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Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls

Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison is available here as the complete text, split into 1177 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #36740.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 34 chapters

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Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls

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  1. Chapter I 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Home-Coming 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III An Old Time Advertisement 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Girl’s Sacrifice 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Up in the Attic 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Tea at Headquarters 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A Summer Soldier 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Peggy’s Resolve 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Tale of a Hero 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Peggy Teaches a Lesson 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Peggy Pleads for Drayton 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Another Chance 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Good News 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Camp at Middlebrook 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Harriet 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Two Warnings 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII A Letter and a Surprise 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Stolen Thunder 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Promise and an Accusation 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX A Regretted Promise 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Reckoning 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A High-Handed Proceeding 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII In the Lines of the Enemy 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Reason Why 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Alert That Failed 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Battle with the Elements 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII A Haven After the Storm 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII A Taste of Partisan Warfare 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Peggy Finds an Old Friend 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI How the News Was Received at Camp 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII On the Altar of His Country 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII A Great Surprise 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Home 31 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #36740, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 490 minutes of reading across 1177 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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