# library.forgemesh.io – Families / Juvenile Fiction Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io – Families / 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 50 public-domain books in the Families–Juvenile Fiction category, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/families-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-families-juvenile-fiction-shelf-903815d3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4CabgIDUxPU0xec1DeZao

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-families-juvenile-fiction-shelf-903815d3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 30 public-domain children's books in the Families and Juvenile Fiction category from the library shelf?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically in the Families–Juvenile Fiction genre. It is ideal for building reading lists, discovering classic children's literature about family themes, or bootstrapping full-text retrieval workflows. Prefer it over a general full-text search endpoint when you want genre-browsing rather than keyword search, and over other library shelves when the family/juvenile fiction category is the target.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting more than 50 books returns only the maximum of 50 without error
- Invalid limit values (e.g. non-integer or negative) may result in a validation error or default behavior
- Network or payment processing failure (x402) may prevent access if the $0.003 USDC payment is not completed
- Empty or null limit returns the default 20 results

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Families -- Juvenile fiction — 216 public-domain books including The strange house : $b or, A moment's mistake, Uncle Rutherford's Nieces: A Story for Girls, Jerry's Charge Account. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books in the Families–Juvenile Fiction category, including titles such as 'The Strange House', 'Uncle Rutherford's Nieces', and 'Jerry's Charge Account', along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the 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": "Families -- 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-families-juvenile-fiction-shelf-903815d3/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)