Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 62 Hughes, Rupert 1872 1956 The Dozen from Lakerim Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Rick Niles, John Hagerson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Dozen from Lakerim" by Rupert Hughes is a novel written in the late 19th century that centers around a group of boys from Lakerim who form an athletic club and transition into life at Kingston Academy. The narrative captures the camaraderie, challenges, and adventures of the group, particularly highlighting Tug, the enthusiastic leader, as they navigate friendships, rivalries, and the social dynamics of school life. The opening portion introduces us to twelve boys who feel disheartened by the impending departures of some members to other academies, despite their efforts to establish a thriving athletic club in Lakerim. As tensions rise over loyalty and the fate of their club, Tug passionately addresses his friends and proposes they all join Kingston Academy together, a school with better opportunities for their athletic ambitions. Soon after, the boys embark on their journey, adjusting to the changes within their group while facing the usual trials of adolescence. The narrative weaves humor, friendship, and conflict as they contend with the traditional struggles of school life, culminating in Tug's leadership emerging as a crucial component of the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Preparatory schools -- Juvenile fiction Sports stories Games -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction 324905 324739 2024-10-05T07:59:33.905895 2023-10-05T08:06:52.974767 text/html text/html 324898 324732 2024-10-05T07:59:34.157864 2023-10-05T08:06:53.145742 text/html text/html 188785 2024-10-05T07:59:40.325859 application/epub+zip 192578 2024-10-05T07:59:36.039920 application/epub+zip 192578 2024-10-05T07:59:34.853876 application/epub+zip 363893 2024-10-05T07:59:43.730829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334826 2024-10-05T07:59:39.585866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288132 2022-09-05T11:29:29.484410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294437 294346 2024-10-05T07:59:33.551883 2023-10-05T08:06:52.723764 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 295627 2004-02-12T21:53:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 111856 2004-02-12T21:53:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 295623 2004-02-12T21:53:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111825 2004-02-12T21:53:22 text/plain application/zip 21339 2024-10-05T07:59:43.854823 application/rdf+xml 13207 2024-10-05T07:59:35.387862 image/jpeg 3711 2024-10-05T07:59:35.120852 image/jpeg 185436 2024-10-05T07:59:34.184886 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia