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Among the River Pirates

Among the River Pirates by Percy Keese Fitzhugh is available here as the complete text, split into 524 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Among the River Pirates: A Skippy Dare Mystery Story by Percy Keese Fitzhugh. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53695.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle

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