# library.forgemesh.io – Christian Life Juvenile Fiction Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io – Christian Life Juvenile Fiction Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a ranked list of up to 503 public-domain books in the Christian life / juvenile fiction category, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/christian-life-juvenile-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-christian-life-juvenile-fiction-shelf-d1005336
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Eh-kKSebBdYc8bULLfHQ4

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability library-forgemesh-io-christian-life-juvenile-fiction-shelf-d1005336 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 public-domain juvenile fiction books on Christian life from the library.forgemesh.io curated shelf.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-filtered list of public-domain juvenile fiction books specifically tagged under the Christian life subject heading. It is faster than full-text search for browsing by category, and more targeted than the general children's/YA shelf or the full-corpus search endpoint on the same service. Ideal for building reading lists, homeschool curricula, or digital library catalogs focused on Christian-themed children's fiction.

## Known failure modes

- limit parameter exceeds max of 50 — may return error or be capped
- limit parameter is not an integer — validation error
- payment of 0.003 USDC not fulfilled — 402 Payment Required response
- service unavailable — 503 or timeout
- no results returned if shelf index is empty or corrupted

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Christian life -- Juvenile fiction — 503 public-domain books including The strange house : $b or, A moment's mistake, The happiness of Hazelbrook, Grateful Peter's new year's gift. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of public-domain books in the Christian life / juvenile fiction category (up to 50 per call), including book titles such as 'The strange house', 'The happiness of Hazelbrook', and 'Grateful Peter's new year's gift', along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text of each book.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "The strange house : $b or, A moment's mistake",
    "author": "Shaw, Catharine",
    "book_id": 76759,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 11827
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Christian life -- Juvenile fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-christian-life-juvenile-fiction-shelf-d1005336/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)