Bernard Brooks'
Adventures The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials. by Horatio Alger - book
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ILLUSTRATED After running
away from a dismal boarding school, Bernard finds a job as a professor's
secretary and travels to Europe. Aka: Working His Way Upward; The Experiences
of a Plucky Boy.
Bernard Brooks, a fifteen year old orphan, is sent to Ezekiel
Snowdon's rural boarding school by his New York guardian, Cornelius
McCracken, who has secretly appropriated $10,000 belonging to Bernard.
Bernard runs away from the school to avoid undeserved beatings. He meets
many characters along his travels, and is rewarded for helping them
with their troubles. Bernard attempts another try with his guardian,
but is met with extreme anger. Bernard must survive the obstacles thrown
in his path by his guardian and succeed in his own goals so that he
may have a better life and reclaim what is rightly his.