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Books in the School - high school genre:

What Katy Did at School (1873)

Katy goes East to boarding school. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s): Addie Ledyard

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers (1882)

A boy, on the eve of his return to boarding school, trades places with his father. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): F. Anstey
Illustrator(s): None

Fables de La Fontaine a Selection (1885)

Seventy-one of La Fontaine’s fables in French with an introduction, notes and vocabulary. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Jean de La Fontaine
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The Pothunters (1902)

The sports trophies are missing from the pavilion and Jim Thomson is under suspicion since he did hurl a rock through the window preparatory to his own burglary, which was aimed soley at recovering his notes for an examination scheduled for the next ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): R. Noel Pocock

A Prefect’s Uncle (1903)

When Alan Gethryn’s uncle joins his house as a junior, embarrassing situations arise for the head of Leicester’s house. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): R. Noel Pocock

Tales of St. Austin’s (1903)

A dozen ‘public school’ stories set at St. Austin’s. Read online at archive.org.

Tales of St. Austin’s (1903)

A dozen ‘public school’ stories set at St. Austin’s. Read online at gutenberg.org.

The Gold Bat (1904)

A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP. Read online at Gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell

The Girls of St. Gabriel's (1905)

Ursula and her brother are sent to France to stay with their aunt when their mother goes out to be with their father in Mauritius. 

Author(s): May Theodora Baldwin
Illustrator(s): Percy Tarrant

The Head of Kay’s (1905)

Having been appointed head boy of Kay’s house against his will, Kennedy soon finds that it is something like taking over the running of Hades while Mephistopheles sat back and watched. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell

The White Feather (1907)

Sheen funks it when faced with fighting a townee and Wrykyn shuns him. He takes tuition and wins his class at Aldershot. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): William Townend

The Little Nugget (1914)

The Little Nugget is Ogden Ford, object of kidnappers employed by his mother, who is divorced from his father, who has also employed kidnappers to keep him away from his mother’s bad influence and then there is White, the school butler who is a... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Little Nugget (1914)

The Little Nugget is Ogden Ford, object of kidnappers employed by his mother, who is divorced from his father, who has also employed kidnappers to keep him away from his mother’s bad influence and then there is White, the school butler who is a... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Will Grefe

What Is Americanism? (1924)

A civics textbook for schools.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

Emily Climbs (1925)

In this second volume of the trilogy, Emily goes off to high school and continues her writing. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Maria L. Kirk

Treasure Trove: Book V (1930)

A reader for elementary and junior high school students.

Enter Psmith (1935)

Originally published as the second part of Mike. On his first day at his new public school Mike meets Psmith, the P is silent, a superannuated Etonian.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)

This fourth novel in the series is in the form of letters and tells of Anne and Gilbert during the three years they were apart before their marriage when Anne taught high school.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Will to Win (1936)

A collection of short stories by a master, many of which have to do with high school sports.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John Gincano

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