# library.forgemesh.io Girls Juvenile Fiction Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Girls 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 from the 'Girls — Juvenile fiction' category with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/girls-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-girls-juvenile-fiction-shelf-6fccb6ce
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_foPFNUa4ckbPvoaDHrL0K

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-girls-juvenile-fiction-shelf-6fccb6ce -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the top 30 public-domain books in the girls juvenile fiction category from the library shelf?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain juvenile fiction books specifically targeting girls as the primary audience. It is preferable to a full-text search endpoint when you want a broad shelf overview rather than passage-level results, and better than generic book APIs when you specifically need public-domain works in this category without licensing concerns.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure if x402 USDC payment of $0.003 is not completed
- limit parameter exceeding 50 returns an error or is clamped
- Empty or malformed request body may return default result or error
- Service unavailability returns a non-200 HTTP status

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Girls -- Juvenile fiction — 290 public-domain books including Six Girls: A Home Story, Polly's Business Venture, A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls. 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 Girls — Juvenile Fiction category (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), including titles such as 'Six Girls: A Home Story', 'Polly's Business Venture', and 'A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls', 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": "Six Girls: A Home Story",
    "author": "Irving, Fannie Belle",
    "book_id": 25551,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 9660
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Girls -- 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-girls-juvenile-fiction-shelf-6fccb6ce/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)