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Resumen de El hijo de Frank Merriwell; o, De tal palo, tal astilla
Para quién es
Readers who enjoy old-fashioned American adventure, baseball scenes, loyal friends and clear-cut heroes, and anyone who likes a story that mixes mystery, romance, comic relief and a big game.
De qué trata este libro
What would you do if the baby in your nursery looked almost right, but the birthmark was gone? Burt L. Standish opens this Frank Merriwell novel with a proud father, a newborn son and a nurse who is hiding something. The story moves from Bloomfield's ball fields to a kidnapping and a reunion of old friends. You follow the story from its opening, with a baby marked by a star.
En este resumen
- 1A baby with a star is bornFree
- 2The nurse has a secret to keep
- 3A sad guest finds his old self on the ball field
- 4Berlin recognizes the girl he lost
- 5A child is taken and a father makes a promise
- 6The old flock gathers to cheer a friend
- 7Love, jealousy and a danger at the lake
- 8Old uniforms bring old friends onto the field
- 9Rival feelings follow the players to the stand
- 10What the story is really about
Idea clave 1 de 10
A baby with a star is born
The story opens with a happy birth. Frank Merriwell and his wife Inza welcome a son and name him Frank Hodge Merriwell, giving the boy the middle name of Frank's most faithful friend, Bart Hodge. Frank promises to make an athlete of the child and to give him chances he never had himself.
A French nurse named Lizette shows the family a small pink star with five points on the baby's left shoulder. Elsie Bellwood says it feels as if the boy is marked by fate. Bart has news of his own. Frank has made him a one third owner of the San Pablo mine, and Bart uses his new security to get a marriage license. The next day he and Elsie marry in Inza's room.
These early chapters set the warm centre of the book. They show friendship that pays its debts, a home at Bloomfield beside Farnham Hall, and a child who carries his father's hopes. Everything that follows tests that happiness.
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Questions about El hijo de Frank Merriwell; o, De tal palo, tal astilla
What is Frank Merriwell's Son about?
It follows Frank Merriwell and his friends as a baby is born with a star shaped birthmark, a disguised nurse hides a secret, old friends gather, and baseball brings the friends onto the field together.
Who is Lizette in Frank Merriwell's Son?
Lizette is the French nurse at Merry Home. Berlin Carson thinks she is Bessie King, the daughter of a cattle thief he once loved, and the story follows how she hides that identity.
What does the star birthmark mean?
The pink five pointed star on the baby's left shoulder makes his parents and friends feel he is marked for greatness. It also becomes the clue that tells his parents something is wrong.
Is Frank Merriwell's Son a true story?
The story mixes family danger and romance with baseball and visits from old friends.
Is Frank Merriwell's Son easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that the chapters are short, the dialogue is lively, and the plot moves quickly between mystery, romance, comedy and baseball. Scenes end on cliffhangers that make it easy to keep going.