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Oct 2021
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The Shadow Club #11: Fighting Cats and F...

ARIEL GOODBODY
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Ricky's family goes on holiday to Spain, but all his parents want to do is look around cathedrals. Willow is sad, and Ricky realises that his parents have taken away her Fighting Cats books, so he asks them why. Later on, he gets a text from Larry with some very exciting news...

Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter eleven, Fighting Cats and Fighting Bulls. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow11 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Echo, Apparently, Copy (Media), Share a look, Get the feeling, An escape, Through gritted teeth, Fluent, Foundation programme, Football academy. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1929. Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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