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Los Baker van a Perú
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Los Baker van a PerúA Novel for Novice-high/Intermediate-low
Spanish Students
Escrito por:
Editado por
Carol Gaab y Kristy Placido
Melissa Blasco
Jacob Brown
Gaetano Celentano
Phillip Cerullo
Michele Chadwick
Brittany Clemente
Jacob DeVries
Paul Guiglianatti
Kristen Kelder
Nathaniel Kirby
Lauren Runza
Michael Waverka
Amanda Wegman
Courtney Wenstrom
Amanda White
Kristina Witbeck
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Este proyecto fue realizado por un grupo de estu-diantes en el
noveno grado de Pinelands Regional Jr.High School. Los estudiantes
escribieron el libro en laclase de español 3 bajo la dirección del
Sr. NathanielKirby. Con mucha cooperación lograron escribir
estabreve novela completamente en español.
¡FELICITACIONES A LOS ESTUDIANTES QUETRABAJARON TAN DURO PARA
CREAR ESTA
NOVELA!
This book is purely fictional! It is designed for enter-tainment
purposes only; Fluency Matters does notsubstantiate, endorse or
condone any events that takeplace in the story. We hope you enjoy
reading it.
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Índice
Capítulo 1:
La familia Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Capítulo 2:
Los Baker van a Atlantic City . . . . . . 5
Capítulo 3:
Nathaniel Baker, ¡a jugar! . . . . . . . . 9
Capítulo 4:
El viaje al Perú . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Capítulo 5:
El robo del museo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Capítulo 6:
La salida a escondidas. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Capítulo 7:
Una excursión al sur . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Capítulo 8:
¡A Cuzco! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Capítulo 9:
La belleza de Machu Picchu . . . . . . 41
Capítulo 10:
El regreso del Perú. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Glosario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Capítulo 1:
La familia Baker
La familia Baker es una familia normal. Ellos noson muy ricos ni
muy pobres. Como todas las fami-lias, ellos tienen problemas a
veces, pero general-mente todos se llevan bien1.
Nathaniel y Martha Baker viven en Nueva Jerseycon sus dos hijos,
Jason y Haley. Viven en un pue-blo pequeño que se llama New Gretna.
Los mucha-chos asisten a la escuela Pinelands Regional.
El padre de la familia, Nathaniel, trabaja en el
1se llevan bien - they get along well
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parque Bass River State Forest. Es un guardabos-ques2. En su
trabajo, él protege los animales y lasplantas del parque y ayuda a
las personas que van alparque para pescar en el lago y acampar en
el bos-que3. Nathaniel es muy simpático y sociable, poreso a él le
gusta mucho su trabajo.
Nathaniel, el padre, tiene cuarenta y dos años.Es un poco
gordito porque le gusta comer la comidaque no es muy buena para la
salud. Come muchashamburguesas, papas fritas, helados y
donas.Cuando va al supermercado siempre busca la comi-da que se
ofrece gratis. Nathaniel come mucho y esmuy tacaño4 también. El
padre es tacaño con todo.No le gusta gastar el dinero.
La madre de la familia se llama Martha. Tienetreinta y nueve
años. Ella es muy amable. Trabajacomo directora en un museo. Le
encanta la historia.A veces Martha habla y habla mucho sobre la
histo-ria. Los muchachos piensan que ella es la personamás aburrida
del mundo cuando habla sobre la his-toria con ellos y con los
amigos.
Martha es una persona artística y saludable. Legusta mucho sacar
fotos de la naturaleza. Ella sólocome la comida que es buena para
la salud. Es
2guardabosques - park ranger3bosque - forest4tacaño - he is
cheap / a tightwad
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vegetariana. Le encanta hacer ejercicio. Tambiéncorre en
maratones. Está en muy buena condiciónfísica.
El hijo mayor de la familia es Jason. Tiene dieci-séis años y es
estudiante en el onceavo (11°) grado.Este año Jason está muy
contento porque tiene supermiso de manejar un carro. Jason tiene un
traba-jo en McDonalds® para pagar el carro y comprar lagasolina.
Todas las noches cuando va a la casa des-pués del trabajo Jason
tiene que llevar un BigMac® asu papá. Nathaniel siempre se pone muy
contentocon Jason cuando come su BigMac y ve la televisión.
