the conduct of his comrades, and felt "Bound in Honor" not to tell.
"A capital book in all respects, overflowing with all sorts of fun and adventure; just the sort of book, in short, that the young folks will be anxious to read and re-read with as much continuous interest as the most favored of their storybooks."โPhiladelphia Leader.
The Pocket Rifle.
"A boy's story which will be read with avidity, as it ought to be, it is so brightly and frankly written, and with such evident knowledge of the temperaments and habits, the friendships and enmities of schoolboys."โNew York Mail.
"This is a capital story for boys. It teaches honesty, integrity, and friendship, and how best they can be promoted. It shows the danger of hasty judgment and circumstantial evidence; that right-doing pays, and dishonesty never."โChicago Inter-Ocean.
The Jolly Rover.
"This book will help to neutralize the ill effects of any poison which children may have swallowed in the way of sham-adventurous stories and wildly fictitious tales. 'The Jolly Rover' runs away from home, and meets life as it is, till he is glad enough to seek again his father's house. Mr. Trowbridge has the power of making an instructive story absorbing in its interest, and of covering a moral so that it is easy to take."โChristian Intelligencer.
Young Joe, and other Boys.
"Young Joe," who lived at Bass Cove, where he shot wild ducks, took some to town for sale, and attracted the attention of a portly gentleman fond of shooting. This gentleman went duck shooting with Joe, and their adventures were more amusing to the boy than to the amateur sportsman.
There are thirteen other short stories in the book which will be sure to please the young folks.
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FOLLOWING THE BALL
"Mingled with the story of football is another and higher endeavor, giving the book the best of moral tone."โChicago Record-Herald.
MAKING THE NINE"The story is healthful, for, while it exalts athletics, it does not overlook the fact that studious habits and noble character are imperative needs for those who would win success in life."โHerald and Presbyter, Cincinnati.
IN THE LINE"The book gives boys an interesting story, much football information, and many lessons in true manliness."โWatchman, Boston.
WITH MASK AND MITT"No normal boy who is interested in our great national game can fail to find interest and profit, too, in this lively boarding-school story."โInterior, Chicago.
"It is a fine, inspiring story for manly boys."โN. Y. Christian Advocate.
by the Publishers,
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
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Leisure Hours By A. NEELY HALL
We cannot imagine a more delightful present for a boy than this book.โChurchman, N. Y.
Every boy should have this book. It's a practical bookโit gets right next to the boy's heart and stays there. He will have it near him all the time, and on every page there is a lesson or something that will stand the boy in good need. Beyond a doubt in its line this is one of the cleverest books on the market.โProvidence News.
If a boy has any sort of a mechanical turn of mind, his parents should see that he has this book.โBoston Journal.
This is a book that will do boys good.โBuffalo Express.
The boy who will not find this book a mine of joy and profit must be queerly constituted.โPittsburgh Gazette.
Will be a delight to the boy mechanic.โWatchman, Boston.
An admirable book to give a boy.โNewark News.
This book is the best yet offered for its large number of practical and profitable ideas.โMilwaukee Free Press.
Parents ought to know of this book.โNew York Globe.
by the publishers,
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
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Price per volume, $1.50
The Boy Courier of Napoleon
"All boys and girls of our country who read this book will be delighted with it, as well as benefited by the historical knowledge contained in its pages."โLouisville, Ky., Times.
"An excellent book for boys, containing just enough history to make them hunger for more. No praise of this book can be too high."โTown Topics, Cleveland, O.
"This book is one to fascinate every intelligent American boy."โBuffalo Times.
The Boy Pathfinder
"It is a thoroughly good story, full of action and adventure and at the same time carrying a bit of real history accurately recorded."โUniversalist Leader, Boston.
"It is an excellent book for a boy to read."โNewark, N. J., Advertiser.
by the publishers,
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
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$1.50 per volume
The Camp on Letter K
"There is an atmosphere about the whole book that is attractive to boys, and it will be read by them with enthusiastic delight."โDemocrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N. Y.
Raymond Benson at Krampton"It is interesting from start to finish, and while rousing and full of enthusiasm, is wholesome in spirit, and teaches lessons of purity and justice and manliness in real life."โHerald & Presbyter.
The Kenton Pines
"This book, like the other of the series, is of a very high character, and should be an inspiration to all boys contemplating a college career."โInterior.
by the publishers,
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
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Shute Price per volume reduced to $1.25
No American writer for boys has ever occupied a higher position than Dr. Tomlinson, and the "War of 1812 Series" covers a field attempted by no other juvenile literature in a manner that has secured continued popularity.
The Boy Soldiers of 1812
The Boy Officers of 1812
Tecumseh's Young Braves
Guarding the Border
The Boys with Old Hickory ST. LAWRENCE SERIES
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Our old friends, "Bob," "Ben," "Jock," and "Bert," having completed their sophomore year at college, plan to spend the summer vacation cruising on the noble St. Lawrence. Here they not only visit places of historic interest, but also the Indian
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