TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aimwell,Walter
TI  - Jessie
T2  - The Aimwell stories ; 6
AV  - PZ 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Schools -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Farm life -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Students -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Success -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Ambition -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Teachers -- Education -- Juvenile fiction
N1  - Release date is 2025-02-16; Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.); Originally published; Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1858
N2  - "Jessie; or, Trying to be Somebody" by Walter Aimwell is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Jessie Hapley, a young girl navigating her way through a difficult period after her family faces a series of unfortunate events, including her father's death and her brother's imprisonment. The book focuses on themes of ambition, resilience, and the quest for a noble character, particularly in the face of adversity.  At the start of the novel, we meet Jessie as she transitions to a new home in Vermont with the Page family after her own family experiences a tragic collapse. The opening sets the stage for her struggles, capturing her sense of loss and homesickness as she adapts to life in a new household. Despite these challenges, Jessie is determined to support her family and continues her education, aspiring to be a teacher. As she engages with her new community, the dynamics among the characters, including her interactions with Ronald, her neighbor, hint at both friendship and conflict, establishing an emotional foundation for the journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/jessieortryingto00aimwiala
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75385
ER  -