Project Gutenberg 2010-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 91 Rhoades, Nina 1863 1940 Davidson, Bertha G. The Children on the Top Floor Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Verity White and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Children on the Top Floor" by Nina Rhoades is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two main characters, Betty and Jack Randall, who live a modest life in an apartment building. Betty is a caring older sister to her little brother Jack, who is a cripple and unable to walk. The book explores themes of friendship, compassion, and the struggles of families facing hardship. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Betty, who is purchasing cream cakes for her brother at a local bakery. After a mishap involving her cakes, she encounters Winifred Hamilton, a girl living in the same apartment building. As they talk, Betty reveals about Jack’s condition, which deepens Winifred's compassion for the siblings. The narrative quickly establishes the dynamic of their lives—Betty's unwavering love for Jack and her desire to improve his situation. As the story unfolds, it hints at their different backgrounds and foreshadows potential connections between the Hamiltons and the Randalls, setting a foundation for themes of kindness and community support amid their struggles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Juvenile fiction New York (State) -- Juvenile fiction Apartment houses -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 298395 298352 2024-09-13T13:43:08.144435 2023-09-14T07:44:42.005176 text/html text/html 299282 2010-05-07T07:52:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 528415 2010-05-07T07:52:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 590152 2024-09-13T13:43:14.566428 application/epub+zip 591038 2024-09-13T13:43:09.707423 application/epub+zip 159411 2024-09-13T13:43:08.774427 application/epub+zip 753126 2024-09-13T13:43:18.328400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 718147 2024-09-13T13:43:13.851473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288319 2022-09-15T03:51:34.017646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264056 263953 2024-09-13T13:43:07.094554 2023-09-14T07:44:41.210164 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 263886 2010-05-07T07:52:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 93501 2010-05-07T07:52:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 263877 2010-05-07T07:52:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93482 2010-05-07T07:52:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20688 2024-09-13T13:43:18.470368 application/rdf+xml 14182 2024-09-13T13:43:09.134412 image/jpeg 3710 2024-09-13T13:43:08.952413 image/jpeg 573094 2024-09-13T13:43:08.199466 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