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Als ich mein Zuhause verließ und in die Stadt zog

The day I left home for the city

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An illustrated Global Storybooks reader: The day I left home for the city.

This free chapter contains 1 learner-friendly sentences. The complete book has 16 chapters.

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Publisher: Global Storybooks / Storybooks Canada
Creators: Lesley Koyi, Ursula Nafula (writer), Brian Wambi (illustrator)
Translation: Anna Westpfahl
This edition: Published Global Storybooks target and English source files aligned page by page; Storyglot adds grading and machine gloss scaffolds verified through automated editorial QA.

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