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The Bears of Blue River

by Charles Major

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureChildren's10 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
10 chapters
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About this book

In early Indiana’s wilderness, young Balser Brent grows up amid towering forests, wild animals, and rugged frontier life on his family’s isolated farm by the Big Blue River. Adventure awaits as he navigates nature’s challenges and the pioneer’s hard-won existence.

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Contents

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

02CHAPTER II. HOW BALSER GOT A GUN.
03CHAPTER III. LOST IN THE FOREST.
04CHAPTER IV. THE ONE-EARED BEAR.
05CHAPTER V. THE WOLF HUNT.
06CHAPTER VI. BORROWED FIRE.
07CHAPTER VII. THE FIRE BEAR.
08CHAPTER VIII. THE BLACK GULLY.
09CHAPTER IX. ON THE STROKE OF NINE.
10CHAPTER X. A CASTLE ON THE BRANDYWINE.

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