Project Gutenberg 2008-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 111 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor Seek and Find; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Seek and Find; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy" by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds around the protagonist, Ernest Thornton, a resourceful and brave young boy who embarks on an adventure to help a girl named Kate Loraine, who is struggling against the tyranny of her stepmother. The narrative promises themes of morality, courage, and the quest for justice as Ernest navigates various challenges to protect Kate. The opening of the novel introduces a tense, dramatic scene where Ernest and his friend Bob are sailing when they hear a girl screaming for help. They soon discover that Kate has jumped into the lake to escape her stepmother, Mrs. Loraine. Ernest successfully rescues her, and they engage in a conversation that reveals her troubled home life, filled with cruelty and control. As the story progresses, Ernest learns about Kate's desire to escape her oppressive situation and begins to formulate a plan to help her find her uncle in New York City, resulting in a captivating mix of adventure and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Fiction Inheritance and succession -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 416843 416848 2024-10-12T04:49:32.769067 2023-09-12T08:22:52.357882 text/html text/html 419331 2008-12-30T16:20:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 785288 2008-12-30T16:20:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 816681 2024-10-12T04:49:40.633114 application/epub+zip 821374 2024-10-12T04:49:34.059091 application/epub+zip 218158 2024-10-12T04:49:33.400098 application/epub+zip 969462 2024-10-12T04:49:45.389003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 920809 2024-10-12T04:49:39.831055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319254 2022-09-13T03:59:44.643701 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360266 360070 2024-10-12T04:49:31.371100 2023-09-12T08:22:51.096880 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 360062 2008-12-30T16:20:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130170 2008-12-30T16:20:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360054 2008-12-30T16:20:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130151 2008-12-30T16:20:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22043 2024-10-12T04:49:45.584050 application/rdf+xml 23521 2024-10-12T04:49:33.491070 image/jpeg 3096 2024-10-12T04:49:33.445111 image/jpeg 785262 2024-10-12T04:49:32.835133 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T. en.wikipedia