Project Gutenberg 2014-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 195 Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) 1849 1901 Belle Powers' Locket Produced by Melissa McDaniel, Petra A and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Belle Powers' Locket" by Joanna H. Mathews is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young girl named Belle Powers, who aspires to be a "sunbeam"—a source of joy and kindness to others. Through Belle's interactions with her father and her friends, including the spoiled and willful Mabel, the narrative explores themes of compassion, personal growth, and the challenges of navigating friendships. The opening of the tale introduces Belle as a bright and cheerful child who is engaged in a conversation with her father about the nature of being a sunbeam by spreading happiness. As they discuss her friends Maggie and Bessie, we see Belle's natural inclination toward kindness and her desire to emulate their positive attributes. However, the narrative quickly shifts to the arrival of her cousin, Mabel, who embodies the opposite traits—selfishness and misbehavior—which causes tension between the two girls. This initial clash sets the stage for Belle's struggle with her feelings of jealousy and her efforts to embrace love and charity despite Mabel's challenging behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46123/46123-h/images/cover-page.jpg Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Family -- Juvenile fiction Cousins -- Juvenile fiction Aunts -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction Jealousy -- Juvenile fiction Lockets -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 278481 2025-08-18T15:01:11.079756 text/html 259285 2024-10-24T08:23:10 text/html 758024 2025-08-18T15:01:16.746763 application/epub+zip 760932 2025-08-18T15:01:12.414878 application/epub+zip 163584 2025-08-18T15:01:11.763808 application/epub+zip 693490 2025-08-18T15:01:19.891783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 617774 2025-08-18T15:01:15.943785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223486 2022-09-21T04:17:36.311250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235359 2025-08-18T15:01:10.342780 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 215511 2024-10-24T08:23:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18151 2025-08-18T15:01:20.060722 application/rdf+xml 19595 2025-08-18T15:01:11.852746 image/jpeg 2459 2025-08-18T15:01:11.807756 image/jpeg 749410 2025-08-18T15:01:11.161877 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