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A Young Folks' History of the Church

A Young Folks' History of the Church by Nephi Anderson is available here as the complete text, split into 661 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Nephi Anderson. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16534.

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