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The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt

The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt by Capwell Wyckoff is available here as the complete text, split into 634 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt by Capwell Wyckoff. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53673.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 24 chapters

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The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt

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  1. Chapter I 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Royal Invitation 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Professor Is Attacked 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Prowler in the Night 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Scene in the Moonlight 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Sackett’s Raid 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Search Is Begun 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Ruined Castle 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Rope in the Dungeon 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Underground Passage 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Tolling of the Bell 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Forced March 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV History Repeats 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Mountain Sage 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Landing Party 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Escape 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Treasure and Treachery 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX An Old Friend Joins the Party 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Tar Barrel 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Cairn 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Den 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Dragon’s Last Stroke 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Ned Takes a New Overseer 19 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #53673, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt take to read?

About 263 minutes of reading across 634 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Mercer Boys on a Treasure Hunt

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Author
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Mercer
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Woodcrest
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Cruise
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