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The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd's Message

The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd's Message by Van Powell is available here as the complete text, split into 689 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd's Message by Van Powell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53515.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 32 chapters

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The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd's Message

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  1. Chapter I 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II One Half of a Cipher 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A “Mystery Boys” Meeting 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Captain’s Kidd’s Ghost 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V “Nothing Shall Stop Us!” 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI On the Way to the Keys 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII An Uncanny Summons 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Crocodile Key 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Black Caesar’s Buccaneers 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI One Mystery Is Solved 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Modern Pirates 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Mystery Boys Decide 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Chase 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Disaster! 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Captain Nicky Takes Command 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII A Surprise! 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Captain Kidd’s Message 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Nicky Changes a Word! 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI In the Bottom of the Dipper! 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Gold—gold—gold 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Marooned 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV “A Needle in a Haystack” 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV In the Everglades 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Nicky Does Some Scouting 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII In the Enemy’s Hands 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Two in the Toils 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX One Last Hope! 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Cliff Plays His Part 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Nicky Is a Hero! 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII How Voodoo Brought Success 24 readings five lines each Open chapter

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