Isles of the sea
Isles of the sea by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 991 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Isles of the sea by Oliver Optic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #74943.
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Isles of the sea
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
This edition of Isles of the sea by Oliver Optic carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #74943, divided into 26 chapters and 991 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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Vocabulary met early in Isles of the sea
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- Isles
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- Young
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- America
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- Homeward
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