Cast Upon the Breakers

by Horatio, Jr. Alger · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 7 · 2,821 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Conduct of life — Juvenile fiction · Friendship — Juvenile fiction · New York (N.Y.) — History — 1865-1898 — Juvenile fiction · Orphans — Juvenile fiction

Words worth knowing: oust · misjudge · dude · meanly · appraise · newsboy · pointedly · schoolmate

CAST UPON THE BREAKERS by Horatio Alger, Jr.

I am going to learn a trade.” “I am sorry to part with you, David.

Couldn’t you stay another term?” “No: my uncle says I must be earning my living, and I have a chance to learn the carpenter’s trade.” “Where are you going?” “To Duffield, some twenty miles away.

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