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Boys of the Central: A High-School Story

Boys of the Central: A High-School Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston is available here as the complete text, split into 608 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Boys of the Central: A High-School Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63156.

19 chaptersComplete chronicle
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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 19 chapters

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Boys of the Central: A High-School Story

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  1. Chapter I A Word and a Blow 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Hamlin Speaks His Mind 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Section D Taken by Surprise 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Blow for Clark 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Hamlin Returns 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Unpleasant for Crawford and Henderson 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Very Nearly an Accident 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Competitive Drill 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Freeman Makes a Decision 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X A Public Apology 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI New Pupils in Section D 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Who Shall Be Captain of Company C? 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Election 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV New Methods in the Battalion 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Who Is the Thief? 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Snowball Fight 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Honor to Whom Honor Is Due 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #63156, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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