Bernard Brooks' Adventures The Story of a Brave Boy's Trials. by Horatio Alger - book 
1-931927-75-8

PAPERBACK 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.