Project Gutenberg 2016-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 56 Matthews, Stanley R. Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University (http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) "Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck That Wins" by Stanley R. Matthews is a thrilling adventure fiction written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the character of Motor Matt, a skilled and resourceful young motorist, who finds himself entangled in a competitive powerboat race against tricky rivals, particularly Ollie Merton and the mysterious boat, the "Dart". As Matt prepares the "Sprite" for the race, he faces challenges from enemies who are willing to use underhanded tactics to thwart his efforts. At the start of the story, we are introduced to the chaotic and comedic dynamic between two young boys, Pickerel Pete and Ping Pong, who engage in a humorous conflict at the bank of Fourth Lake. This altercation draws the attention of Matt and his friend George Lorry, who rush to break up the fight. The ensuing chapters reveal the competitive atmosphere surrounding an upcoming boat race, encapsulating themes of friendship, rivalry, and the ingenuity of youth. As preparations for the race intensify, Matt must contend with not only the technical challenges of optimizing his boat but also the underhanded schemes of Merton, leading to a nail-biting build-up toward the contest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories Dime novels Motorboats -- Juvenile fiction Motorboat racing -- Juvenile fiction Mechanics -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 226123 226134 2024-10-21T10:20:22.170131 2023-09-22T07:31:32.774316 text/html text/html 226137 2016-01-19T19:32:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 416601 2016-01-19T19:32:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 409775 2024-10-21T10:20:26.725073 application/epub+zip 410670 2024-10-21T10:20:22.810116 application/epub+zip 150967 2024-10-21T10:20:22.475088 application/epub+zip 506673 2024-10-21T10:20:30.147051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475349 2024-10-21T10:20:26.296081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218740 2022-09-23T07:44:13.172175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204343 204125 2024-10-21T10:20:21.319110 2023-09-22T07:31:31.978304 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204455 2016-01-19T19:32:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 78300 2016-01-19T19:32:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20007 2024-10-21T10:20:30.286041 application/rdf+xml 27838 2024-10-21T10:20:22.555082 image/jpeg 4308 2024-10-21T10:20:22.516082 image/jpeg 421967 2024-10-21T10:20:22.206082 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog