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• Decline and Fall (revised edition, c1962), by Evelyn Waugh (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Red Pony (illustrator died in 1966; c1937), by John Steinbeck, illust. by Wesley Dennis (multiple formats in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
  • searchable HTML at Bartleby
  • Gutenberg text; 2 MB
• David Copperfield (2 volumes; Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, ca. 1850), by Charles Dickens, illust. by Hablot Knight Browne
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden (Los Angeles: Seraphic Press, 2005), by Robert J. Avrech (PDF with commetary at seraphicpress.com)
• Penrod, by Booth Tarkington (Gutenberg text)
• Penrod (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1914), by Booth Tarkington, illust. by Gordon Grant (multiple formats at Indiana)
• Penrod and Sam, by Booth Tarkington (Gutenberg text)
• Penrod and Sam (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1916), by Booth Tarkington, illust. by Worth Brehm (multiple formats at Indiana)
• Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg text and audio)
• Three Rousing Cheers for the Rollo Boys (New York: G. H. Doran Co., c1925), by Corey Ford, illust. by Gluyas Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dogland (prepublication version, 1997), by Will Shetterly (multiple formats at manybooks.net)
• A Child of the Jago (third edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1897), by Arthur Morrison (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A Child of the Jago (New York: Duffield and Co., 1906), by Arthur Morrison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Chronicles of the Imp: A Romance (new and cheaper edition; London: S. Low, Marston and Co., 1915), by Jeffery Farnol (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain (multiple editions)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain (multiple editions)
• Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life (1929), by Thomas Wolfe (text at Gutenberg Australia)
• Good-Bye, Mr. Chips (c1934), by James Hilton (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Hole in the Wall (third edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1903), by Arthur Morrison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Kim (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., c1901), by Rudyard Kipling (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Kim (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1901), by Rudyard Kipling
  • illustrated HTML at kellscraft.com
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Kim: Koko Maailman Pikku Ystävä (in Finnish; Hämeenlinna: A. A. Karisto, 1917), by Rudyard Kipling, trans. by Hannes Leiviskä (Gutenberg text)
• The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading
  • HTML at americanliterature.com
• The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1882), by Mark Twain, illust. by Frank T. Merrill, John J. Harley, and Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Prinssi ja Kerjäläispoika (The Prince and the Pauper in Finnish; Helsinki: Otava, 1908), by Mark Twain, trans. by Tyko Hagman (Gutenberg text)
• Sir Gibbie, by George MacDonald
  • multiple formats with commentary at CCEL
  • Gutenberg text
• A Son of the State (London: Methuen and Co., 1902), by W. Pett Ridge (Gutenberg text)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (with illustrations from the 1911 Harper and Brothers edition), by Thomas Hughes, contrib. by William Dean Howells, illust. by Louis Rhead (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Secret of the Ninth Planet, by Donald A. Wollheim (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Following Darkness (London: E. Arnold, 1912), by Forrest Reid
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Obsession of Victoria Gracen, by Grace Livingston Hill, illust. by Edwin F. Bayha
  • page images at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Seventeen, by Booth Tarkington (Gutenberg text)
• Seventeen (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1916), by Booth Tarkington
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Capitaines Courageux: Une Histoire du Banc de Terre-Neuve (French translation of "Captains Courageous"; Paris: Hachette, 1903), by Rudyard Kipling, trans. by Louis Fabulet and Ch. Fountaine-Walker, illust. by Auguste-François-Marie Gorguet (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling (Gutenberg text)
• Meren Urhoja: Kertomus Suurilta Matalikoilta (Finnish translation of "Captains Courageous"; Porvoo: WSOY, 1915), by Rudyard Kipling, trans. by Väinö Jaakkola (Gutenberg text)

• The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys (London: D. Nutt, 1906), by Forrest Reid (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Secret Glory (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1922), by Arthur Machen (Gutenberg text)

• Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend (in German; Berlin: S. Fischer, 1921), by Hermann Hesse (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Janitor (c2007), by Adam Decker (HTML and audio with commentary at adamdecker.com)

• A Pál-Utcai Fiúk (in Hungarian; Budapest: Franklin-Tarsulat, 1911), by Ferenc 1878-1952 Molnar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• An Outland Journey (Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896), by Walter Leon Sawyer (page images at HathiTrust)

• When You Were a Boy (New York: Baker and Taylor Co., 1905), by Edwin L. Sabin, illust. by Frederic Dorr Steele (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Not Without Laughter (London and New York: A. A. Knopf, 1930), by Langston Hughes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Somatic Development of Adolescent Boys: A Study of the Growth of Boys During the Second Decade of Life (New York: Macmillan, 1951), by Herbert Rowell Stolz and Lois Meek Stolz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boy Life: Stories and Readings Selected From the Works of William Dean Howells, and Arranged for Supplementary Reading in Elementary Schools (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1909), by William Dean Howells, ed. by Percival Chubb (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

• Boys of the Ages: Their Dreams and Their Crafts, by Laura Woolsey Lord Scales (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• Little Leads to Leadership (Boston: W. A. Wilde Co., c1931), by Frank H. Cheley (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the Mahdi's Grasp, by George Manville Fenn, illust. by Lancelot Speed and Edward F. Skinner (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Little Prisoner, or, Passion and Patience; and Amendment, or, Charles Grant and His Sister (London: Dean & Munday, 1828), by Susanna Moodie and Elisabeth Strickland (page images at canadiana.org)
• Gil the Gunner, by George Manville Fenn, illust. by William Heysham Overend (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.