Atlantic series

About Author

Horatio Alger, Jr. was a prolific 19th-century American author, most famous for his novels following the adventures of bootblacks, newsboys, peddlers, buskers, and other impoverished children in their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of respectable middle-class security and comfort. His novels were hugely popular in their day. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the son of a Unitarian minister, Alger entered Harvard University at the age of 16. Following graduation, he briefly worked in education before touring Europe for almost a year. He then entered the Harvard Divinity School, and, in 1864, took a position at a Unitarian church in Brewster, Massachusetts. Two years later, he resigned following allegations he'd molested two teenage boys. He subsequently retired from the ministry entirely and moved to New York City where he formed an association with the Newsboys Lodging House and other agencies offering aid to impoverished children. His sympathy for the working boys of the city, coupled with the moral values learned at home, were the basis of his many juvenile "rags to riches" novels. He died in 1899.

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Books in this Series

The young circus rider, or, The mystery of Robert Rudd

Horatio Alger, Jr.

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When Robert, an orphan who has become a star circus performer, learns the surprising truth about his parentage, his life changes for the better.

The Texas gun

Leslie Ernenwein, Nelson C. Nye

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A girl possessed

Richard E Geis, Violet Winspear

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The woman was an undying legend. When Jane agreed to the ruse, she had no idea what she would be up against. She agreed to pretend to be Baron Pagan Pentrevah's wife because he needed help. He was a man driven by the consuming memory of Roxanne, his evil but irresistible former wife. He wanted Roxanne to think Jane had replaced her in his heart. It was all very well while Roxanne was merely a distant threat. But when she arrived in the flesh, Jane faced a challenge beyond anything she had ever dreamed possible...

Love is the Honey

Violet Winspear

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At eighteen, having spent all her life in a convent and intending in due course to take the veil, Iris nevertheless agreed with her Mother Superior that it would be a good idea first to venture out into the world to see what life was like. So she took a job as summer governess to the small son of the Greek business man Zonar Mavrakis - and found out with a vengeance! Even to a more worldly girl than Iris, Zonar would have been overwhelming, as it was, Iris stood no chance against his irresistible magnetism. But why should he give her a second thought, when there were so many other girls - her glamorous school friend Colette for one - who were his for the asking?