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The Motor Boys Bound for Home

The Motor Boys Bound for Home by Clarence Young is available here as the complete text, split into 698 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Motor Boys Bound for Home by Clarence Young. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53704.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 30 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Motor Boys Bound for Home

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0 of 686 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Motor Boys Bound for Home by Clarence Young carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53704, divided into 30 chapters and 698 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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The complete text of The Motor Boys Bound for Home is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #53704 and divided into 698 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Motor Boys Bound for Home by Clarence Young, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #53704, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3486 sentences across 30 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is The Motor Boys Bound for Home divided for reading?

The Motor Boys Bound for Home is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Motor Boys Bound for Home as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 698 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 30 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Motor Boys Bound for Home can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading The Motor Boys Bound for Home

Common questions about reading The Motor Boys Bound for Home by Clarence Young on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Motor Boys Bound for Home?

Yes. All 3486 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53704 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Motor Boys Bound for Home is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #53704, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Motor Boys Bound for Home take to read?

About 290 minutes of reading across 698 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Motor Boys Bound for Home section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Motor Boys Bound for Home

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Motor Boys Bound for Home, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Jerry
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Motor Boys Bound for Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wrecked
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Motor Boys Bound for Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Troopship
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Motor Boys Bound for Home; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Author
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