The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1
The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1 by Van Powell is available here as the complete text, split into 791 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Mystery Crash Sky Scout Series, #1 by Van Powell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55359.
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The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III A Greater Mystery
- Chapter IV The Sky Squad Is Formed
- Chapter V A Double Puzzle
- Chapter VI Suspicion and Suspense
- Chapter VII In the Falling ’Plane
- Chapter VIII Watchful Waiting
- Chapter IX Strange Actions
- Chapter X A Summons
- Chapter XI A Trail and a Flight
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII The Detective’s Theory
- Chapter XIV The Sky Squad Disobeys
- Chapter XV A Triple Trail
- Chapter XVI The “Windsock”
- Chapter XVII “The Case Is ‘Sewed Up’”
- Chapter XVIII A New Mystery
- Chapter XIX Tangled Threads
- Chapter XX A Package of Money
- Chapter XXI Caught and Cleared!
- Chapter XXII The “Mystery Crate”
- Chapter XXIII Bob Pursues!
- Chapter XXIV Suspense!
- Chapter XXV Crossed Wires
- Chapter XXVI The Sky Squad Goes into Action
- Chapter XXVII Driven Down
- Chapter XXVIII Curt’s Discovery
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX Barney Gives a Hint
- Chapter XXXI “One More Problem”
- Chapter XXXII Flight!
- Chapter XXXIII The Sky Squad Wins
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Project Gutenberg eBook #55359, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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Vocabulary met early in The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Mystery
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- Wright
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- Pointed
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- Cabin
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