Running to Waste: The Story of a Tomboy
Running to Waste: The Story of a Tomboy by George M. (George Melville) Baker is available here as the complete text, split into 694 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Running to Waste: The Story of a Tomboy
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Running to Waste: The Story of a Tomboy is presented in 14 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Yes. All 3468 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50246 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #50246, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 289 minutes of reading across 694 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Maidenhood
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