Project Gutenberg 2020-08-13 Public domain in the USA. 123 Stevenson, Burton Egbert 1872 1962 Stevenson, Burton E. Relyea, C. M. (Charles M.) 1863 1932 Relyea, Charles M. Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark) Reylea, C. M. 02022483 Tommy Remington's Battle E-text prepared by D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Tommy Remington's Battle" by Burton Egbert Stevenson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Tommy Remington, a young boy living in a mining community, who is inspired to learn to read and write by his schoolteacher, Miss Andrews. The narrative explores themes of perseverance, education, and community, as Tommy embarks on a quest for knowledge amidst the harsh realities of life in a coal-mining town. The beginning of the novel introduces Tommy as he navigates his daily life and the struggles of his mining family, highlighting the grim conditions they face. After a touching conversation with Miss Andrews, Tommy is motivated to attend school despite his father's initial reservations. He practices diligently, determined to break the cycle of illiteracy in his family. With each new letter learned, Tommy feels a sense of victory and hope. The narrative sets the stage for Tommy's journey of empowerment through education, revealing both his character and the impact of those around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Family -- Juvenile fiction Miners -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 259163 2025-07-25T05:39:35.763652 text/html 236497 2024-10-18T05:09:27 text/html 859231 2025-07-25T05:39:40.368587 application/epub+zip 858500 2025-07-25T05:39:36.550652 application/epub+zip 180350 2025-07-25T05:39:36.142630 application/epub+zip 929693 2025-07-25T05:39:43.368627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 910862 2025-07-25T05:39:39.998600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234643 2022-09-28T11:11:18.548885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241022 2025-07-25T05:39:35.410631 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 221074 2024-10-18T05:09:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17499 2025-07-25T05:39:43.641564 application/rdf+xml 26728 2025-07-25T05:39:36.238599 image/jpeg 3590 2025-07-25T05:39:36.188613 image/jpeg 774466 2025-07-25T05:39:35.815625 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 en.wikipedia