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Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand

Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand by Burt L. Standish is available here as the complete text, split into 1159 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Burt L. Standish40 chapters

Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand by Burt L. Standish. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62421.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand

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  1. Chapter I 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 29 readings five lines each Open chapter

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About 482 minutes of reading across 1159 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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