Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is ver…
Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all d…
Arthur Clennam is back in England after many years abroad. He finds his mother as cold and hard as ever, but his father's recent death has thrown up a mystery, and he is determined to get to the bo…
Horse racing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and fo…
When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's 'bride price' - the money that her future husband will pay …
"You're a brave man, but I am afraid for you,' says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin doesn't like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people …
In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers t…
Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But, life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexp…
Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan , to help farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks and tal…
'I ran to the side of the ship. "Help, help! Murder!" I screamed and my uncle slowly turned to look at me. i did not see any more. Already astrong hands were pulling me away. Then something hit my …