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My Friend Smith: A Story of School and City Life
by Talbot Baines Reed
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Yes — read My Friend Smith: A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed in English: the complete original text, with tap-to-translate on every word, audio narration, and saved vocabulary. Its CEFR level is B2. Start with a free sample.
- CEFR level
- B2
- Length
- 39 chapters
- Format
- The complete book
About this book
About this book
Sent away from his village to a strict academy for "backward and troublesome" boys, a twelve-year-old orphan faces the challenges of school rivalries, unruly classmates, and the struggle to find his place in a new world.
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Contents
39 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.
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