En la escuela Jason es muy popular. Es unmuchacho muy guapo y
sociable. Tiene muchosamigos, especialmente entre las chicas. Es
muydeportista y atrevido5. Jason es una estrella en elequipo de
fútbol americano de Pinelands. Juega laposición de armador de
defensa (quarterback).
Haley es la bebé de la familia. Tiene catorceaños y está en el
noveno grado. Es muy inteligentey está en las clases avanzadas
también llamadas cla-ses de honores.
En la escuela no tiene muchos amigos. Haley estímida y muy
callada en sus clases. En la casa ellaes totalmente diferente. Le
encanta la música rock
5atrevido - daring
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clásica. Su grupo favorito es Led Zeppelin. Ella vaa su cuarto y
pone la música muy fuerte. Pasamuchas horas escuchando la música y
cantando. Aveces Haley y Jason se pelean6 en la casa, pero nomucho.
Ahora Haley trata muy bien7 a Jason porqueél tiene su licencia de
manejar y un carro. Son her-manos como todos los otros
hermanos.
La familia Baker es una familia más o menosunida, pero a veces
pasan muchos días sin tiempopara sentarse en la mesa para hablar de
los eventosdel día. A veces la vida es muy ocupada para ellos.Todos
tienen sus trabajos y sus actividades. Es unafamilia normal. A
veces les gustaría ir de vacacionespara descansar y pasar tiempo
como una familia.
6se pelean - they fight with each other7trata muy bien - she
treats him very well
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Capítulo 2:
Los Baker van a Atlantic City
Es junio y todo está muy loco en la casa de lafamilia Baker. Los
padres están muy ocupados conlos trabajos. Jason y Haley tienen
mucho que haceren las clases. Están estudiando mucho para los
exá-menes finales. Todos están muy cansados.
Una tarde, Haley está viendo la televisión. Suprograma favorito
es ‘El precio es correcto’. Duranteel programa ella ve un anuncio
que dice que el pro-
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grama viene a Atlantic City. Atlantic City queda muycerca de New
Gretna. Haley está muy contenta yemocionada. Ella quiere ir para
jugar y conocer aBob Barker.
Haley corre rápidamente a la cocina y le dice asu mamá:
– El precio es correcto viene a Atlantic City.Yo quiero ir. Yo
quiero jugar.
Martha llama al estudio en Atlantic City y com-pra cuatro
boletos para ver el programa. Ella piensaque va a ser una buena
experiencia para Haley y lafamilia. Va a ser un día bonito para
todos.
Cuando Nathaniel llega a la casa, Haley le diceque la familia va
a Atlantic City para ver El precio escorrecto. El padre no está muy
contento ni muyemocionado con las noticias. Le pregunta a
Martha:
– ¿Y cuánto costaron los boletos? Tú sabesque nosotros no
tenemos mucho dinero.
Martha le responde un poco enojada:– ¡No seas tan tacaño1
Nathaniel. Los bole-
tos sólo costaron veinte dólares. Además2,nosotros necesitamos
pasar tiempo juntoscon la familia. La unidad de la familia es muy
importante.
1¡No seas tan tacaño! - Don’t be so cheap!2además - besides
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El día llega y toda la familia está emocionadapara ver el
programa. Se montan en la mini-van yvan a Atlantic City. Ellos
quieren tener suerte en eljuego durante el programa.
En la vía hacia A.C., el padre para el carro enKrispy Kreme.
Nathaniel tiene hambre (como siem-pre) y quiere comprar unas donas.
A Nathaniel leencantan las donas y compra una docena entera3.
Ellos llegan a A.C. y van al estudio de televisión.Al llegar,
encuentran a Bob Barker enfrente del estu-dio y con una dona en la
boca, Nathaniel le dice alSr. Barker:
– Hola Sr. Barker. Soy Nathaniel Baker y éstaes mi familia.
Luego, Nathaniel le ofrece una dona dejalea4. Bob Barker está
muy contento y come ladona muy rápidamente. Cuando Nathaniel ve
queal Sr. Barker le encantan las donas también tiene unaidea.
Nathaniel le dice:
– Hay más donas aquí para usted si nosotrospodemos jugar en el
programa.
