Project Gutenberg 2008-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 316 Optic, Oliver 1822 1897 Adams, William T. (William Taylor) Adams, William Taylor In School and Out; or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "In School and Out; or, The Conquest of Richard Grant" by Oliver Optic is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around Richard Grant, a young boy from a wealthy family who finds himself frequently in trouble due to a penchant for mischief and adventure. The book explores his journey of personal growth as he navigates the consequences of his reckless actions and the moral lessons he learns from them. The opening of the story introduces Richard and his friend Sandy Brimblecom as they embark on a daring escapade, breaking into a garden to steal watermelons. Their adventure quickly spirals into chaos when they are caught by the irate owner, "Old Batterbones." The narrative sets the stage for Richard's character—impulsive, adventurous, yet morally conflicted—as he grapples with the consequences of his actions in what is already a series of reckless scrapes. This portion effectively foreshadows Richard's deeper struggles with his character and the need for redemption that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Rowing -- Juvenile fiction Sports -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Military education -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 324582 2025-06-10T09:12:46.110570 text/html 327978 2008-02-26T14:30:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 283745 2008-02-26T14:30:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 380474 2025-06-10T09:12:51.686525 application/epub+zip 384933 2025-06-10T09:12:47.007542 application/epub+zip 184871 2025-06-10T09:12:46.560540 application/epub+zip 498851 2025-06-10T09:12:55.247502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480537 2025-06-10T09:12:51.227566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283151 2022-08-11T09:31:02.434873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295978 2025-06-10T09:12:44.779561 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 295769 2008-02-26T14:30:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106619 2008-02-26T14:30:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19940 2025-06-10T09:12:55.395495 application/rdf+xml 27922 2025-06-10T09:12:46.651550 image/jpeg 3613 2025-06-10T09:12:46.606552 image/jpeg 286337 2025-06-10T09:12:46.178549 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 More titles under Ashton, Warren T. en.wikipedia