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Two sailor lads

by Gordon Stables

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureChildren's36 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
36 chapters
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About this book

Two young siblings set out in a small boat to investigate a mysterious, haunting cry from the sea, embarking on a thrilling adventure along wild Scottish shores and beyond filled with danger, discovery, and the call of the ocean.

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Contents

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

01Two Sailor Lads. · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER I. "HUSH! DO YOU HEAR THAT CRY? WHAT CAN IT BE?"
03CHAPTER II. "BUT LOOKING BACK, BOYS, IT IS ALL LIKE A DREAM."
04CHAPTER III. AN AIMLESS LIFE—PEACE AT LAST.
05CHAPTER IV. SITTING UP TO THINK—THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR.
06CHAPTER V. AT THE FISHERMAN'S CAVE—FRED'S AQUARIUM.
07CHAPTER VI TAKING TEA INSIDE A WHALE—THE STRANGE STORY OF THE STRANDED LEVIATHAN.
08CHAPTER VII. "FIVE YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT."
09CHAPTER VIII. PLEASANT SURPRISES—FRANK'S YACHT—THE LAUNCH OF THE WATER-BABY.
10CHAPTER IX. PLAYING AT BEING PIRATES—A STORM AT SEA—THE WRECK.
11CHAPTER X. ON THE DESERT ISLAND—TODDIE'S ADVENTURE ON THE CLIFF—THE BONFIRE.
12CHAPTER XI. "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"—ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.

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