# library.forgemesh.io – Orphans Juvenile Fiction Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io – Orphans 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 2026-09-16).

Returns a ranked list of up to 221 public-domain juvenile fiction books themed around orphans, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/orphans-juvenile-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-orphans-juvenile-fiction-shelf-dbdc689a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8a3QkF9oW58ws76NcKmZ2

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-orphans-juvenile-fiction-shelf-dbdc689a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull me a list of public-domain children's books about orphans from the ForgemMesh library shelf — give me up to 30 results with links to read them?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need a curated, pre-filtered list of public-domain juvenile fiction books centered on orphan characters and themes — it saves the overhead of a full-text search and provides direct access to 221 ranked titles with retrieval routes. Prefer this over the full-text search endpoint when you want a broad shelf browse rather than passage-level lookup.

## Known failure modes

- limit value exceeds maximum of 50 — clipped or error returned
- limit set to 0 or negative — may return empty list or error
- payment not processed — x402 payment required before response
- network timeout on large result sets
- endpoint returns fewer than requested if fewer books are indexed

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Orphans -- Juvenile fiction — 221 public-domain books including The Secret Garden, Grateful Peter's new year's gift, A Little Girl in Old Quebec. 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 221 public-domain juvenile fiction books themed around orphans, including titles like The Secret Garden, Grateful Peter's New Year's Gift, and A Little Girl in Old Quebec, along with drill-down routes to access full text for 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 Secret Garden",
    "author": "Burnett, Frances Hodgson",
    "book_id": 113,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 21065
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Orphans -- 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-orphans-juvenile-fiction-shelf-dbdc689a/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)