For Girls Twelve to Fourteen
Reading edition
Betty Leicester. By Sarah Orne Jewett.
A New England village story, in which a girl of fifteen spends a summer with two old aunts.
Betty Leicester’s Christmas. By Sarah Orne Jewett.
Tells how Christmas is kept in the good old English way. A companion to “Betty Leicester.”
Captain Polly. By Sophie Swett.
Captain Polly fits up an old wreck, in which she carries on a small candy business. She also exposes the conspiracy of a secret society.
Clover. By Sarah C. Woolsey (Susan Coolidge).
Vol. IV of the “Katy Did” Series. The scene is laid in Colorado.
Cock-a-Doodle Hill. By Alice C. Haines.
A sequel to “The Luck of the Dudley Grahams.” Where the Dudley Grahams 14went to live when they left New York and where Ernie started her chicken farm.
Dandelion Cottage. By Carroll W. Rankin.
A housekeeping story for girls.
Elizabeth’s Charm-String. By Cora Bell Forbes.
Legends of saints, places, and pictures, told simply and in a conversational manner.
“Four Corners” Series, The. By Amy E. Blanchard.
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Four Corners, The.
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Four Corners in California, The.
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Four Corners at School, The.
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Four Corners Abroad, The.
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Four Corners in Camp, The.
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Four Corners at College, The.
The “Four Corners” are four girls whose name is Corner. They have the experiences that naturally are the lot of healthy, growing children. In the sixth volume they matriculate at Bettersley College, and begin to carry out some long-cherished plans. Wholesome and entertaining stories.
Girl of ’76. By Amy E. Blanchard.
A story of Colonial Boston.
15Girls of Gardenville, The. By Carroll W. Rankin.
Amusing stories of a girls’ club.
Girls Who Became Famous. By Sarah K. Bolton.
Sketches of George Eliot, Helen H. Jackson, Harriet Hosmer, Rosa Bonheur, Florence Nightingale, and others.
Glenlock Girls. By Grace M. Remick.
Ruth Shirley, a girl of fourteen, goes to live with friends at Glenlock while her father is abroad. She wins her way with other high school girls and boys, who together find many sources of pleasure.
Glenlock Girls Abroad. By Grace M. Remick.
A sequel to “Glenlock Girls.” Ruth Shirley goes abroad for a winter, and later some of her Glenlock friends join her, and together they have a very enjoyable time.
Heidi. By Johanna Spyri.
The story of a little Swiss girl who lives with her blind grandfather in a hut in the Alps.
16Historic Girlhoods. By Rupert S. Holland.
Tells of Saint Catherine, Joan of Arc, Vittoria Colonna, Catherine de Medici, Lady Jane Grey, Mary, Queen of Scots, Pocahontas, etc.
Home-Comers, The. By Winifred Kirkland.
The Home-comers are four orphans from eight to eighteen who come back from the West to live with their grandmother among the Eastern mountains.
In the High Valley. By Sarah C. Woolsey (Susan Coolidge).
Tells of the visit of an English girl to Colorado. Vol. V of the “Katy Did” Series.
Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons. By Augusta H. Seaman.
A story of the historic siege of Leyden, in which the young heroine and her brave brother play a significant part. The raising of the siege, the breaking of the dikes, and the sailing of the Dutch warships are graphically depicted.
17Judy. By Temple Bailey.
The story of a little girl who develops from a spoiled child into a happy and good-natured one.
Lass of the Silver Sword, The. By Mary Constance Du Bois.
A very entertaining school story. The “Silver Sword” is a society formed by the girls, the object of which is to engender feelings of love and kindness.
League of the Signet-Ring, The. By Mary Constance Du Bois.
A sequel to “The Lass of the Silver Sword.” The story begins with a happy house-party at Wyndgarth; then there is fun and adventure in the Adirondacks, and a happy ending in the country home where the story opens. These two books teach lessons of love and loyalty.
Little Colonel Series, The. By Annie Fellows Johnston. 10 to 14.
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Little Colonel Stories, The.
