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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

Treasure Island (1883)

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When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Robert Louis Stevenson

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Two Little Waifs (1883)

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A seven year old girl and her five year old brother are left in Paris until called for. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Christmas-Tree Land (1884)

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Rollo and Maia go to stay with an elderly cousin at an ancient castle in Thuringia. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot: A Country Tale (1884)

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A pleasant story of a young orphan who is taken in as a servant, strives to do well through honesty and hard work, and ultimately succeeds, inheriting his master’s dovecot and doves. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer’s Comrade (1885)

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Huck and Jim, a fugitive slave, travel down the Mississippi. The Great American Novel. READ NOW.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): John Harley
E. W. Kemble

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Davy and the Goblin or What Followed Reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1885)

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A goblin takes Davy on a believing voyage. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s): E. B. Bensell

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Dick Doyle’s Journal (1885)

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An illustrated journal kept by the artist for the year 1840, when he was fifteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Lob Lie-by-the-Fire (1885)

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John Broom is found under a bush as a baby and adopted by two maiden ladies. After running away to sea he at last returns home. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Us (1885)

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The story of two young children. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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A Apple Pie (1886)

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An apple pie and the things children are willing to do to get it. While following the fortunes of that pie, the book introduces the letters A to Z. READ NOW.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Four Winds Farm (1886)

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A nine year old boy living on the moors, gets some help from the four winds. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 (1886)

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When David Balfour comes to his uncle to claim his inheritance, he is kidnapped and put on a ship for the Carolinas. He escapes and, in company with Alan Breck Stewart, adventures about the Highlands of Scotland. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Last of the Peterkins with Others of Their Kin (1886)

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In these further adventures of a muddleheaded family, the Lady from Philadelphia again comes to their aid.

Author(s): Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886)

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When his uncles die, Cedric becomes heir to his grandfather’s estate, and soon takes over the old gentleman’s heart as well. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s): Reginald Bathurst Birch

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Little Miss Peggy (1887)

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The story of six siblings: five brothers and one sister - Peggy. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1888)

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An historical romance set during the Wars of the Roses. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Otto of the Silver Hand (1888)

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The scholarly son of a robber baron is recalled to his father’s castle. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Prince Prigio (1889)

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At his christening, an evil fairy gives Prince Prigio the gift of being too clever. Fortunately, with the help of the magic gifts of his other fairy godmothers, everything turns out in the end. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne

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The Rectory Children (1889)

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A story about children in a seaside town. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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A Boy’s Town (1890)

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An account of the author’s early life in Hamilton, Ohio in the 1840’s. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Dean Howells
Illustrator(s): Henry François Farny

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