Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 102 Hughes, Rupert 1872 1956 The Dozen from Lakerim 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.) Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Preparatory schools -- Juvenile fiction Sports stories Games -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction 324897 2025-06-20T18:15:19.296144 text/html 324898 324732 2024-11-05T07:51:34.879095 2023-10-05T08:06:53.145742 text/html text/html 188795 2025-06-20T18:15:37.499113 application/epub+zip 192509 2025-06-20T18:15:28.429149 application/epub+zip 192510 2025-06-20T18:15:22.087184 application/epub+zip 363797 2025-06-20T18:15:46.393085 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334728 2025-06-20T18:15:36.657064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288132 2022-09-05T11:29:29.484410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294313 2025-06-20T18:15:18.616172 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 274494 2024-10-28T18:24:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11916 2025-06-20T18:15:46.546029 application/rdf+xml 13207 2025-06-20T18:15:27.740116 image/jpeg 3711 2025-06-20T18:15:27.457130 image/jpeg 185468 2025-06-20T18:15:19.347149 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia