Jr. Horatio Alger 
Sam’s Chance and How He Proved It [EPUB ebook] 

Sam isn’t too much of a goody-two-shoes, like some Horatio Alger heroes. He even tries to rob his roommate. Then he moves to Boston for a new start and decides to try to become respectable. He walks up Tremont street stopping in all the stores looking for work. Sam stumbles into a great job in the usual Alger way and becomes quite successful.