Tom Slade on the River
Tom Slade on the River by Percy Keese Fitzhugh is available here as the complete text, split into 585 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Tom Slade on the River by Percy Keese Fitzhugh. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42155.
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Tom Slade on the River
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Tom Surprises the Camp
- Chapter III Roy’s Campfire Yarn
- Chapter IV The Old Trail
- Chapter V Adventure of the Rescue Party
- Chapter VI The Mountain Shelter
- Chapter VII “Under Which King?”
- Chapter VIII Jeffrey Waring
- Chapter IX A New Kind of First Aid
- Chapter X The Birthday of the Elk Patrol
- Chapter XI Garry’s Story and Harry Stanton’s
- Chapter XII Pee-Wee Triumphant
- Chapter XIII At the Stantons’
- Chapter XIV First Bridgeboro B.S.A Becomes a Full Troop
- Chapter XV Cruising in the “Honor Scout”
- Chapter XVI The Invisible Badge
- Chapter XVII Lost!
- Chapter XVIII The Tragic Adventure of the Freckled Scout
- Chapter XIX “So Long—see You Later!”
This edition of Tom Slade on the River by Percy Keese Fitzhugh carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42155, divided into 19 chapters and 585 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #42155, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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Vocabulary met early in Tom Slade on the River
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- Author
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- Slade
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- Scout
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- Moving
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