Plain Jane and Pretty Betty or, The girl who won out: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Plain Jane and Pretty Betty or, The girl who won out, credited to May Hollis Barton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Plain Jane and Pretty Betty or, The girl who won out by May Hollis Barton. Read in English by NLizer. Plain Jane moves to a new town trying to get away from the ridicule of her current town bully kids only to meet up with the town mean girl in her new town. When Jane's adoptive father loses his job Jane goes above and beyond to help the family. The mean girl, Betty, is vain and jealous of Jane. What plays out is a learning summer for both girls. - Summary by NLizer

Recording facts

• Recording title: Plain Jane and Pretty Betty or, The girl who won out
• Author credits: May Hollis Barton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 4:11:30

Catalogue topics

• young women
• juvenile fiction
• new friends
• money trouble
• teenage girls
• first job
• young adult women
• relocating home

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - On the Moving Van — 10:34
2. 02 - A Bad Spill — 11:24
3. 03 - Mad Marion — 6:02
4. 04 - The New Home — 9:52
5. 05 - Jane Meets Pretty Betty — 8:55
6. 06 - Inventions — 8:43
7. 07 - The Great Fire — 6:55
8. 08 - Beneath the Wreckage — 5:51
9. 09 - Disaster — 10:30
10. 10 - Suspected — 9:05
11. 11 - Billy Answers — 9:55
12. 12 - A Generous Thought — 9:28
13. 13 - Jane Looks for Work — 8:50
14. 14 - A First Refusal — 9:05
15. 15 - A Taste of Success — 10:05
16. 16 - A Business Day — 9:34
17. 17 - Betty Makes Her Choice — 9:25
18. 18 - A Dreadful Discovery — 9:32
19. 19 - A Change of Employers — 8:59
20. 20 - Betty Comes Through — 12:21
21. 21 - The New Home — 6:50
22. 22 - Betty is Jealous — 9:48
23. 23 - Jane and Billy — 12:13
24. 24 - A Surprise — 13:58

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