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31 "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling

A pampered millionaire's son tumbles overboard from a luxury liner and falls into good fortune, disguised in the form of a fishing boat. The gruff and hearty crew teach the young man to be worth his salt as they fish the waters off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Brimming with adventure and humor.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2226 Votes: 37 | Score: 8.87
Size: 287KB | 54,701 words | Posted:

32 The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc

Lupin, under the name of Serge Rénine, trying to conquer the heart of a young lady, travels with her, solving eight mysteries on the way.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Mystery
Tags: Romance, Crime, Detective, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1219 Votes: 17 | Score: 8.87
Size: 345KB | 62,855 words | Posted:

33 Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Barsoom Story
Carthoris is madly in love with Thuvia. Unfortunately Thuvia is promised to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol. On Barsoom nothing can break an engagement between a man and woman except death, although the new suitor may not cause that death. Thus it is that Thuvia will have none of him. This situation leaves Carthoris in a predicament.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Travel, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Aliens, Space, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 3330 Votes: 91 | Score: 8.86
Size: 259KB | 46,945 words | Posted: Concluded:

34 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

The story follows a talkative girl from a poor family in Maine. Her mother sends her to live with her two aunts who live in the village of Riverboro.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Coming of Age
Tags: Coming of Age, Humor, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 490 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 397KB | 75,378 words | Posted: Concluded:

35 Eight Cousins by Louisa M. Alcott

The novel follows a 14-year-old orphan who has lost her father and is recovering from fragile health.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Children
Tags: Coming of Age, Spiritual, Religion, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 276 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 380KB | 74,180 words | Posted:

36 Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

It's the year 1872. Phileas Fogg makes a bet that he can travel around the world in 80 days
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Historical, Travel, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1240 Votes: 16 | Score: 8.84
Size: 356KB | 62,652 words | Posted: Concluded:

37 Apache Gold by Joseph A. Altsheler

A Story of the Strange Southwest - Charles Wayne yearned for life in the mountains but his prison was the little railroad station where he was agent and telegrapher for a small salary. Jefferson was not large, consisting of two buildings, the station and the water tank, and an impoverished tramp by the name of Ananias Brown. Within the next few hours, Ananias would be dead and Charles would submit his resignation, determined to leave boredom behind to chase a life filled with rugged adventure.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Novel-Classic, Young Adult
Downloads: 4068 Votes: 106 | Score: 8.83
Size: 603KB | 114,302 words | Posted: Concluded:

38 Llana of Gathol by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Barsoom Story
A collection of stories that revolve around John Carter's granddaughter Llana of Gathol
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Travel, Science Fiction, Aliens, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1883 Votes: 40 | Score: 8.83
Size: 424KB | 81,742 words | Posted: Concluded:

39 The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Set in 1547, it's the story of two boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives in Offal Court in London; and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. Tom Canty and Prince Edward,meet, and as a jest, switch clothes. The Prince leaves the palace and fares poorly in London, Meanwhile the court and the King insist that Tom is the true prince gone mad. After the death of the King, Edward interrupts Tom's coronation and the boys explain, and Edward is crowned King of England
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1009 Votes: 10 | Score: 8.83
Size: 366KB | 67,073 words | Posted: Concluded:

40 The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Barsoom Story
At the end of the first book, A Princess of Mars, John Carter is unwillingly transported back to Earth. The Gods of Mars begins with his arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Travel, Science Fiction, Aliens, Space, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 5327 Votes: 195 | Score: 8.82
Size: 438KB | 82,460 words | Posted: Concluded:
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