Books tagged with Fiction[970 found]
| < | 343536383940 | > |
The Duck-footed Hound
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
When a backwoods boy adopts a gangly pup with splayed, webbed feet, the local hunters laugh—until the hound’s uncanny nose and swamp-born stride turn ridicule into rivalry. As floods rise and a brazen poacher raids the game-rich marsh, boy and dog give chase through cane and cypress, learning grit, trust, and what it takes to stand against danger when no one else will.
$1.99
Add to cart
The Black Fawn
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
In rural Pennsylvania, an orphaned city boy moves to his grandparents' farm. He bonds with a rare black fawn he finds abandoned. Learning farm tasks like plowing and hunting, he watches the fawn grow into a buck, reflecting his own growth. As hunters target the deer, he faces a choice: protect it or embrace farm life. A heartwarming tale of healing and nature.
$1.99
Add to cart
Children of the Bush
by Henry Lawson
Categories: Fiction » Literature
Amid the harsh beauty of the Australian outback, wanderers, settlers, and dreamers carve out their lives with grit and humor. These vivid tales capture the loneliness, camaraderie, and quiet heroism of those who endure the bush, revealing the soul of a land both unforgiving and deeply human.
$1.99
Add to cart
While the Billy Boils
by Henry Lawson
Categories: Fiction » Literature
In the sun-scorched Australian bush and shabby city lanes, swagmen, drovers, barmaids, and battlers swap yarns of drought, drink, mateship, and quiet heartbreak. These sharply observed sketches blend rough humor with stark poverty, revealing how stubborn pride, compassion, and dry wit sustain ordinary people on the ragged edge of survival.
$1.99
Add to cart
Sylvie and Bruno
by Lewis Carroll
Categories: Fiction » Fantasy
In a whimsical world where reality and fantasy intertwine, two children embark on adventures filled with curious characters, puzzles, and moral lessons. A playful and imaginative tale that blends humor, wonder, and the unexpected in a richly inventive storybook world.
$1.99
Add to cart
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A curious girl tumbles down a rabbit hole into a whimsical world of talking animals, mad tea parties, and a tyrannical queen. Navigating absurd riddles and surreal trials, she grapples with identity and logic in a topsy-turvy realm. A fantastical journey of wit, wonder, and the boundless imagination of childhood
$1.99
Add to cart
Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A bored little girl steps through a mirror into a world where chess pieces talk, time moves backward, and logic ties itself in knots. Racing to become a queen, she meets battle-ready insects, quarrelsome twins, and melancholy poets, until one last, topsy-turvy banquet forces her to question what is real and who is dreaming.
$1.99
Add to cart
Over the Sliprails
by Henry Lawson
Categories: Fiction » Literature
From backblocks pubs to drought-scarred homesteads, these linked tales follow swagmen, shearers, station hands, and the women who keep the pots boiling. With dry wit and sudden pathos, they face loneliness, mateship, bad luck, and small mercies, revealing a continent’s hard beauty—and the stubborn heart it forges along the sliprails.
$1.99
Add to cart
Trading Jeff and His Dog
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
When a cash-strapped farm boy agrees to trade his clever dog away for a tempting offer, he sets off a chain of hard bargains, hurt feelings, and unexpected danger. Across fields, barns, and back roads, he must choose between pride and love, learning what the real price of loyalty, trust, and a friend who would never trade him.
$1.99
Add to cart
Rescue Dog of the High Pass
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
In the snowbound Alps, a headstrong boy seeks to prove himself at a lonely mountain hospice where massive dogs are trained to find lost travelers. When storms unleash avalanches and smugglers stalk the pass, he must earn a brave hound’s trust, outwit danger, and lead a desperate rescue—discovering that courage means serving others when every step could be your last.
$1.99
Add to cart
Outland
by Mary Austin
Categories: Fiction » Romance
Across sun-baked mesas and whispering canyons, travelers, herders, and homesteaders wrestle with thirst, luck, and the fierce consolations of the desert. In sketches that blend folklore, keen natural observation, and quiet epiphany, lives converge like arroyos after rain—sudden, luminous, and gone—revealing a land that remakes the souls who dare to dwell there.
$1.99
Add to cart
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
A spooky and captivating tale set in a quiet village, where superstition, fear, and a mysterious rider collide. Blending humor and suspense, it follows a schoolteacher’s encounter with legend, revealing the power of imagination, rumor, and the unknown.
$1.99
Add to cart
Knickerbocker's History of New York
by Washington Irving
Categories: Fiction » Historical
A witty and imaginative retelling of New York’s early history, blending fact and fiction with humor and satire. Through colorful characters, exaggerated events, and playful storytelling, it offers a lively portrait of the city’s origins and the quirks of its people.
$1.99
Add to cart
The Spell of the White Sturgeon
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
On a wild Northwest river, a restless teenager becomes obsessed with the giant white sturgeon that ghosts the deepest holes. Guided by a solitary old riverman and hounded by a slick poacher, he learns the river’s moods, wrestles floods and treachery, and faces a final run where trophy fever yields to respect—for the fish, the water, and the hard-earned code of those who live by it.
$1.99
Add to cart
Double Challenge
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
In the Black Hills, a boy aims to build a hunting camp with his loyal collie, chasing trophy bucks. When his father is falsely accused and hides from a ruthless foe, he uses cunning and the wild terrain to clear his name. This gripping tale tests family bonds, revealing grit and loyalty in an unforgiving wilderness.
$1.99
Add to cart
Mashi and Other Stories
by Rabindranath Tagore
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A collection of evocative stories exploring human emotions, culture, and the complexities of everyday life. Through love, loss, and moral dilemmas, the tales illuminate the subtleties of relationships, the beauty of simplicity, and the depth of human experience across diverse settings.
$1.99
Add to cart
The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million
by O. Henry
Categories: Fiction » Humor & Comedy
In 1900s New York's bustling streets, shop girls, clerks, and dreamers navigate joys, heartaches, and surprises. From stenographers' sacrifices to beggars' windfalls and lovers' twists of fate, O. Henry's tales reveal resilience and serendipity with humor, pathos, and signature irony, celebrating the extraordinary in ordinary lives.
$1.99
Add to cart
Swamp Cat
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A fierce and cunning wildcat prowls the dangerous swamps, testing the courage and resourcefulness of all who encounter it. Adventure, survival, and the raw power of nature drive this thrilling tale of man, beast, and the untamed wilderness.
$1.99
Add to cart
We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run
by Jim Kjelgaard
Categories: Fiction » Historical
Two young friends race west with their families to claim a homestead when a vast frontier is suddenly thrown open. Facing dust storms, scheming land grabbers, and the stampede of wagons and riders, they learn that courage, quick wits, and loyalty matter more than luck in seizing a new life at the edge of history, where every choice can change their future.
$1.99
Add to cart
Stories from Tagore
by Rabindranath Tagore
Categories: Fiction » Children's Books
A collection of poetic and thought-provoking tales that explore love, morality, and the human spirit. Rich in imagination and cultural insight, each story reveals the beauty, complexity, and depth of life through timeless storytelling.
$1.99
Add to cart
| < | 343536383940 | > |