Project Gutenberg 2008-02-21 Public domain in the USA. 227 Gates, Eleanor 1875 1951 The Rich Little Poor Boy Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net and and the Booksmiths at http://www.eBookForge.net "The Rich Little Poor Boy" by Eleanor Gates is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a ten-year-old boy named Johnnie Smith, who lives in a tenement and is under the care of harsh foster father Big Tom Barber. As Johnnie navigates the challenges of his difficult home life, he uses his imagination to escape into a world where he dreams of adventure and a brighter future. At the start of the book, the reader is introduced to Johnnie's grim reality, marked by his oversized, tattered clothes and the oppressive presence of Big Tom, who issues commands and instills fear. Despite these conditions, Johnnie possesses a vibrant imagination, vividly visualizing a life of nobility and freedom. He shares a bond with his step-sister Cis, who provides some comfort as they communicate using a secret system due to Barber’s harsh nature. The opening sections establish Johnnie's character, his struggles, and his escapist tendencies, setting the stage for a tale about resilience, dreams, and the quest for kindness amidst adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction Child abuse -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 818075 818102 2024-10-10T13:48:36.518767 2023-09-11T05:49:30.895375 text/html text/html 818013 2008-02-21T10:21:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 28416844 2008-02-21T11:28:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 27820019 2024-10-10T13:51:34.950877 application/epub+zip 27641445 2024-10-10T13:49:41.930106 application/epub+zip 392136 2024-10-10T13:48:38.464784 application/epub+zip 280469704 2024-10-10T13:52:18.906646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280245739 2024-10-10T13:50:19.164764 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551761 2022-09-11T11:15:35.135105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732249 732087 2024-10-10T13:48:32.767804 2023-09-11T05:49:27.898323 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 732076 2008-02-21T11:27:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 291058 2008-02-21T11:28:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 732068 2008-02-21T11:27:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291030 2008-02-21T11:28:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22146 2024-10-10T13:52:19.639633 application/rdf+xml 29746 2024-10-10T13:48:38.607766 image/jpeg 3487 2024-10-10T13:48:38.536766 image/jpeg 28607445 2024-10-10T13:48:37.633825 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