The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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"The Story of a Bad Boy" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1870. It follows young Tom Bailey, sent from New Orleans to live with his grandfather in New Hampshire, where he joins a boys' club called the Centipedes. Through pranks, adventures, and schemes—from stealing carriages for bonfires to epic snowball battles and secret boat expeditions—Tom's mischievous escapades unfold. Considered the first "bad boy" genre novel, it celebrates
a troublemaking protagonist rather than condemning him, influencing later works like Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Story of a Bad Boy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_a_Bad_Boy |
| Credits | Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Boys -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | New England -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1948 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-01948-2 |
| Release Date | Feb 26, 2006 |
| Last Update | May 28, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1179 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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