The Motor Maids' School Days

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The Motor Maids' School Days

by Katherine Stokes

EN·~5 hours·24 chapters

Chapters

24 total
1

THE MOTOR MAIDS’ SCHOOL DAYS - CHAPTER I.—“THE COMET.”

18:40
2

CHAPTER II.—FRIENDS IN NEED.

17:10
3

CHAPTER III.—THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN.

10:56
4

CHAPTER IV.—PLOTS AND PLANS.

11:12
5

CHAPTER V.—THE FIRST MOTOR PICNIC.

18:00
6

CHAPTER VI.—THE BOX OF TROUBLES.

13:49
7

CHAPTER VII.—THE FIRE.

14:15
8

CHAPTER VIII.—NANCY’S HOME.

17:42
9

CHAPTER IX.—AT THE SIGN OF THE BLUE TEA POT.

8:21
10

CHAPTER X.—RUMORS AT SCHOOL.

10:28

Description

A bright spring day at West Haven High finds a circle of girls buzzing with speculation as a sleek red automobile rolls onto the school grounds. At the wheel is Wilhelmina “Billie” Campbell, a poised sophomore whose father builds railroads in distant lands, and whose own arrival in a motor‑car instantly turns her into the talk of the campus. The girls are instantly divided between fascination with her worldly air and the uneasy feeling of being out‑shined by someone who seems to carry an entire continent in her pocket.

Behind the excitement, a tighter clique called the Mystic Seven—led by the town’s prettiest, richest girl—maintains a cool distance from anyone outside their circle. Billie’s effortless confidence threatens to upend the established hierarchy, and the school’s quiet rhythm begins to crack under the pressure of new friendships, whispered rivalries, and the promise of change. Listeners will love watching how a single red car can set a whole community on a collision course with its own expectations.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (291K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections)

Release date

2011-09-15

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Katherine Stokes

Katherine Stokes

Early automobile adventures, far-flung travel, and a lively group of young heroines drive these classic stories. Best known for the Motor Maids books, this early 20th-century author wrote upbeat fiction that mixed friendship, freedom, and the thrill of the open road.

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