The Putnam Hall Rivals
The Putnam Hall Rivals by Edward Stratemeyer is available here as the complete text, split into 808 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Putnam Hall Rivals by Edward Stratemeyer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #46872.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III A Game of Snap-the-Whip
- Chapter IV The Bully of the School
- Chapter V A Dose of Snow and Icicles
- Chapter VI The Doctored Cake
- Chapter VII The Basket in the Tree
- Chapter VIII In the Classroom
- Chapter IX The Boathouse Fire
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI From Cellar to Attic
- Chapter XII Josiah Crabtree’s Troubles
- Chapter XIII Facing the Music
- Chapter XIV A Challenge Accepted
- Chapter XV The Boat Races
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII About a Mad Dog
- Chapter XVIII In the Cave
- Chapter XIX Seen Through a Spyglass
- Chapter XX Another Challenge
- Chapter XXI On the Ball-Field
- Chapter XXII Marching to Camp
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV The General Alarm
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI Jack Makes a Discovery
- Chapter XXVII The Men in the Woods
- Chapter XXVIII Up in a Balloon
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX The Old Well
- Chapter XXXI Something of a Find—conclusion
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- Putnam
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- Rivals
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- Sport
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