Contains “The Little Colonel,” “Gate of the Giant Scissors,” “Two Little Knights of Kentucky.”
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Little Colonel’s House-Party, The.
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Little Colonel’s Holidays, The.
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Little Colonel’s Hero, The. 18
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Little Colonel at Boarding-School, The.
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Little Colonel in Arizona, The.
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Little Colonel’s Christmas Vacation, The.
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Little Colonel, Maid of Honor, The.
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Little Colonel’s Knight Comes Riding, The.
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Mary Ware, the Little Colonel’s Chum.
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Mary Ware in Texas.
These are among the most popular stories for girls published. “The Little Colonel” is a thoroughbred, the stories are wholesome, and the tone high.
Little Country Girl, A. By Sarah C. Woolsey (Susan Coolidge).
The story of a Connecticut girl’s summer at Newport.
Little Lady at the Fall of Quebec. By Annie M. Barnes.
Anne Weldon, heiress to an English estate, is in Quebec when it is besieged by General Wolfe. She carries the information which enables him to gain the Plains of Abraham and the city. Wolfe and Montcalm figure in the story.
19Little Women. By Louisa M. Alcott.
An especially good and wholesome story for girls. Based on the early life of Miss Alcott and her sisters.
Luck of the Dudley Grahams, The. By Alice C. Haines.
A family story of city life.
Merrylips. By Beulah Marie Dix.
A story of the Roundheads and Cavaliers. Tells of a girl held as hostage by the Roundheads, and who escapes, disguised as a boy.
Nelly’s Silver Mine. By Helen Hunt Jackson.
A story of Colorado life. Excellent.
Old-Fashioned Girl, An. By Louisa M. Alcott.
The life in the city of a sensible little girl reared in the country.
Orcutt Girls, The. By Charlotte M. Vaile.
A story of New England school life.
Owls of St. Ursula’s, The. By Jane Brewster Reid.
The pranks and escapades of four girls at boarding-school.
20Peggy Owen. By Lucy Foster Madison.
The story of a patriotic Quaker maiden in Philadelphia during its occupation by the British. Washington, Franklin, and Betsy Ross figure in the story.
Peggy Owen, Patriot. By Lucy Foster Madison.
Follows “Peggy Owen.” Peggy and her mother go to spend the winter with her father, who is in the American army, then near Morristown, New Jersey. Through the treachery of her cousin, an English girl, Peggy is captured and taken to New York and afterward to the South. She has many exciting adventures before seeing her parents again.
Pretty Polly Perkins. By Gabrielle E. Jackson.
The story of a little country girl with a love for drawing, and of her friendship for a lame girl who comes from the city.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. By Kate Douglas Wiggin.
The story of a fascinating little girl. Full of real humor.
“Six Girls” Series, The. By Marion Ames Taggart.
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Six Girls and Bob. 21
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Six Girls and the Tea Room.
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Six Girls Growing Older.
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Six Girls and the Seventh One.
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Betty Gaston—the Seventh Girl.
A wholesome series of stories relating the doings of the Scollard family, consisting of six girls, Bob, and their mother, and their friend Betty Gaston.
“Spinning-Wheel” Series, The. By Louisa M. Alcott.
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Spinning-Wheel Stories.
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Silver Pitchers: and Independence.
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Proverb Stories.
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Garland for Girls, A.
A collection of wholesome short stories.
Sue Orcutt. By Charlotte M. Vaile.
A sequel to “The Orcutt Girls.” Life at a New England academy.
Three Little Daughters of the Revolution. By Nora Perry.
Stories of Dorothy Merridew, Patty Endicott, and Betty Boston, three girls whose loyalty to their country was put to some hard tests.
What Katy Did Next. By Sarah C. Woolsey (Susan Coolidge).
Tells of Katy’s trip to Europe. Vol. III of the “Katy Did” Series.
22Young Lucretia, and Other Stories. By Mrs. C. M. Freeman (Mary E. Wilkins).
Delightfully humorous stories about little New England country girls.
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