This is Book 12, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.

Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

[Text Information]

Readability | 84.47

Total word count | 44826

Words beyond 1500 | 913

Unknown word percentage (%) | 2.04

Unknown headword occurrence | 2.7

Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 51

Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 165

[Synopsis]

Mary Marie is a 13-year-old girl. Her parents do not agree on a name, so her mother calls her Marie, and her father calls her Mary.

After Mary Marie’s parents’ divorce, she lives with mother for 6 months and then with father for 6 months. While living with mother, this young girl is Marie, who is lively, happy, and energetic. Living with father, she is Mary, and she must act like a lady. As she is trying to please each parent, she comes to realize one thing about them….

This book is rewritten from “Mary Marie” by the American novelist Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920).