Mr. Achilles by Jennette Lee
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"Mr. Achilles" by Jennette Lee is a novel published in 1912. When twelve-year-old Betty Harris, daughter of a wealthy meatpacking magnate, loses her way home after a music lesson, she encounters Achilles Alexandrakis, a Greek immigrant who runs a fruit stand in Chicago. Their unlikely friendship forms as he shares stories of Greek culture with the attentive girl. But when Betty is kidnapped, Achilles must step forward to rescue her, navigating prejudice
and the dangerous world of early twentieth-century crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Lee, Jennette, 1860-1951 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mr. Achilles |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Achilles |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny; John Bickers; David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 92.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Friendship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Children of the rich -- Fiction |
| Subject | Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Greeks -- United States -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4714 |
| Release Date | Apr 13, 2006 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 375 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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