The Trail of the Green Doll
The Trail of the Green Doll by Margaret Sutton is available here as the complete text, split into 559 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Trail of the Green Doll A Judy Bolton Mystery by Margaret Sutton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50014.
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The Trail of the Green Doll
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III A Puzzling Robbery
- Chapter IV A Startling Experiment
- Chapter V An Urgent Request
- Chapter VI An Empty Pocketbook
- Chapter VII More Puzzles
- Chapter VIII The Wonders of Magic
- Chapter IX A Strange Mistake
- Chapter X Another Voice?
- Chapter XI At the Caretaker’s Cottage
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII Too Many Clues
- Chapter XIV The Missing Jade
- Chapter XV Secrets of the East
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII More Secrets
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX More Revelations
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI Under the Vault
- Chapter XXII Blackberry’s Discovery
- Chapter XXIII Stage Magic
- Chapter XXIV Real Magic
This edition of The Trail of the Green Doll by Margaret Sutton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #50014, divided into 24 chapters and 559 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 Trail of the Green Doll is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #50014 and divided into 559 sections.
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The Trail of the Green Doll is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Trail of the Green Doll as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 559 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 24 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Trail of the Green Doll?
Yes. All 2795 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50014 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Trail of the Green Doll is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #50014, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Trail of the Green Doll take to read?
About 232 minutes of reading across 559 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Trail of the Green Doll
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Trail of the Green Doll, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Famous
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail of the Green Doll; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bolton
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail of the Green Doll; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mystery
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- Stories
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