Lo, Michael‪!‬

On Madison Avenue, a ragged newsboy named Mikky throws himself before a wealthy child and takes the bullet meant for her, turning a riot outside the Endicott bank house into a story of terror, class fury, and unexpected heroism. The crowd's rage over ruined savings and social injustice collides with the glittering world of baby Starr Endicott, while the boys who know Mikky best refuse to leave his side. When he is carried inside, the household's alarm gives way to astonishment as doctors and nurses discover a battered, underfed child whose first concern is the "little kid" he saved. As Mikky recovers in a clean bed, Delevan Endicott begins to see beyond poverty and prejudice, recognizing courage where he expected only a street urchin. That same spirit of tenderness and renewal spreads outward: Michael transforms a shabby room into a place of dignity, stirs Aunt Sally's buried memories, and inspires her to remake her own life. He later settles into a warmer home and law office, fills alleyways with lessons in reading, arithmetic, geography, and practical science, and offers battered boys a vision of work, learning, friendship, and a better future. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.