Project Gutenberg 2006-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 278 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Frank and Fearless; or, The Fortunes of Jasper Kent" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the young protagonist, Jasper Kent, who defies a school bully named Nicholas Thorne, thereby establishing himself as a brave and principled character. The book explores themes of justice, the trials of youth, and the struggle against adversity in a boarding school setting. The opening of the novel describes a tense scene at Dr. Benton’s boarding school, where Jasper finds himself confronting Thorne, the school bully who is mercilessly bullying a younger boy named Cameron. Jasper bravely intervenes, standing up to Thorne and defending Cameron, which leads to an unexpected physical confrontation. With a combination of courage and skill, Jasper manages to defeat the bully, thus earning the admiration of his peers, particularly the younger Cameron. The chapter sets the tone for the narrative, introducing the conflict between Jasper and Thorne that will develop as the story progresses, alongside the social dynamics and character relationships within the school environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Bullies -- Juvenile fiction Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction Stepmothers -- Juvenile fiction West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 336522 2025-06-08T10:48:57.231891 text/html 351749 2006-10-20T06:39:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 178041 2006-10-20T06:41:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 185793 2025-06-08T10:49:03.504822 application/epub+zip 190107 2025-06-08T10:48:58.028851 application/epub+zip 174382 2025-06-08T10:48:57.610857 application/epub+zip 331304 2025-06-08T10:49:07.623820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304340 2025-06-08T10:49:03.125857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292520 2022-08-09T08:38:46.147263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293488 2025-06-08T10:48:54.806852 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 293298 2006-10-20T06:39:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105382 2006-10-20T06:41:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20468 2025-06-08T10:49:07.776792 application/rdf+xml 26479 2025-06-08T10:48:57.714858 image/jpeg 3997 2025-06-08T10:48:57.662839 image/jpeg 179449 2025-06-08T10:48:57.262853 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