The Girls of Central High
The Girls of Central High by Gertrude W. Morrison is available here as the complete text, split into 646 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Girls of Central High by Gertrude W. Morrison. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37019.
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The Girls of Central High
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Athletics—pro and Con
- Chapter III A Real Alarm
- Chapter IV “Poor Bobby!”
- Chapter V Whom Do You Believe?
- Chapter VI False Evidence
- Chapter VII The Committee on Organization
- Chapter VIII Laura and the Principal
- Chapter IX “The Day of the Touch”
- Chapter X The Joke on Hester
- Chapter XI The Man on the Spire
- Chapter XII The M. O. R. Initiation
- Chapter XIII The Haunted House
- Chapter XIV The Test
- Chapter XV A Very Real Ghost Indeed
- Chapter XVI Where Is Laura?
- Chapter XVII The Mystery
- Chapter XVIII On the Eve of the Contest
- Chapter XIX Hester Fouls the Game
- Chapter XX The Eight-Oared Shell
- Chapter XXI The Finish of the Boat Race
- Chapter XXII Staging a Thunderstorm
- Chapter XXIII The Unveiling of Hester
- Chapter XXIV The First Field Day
- Chapter XXV “Mother-Wit”
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- Author
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- Girls
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