The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat
The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat by Quincy Allen is available here as the complete text, split into 421 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Laying Plans
- Chapter III Bluff Names the Boat
- Chapter IV The Peril on the River
- Chapter V The First Night Afloat
- Chapter VI What Frank Found on Deck
- Chapter VII Another Careless Pilot
- Chapter VIII Face to Face at Last
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X A Call for Help
- Chapter XI A Threatened Collision
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII After the Storm
- Chapter XIV The Runaway Houseboat
- Chapter XV On Board the Pot Luck Again
- Chapter XVI The Unwelcome Passenger
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII What Jerry’s Stick Brought Down
- Chapter XIX A Bobcat on Board
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI The New Owner of the Houseboat
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII Left in the Lurch
- Chapter XXIV Rivals No Longer
- Chapter XXV
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- Author
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- Outdoor
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- Chums
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