Project Gutenberg 2015-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 173 Scott, Morgan Ben Stone at Oakdale E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Rick Morris, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Ben Stone at Oakdale" by Morgan Scott is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows a boy named Ben Stone, who arrives at Oakdale Academy and struggles with the stigma of his past, particularly as he's recognized by an old enemy, Bernard Hayden. The book delves into themes of friendship, bullying, and the quest for acceptance, set against the backdrop of school life. At the start of the novel, we meet Ben as he navigates his first days at Oakdale Academy, acutely aware of his impoverished appearance, which sets him apart from his peers. After a tense encounter with Roger Eliot, the captain of the football team, Ben faces humiliation when Hayden reveals his troubled past involving his father's criminal history. This incident isolates Ben, heightening his sense of being an outcast. However, despite the challenges, Ben experiences moments of kindness, particularly from the widow Mrs. Jones and her son, Jimmy, who look up to him. His courageous act of defending a young girl from vicious dogs catalyzes a shift in his relationships, setting the stage for potential redemption and friendship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Schools -- Juvenile fiction Football -- Juvenile fiction Football stories PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 410184 2025-08-19T11:15:45.169410 text/html 389247 2024-10-24T17:01:19 text/html 489056 2025-08-19T11:15:51.320435 application/epub+zip 493793 2025-08-19T11:15:46.442437 application/epub+zip 224140 2025-08-19T11:15:45.825406 application/epub+zip 617371 2025-08-19T11:15:55.268368 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579767 2025-08-19T11:15:50.647359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311282 2022-09-21T20:46:33.334214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348226 2025-08-19T11:15:44.111367 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 328372 2024-10-24T17:01:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16079 2025-08-19T11:15:55.402322 application/rdf+xml 29413 2025-08-19T11:15:45.910464 image/jpeg 4817 2025-08-19T11:15:45.867366 image/jpeg 465853 2025-08-19T11:15:45.231394 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