Polly and Her Friends Abroad
Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Lillian Elizabeth Roy is available here as the complete text, split into 672 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Dodo Meets Polly’s Friends
- Chapter III The Tour Is Planned
- Chapter IV The Tour of Great Britain
- Chapter V Love Affairs and Antiques
- Chapter VI Polly Takes a Hand to Cure Jimmy
- Chapter VII Dodo’s Elopement
- Chapter VIII Dodo Meets Another “Title”
- Chapter IX Mr. Alexander’s Surprise
- Chapter X A Dangerous Pass on the Alps
- Chapter XI The Plot in Venice
- Chapter XII Escaping an Earthquake
- Chapter XIII Unexpected Vicissitudes of Travel
- Chapter XIV A Highwayman in Disguise
- Chapter XV Ahoy! for the Stars and Stripes Again
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