Ruby Roland, the Girl Spy
Ruby Roland, the Girl Spy by Frederick Whittaker is available here as the complete text, split into 373 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Ruby Roland, the Girl Spy by Frederick Whittaker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56620.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Ranger’s Ruse
- Chapter III The Island
- Chapter IV The Meeting
- Chapter V Ruby Roland
- Chapter VI The Journey
- Chapter VII Danger All Round
- Chapter VIII On the Line
- Chapter IX The Backwoods Leader
- Chapter X The Secret Expedition
- Chapter XI A Frontier Camp
- Chapter XII The Secret Disclosed
- Chapter XIII Kaskaskia
- Chapter XIV The Fort
- Chapter XV The Surprise
- Chapter XVI The Algonquin Venus
- Chapter XVII Ruby’s Visit
- Chapter XVIII The Cure’s Embassy
- Chapter XIX The Last Mass
- Chapter XX The Lampoon
- Chapter XXI Mutiny
- Chapter XXII Ruby’s Mission
- Chapter XXIII The Council of War
- Chapter XXIV The Discovery
This edition of Ruby Roland, the Girl Spy by Frederick Whittaker carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #56620, divided into 24 chapters and 373 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #56620, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 155 minutes of reading across 373 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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