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Not Quite Eighteen

by Susan Coolidge

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateChildren's17 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
17 chapters
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About this book

On a sunlit Midsummer's Day, a mysterious silver mine legend stirs hope in a struggling farm family, while young Hester Gale finds magic and adventure in the seemingly ordinary, rocky landscape she calls home.

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Contents

17 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02[7] HOW BUNNY BROUGHT GOOD LUCK.
03[30] A BIT OF WILFULNESS.
04[42] THE WOLVES OF ST. GERVAS.
05[62] THREE LITTLE CANDLES.
06[83] UNCLE AND AUNT.
07[111] THE CORN-BALL MONEY, AND WHAT BECAME OF IT.
08[123] THE PRIZE GIRL OF THE HARNESSING CLASS.
09[142] DOLLY PHONE.
10[165] A NURSERY TYRANT.
11[179] WHAT THE PINK FLAMINGO DID.
12[200] TWO PAIRS OF EYES.

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