4800436
9781421818566
Is that the latest style? inquired James Leech, with a sneer, pointing to a patch on the knee of Herbert Carter's pants. Herbert's face flushed. He was not ashamed of the patch, for he knew that his mother's poverty made it a necessity. But he felt that it was mean and dishonorable in James Leech, whose father was one of the rich men of Wrayburn, to taunt him with what he could not help. Some boys might have slunk away abashed, but Herbert had pluck and stood his ground.Alger Jr. Horatio Staff is the author of 'Herbert Carter's Legacy' with ISBN 9781421818566 and ISBN 1421818566.
[read more]