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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan

The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum is available here as the complete text, split into 663 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum28 chapters

The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63508.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 28 chapters

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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan

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  1. Chapter I 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II We Listen to a Strange Proposition 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III We Undertake the Yucatan Adventure 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV We Scent Danger Ahead 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V We Inspect a Novel Aerial Invention 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI We See an Astonishing Thing 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII We Outwit the Enemy 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII We Fight a Good Fight 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX We Find Ourselves Outnumbered 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X We Escape Annihilation 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI We Enter the City of Itza 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII We Sight the Quarry 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII We Seek Safety in Flight 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV We Interview the Red-Beard 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV We Become Prisoners of the Tcha 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII We Are Condemned by the Tribunal 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII We Argue with the High Priestess 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX We Save a Valuable Life 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX We Find the Tcha Grateful 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI We Lose Poor Pedro 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII We Face a Deadly Peril 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII We Become Aggressive 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV We Witness a Daring Deed 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV We Repel the Invaders 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI We Hear Strange News 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII We Win and Lose 12 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Fortune
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Hunters
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Yucatan
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