Bob Barker piensa un minuto y responde:– Está bien. Ustedes
pueden jugar.
Nathaniel le da las donas. Bob Barker come tres
3una docena entera - an entire dozen4una dona de jalea - a jelly
doughnut
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donas más en un instante. Muy contento, el Sr.Barker sonríe y
tiene jalea por toda la cara.
Unos momentos después, el programa empieza.El anunciador dice
los nombres de los jugadores. Lafamilia está súper emocionada
cuando el hombredice:
– ¡A jugar!
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a - toabrazo - hug (noun)abre - s/he opensabrimos - we
openabrocharse - to buckle, to fas-
tenaburrido(a) - boring(se) aburre - s/he gets bored(se) aburren
- they gets boredacerca de - near, about(se) acercan - they
approach,
come closeracostarse - to lie down(se) acuesta - s/he lay
down(se) acuestan - they lie downademás - besides, in
additionadentro - insideaduana - customsagarra - s/he grabs; grab
(com-
mand)agua - waterahí - thereahora - nowají - chileal - to
thealegre - happyalgo - somethingallí - therealmuerzo -
lunchalrededor - around
alto - tallamable - friendlyamigos - friendsamor - loveaño(s) -
year(s)aprende - s/he learnsaquí - herearroz - rice(que) asco - how
disgustingasientos - seatsasisten - they attendasqueroso - gross,
disgusting(se) asusta - s/he gets startledaterrizar - to
landaterriza - s/he, it landsatrevido - daringavión - airplaneayer
- yesterdayayuda - s/he helpsayudarles - to help themazúcar -
sugar(el) baila - (the) dancebailan - they dancebailando -
dancingbailar - to dancebaile(s) - dance(s) (noun)baño -
bathroombebidas - drinks (noun)bebió - s/he drankbelleza -
beauty
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bien - well, finebilletera - walletblanca - whitebobo - fool,
moronboca - mouthboleto(s) - ticket(s)bolsillo - purse,
bagbonita(s) - prettybosque - forestbrazo - armbrinca - s/he
jumpsbrujería - withcraftbuen - goodbueno(a) - goodbusca - s/he
looks forbuscan - they look forbuscar - to look forcabeza -
headcacahuates - peanutscacto - cactuscafé - coffeecallada -
quietcalle(s) - street(s)calor - warmcama(s) - bed(s)cambia - s/he
changecambian - they changecambiar - to changecaminar - to
walkcaminan - they walkedcamino - road, pathcamiseta - t-shirt
campeones - championscanción(es) - song(s)cansada(s) -
tiredcansado(s) - tiredcantando - singingcara - expensivecasa -
housecasi - almostcatorce - fourteencena - light evening mealcerca
- close, nearbychaktado - Incan word for
bakedchévere - cool (slang expres-
sión)chicas - girlschicos - boyschoca - s/he, it crashescinco -
fivecinturón de seguridad - seat-
beltciudad - citycocina - kitchen; s/he cookscocinar - to
cookcome - s/he eatscomen - they eatcomer - to eatcomida -
foodcomiendo - eatingcomió - s/he atecomo - as, likecompra - s/he
buys
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comprar - to buycon - withconocenn - they know (a per-
son)conocer - to know (a person)contigo - with youcoqueteando -
flirtingcorazón - heartcorre - s/he runcorren - they runcorriendo -
runningcreen - they believecuál - whichcuando - whencuánto - how
muchcuarenta - fortycuarto - roomcuatrocientos - four
hundredcuidado - carefulcuy - guinea pigda - s/he givesda vuelta -
s/he gives a spinde - of, fromde repente - suddenlydebían -
shoulddebían haber avisado - you (all)
should have advised dejar - to leave (behind)del - of
thedemasiado - too (much)deportista - athlete, sport figuredesayuno
- breakfast
descansar - to rest(un) descanso - a restdescubrieron - they
discovereddesde - sincedespacio - slowdespertar(se) - to wake
up(se) despiertan - they wake up(se) despierta - s/he wakes
updespués - afterdestruyeron - they destroyeddevolverá - s/he will
return (an
item)día(s) - day(s)dibujos - pictures, drawingsdice - s/he
saysdicen - they saydieciséis - sixteendiez - tendinero -
moneydisfrutaron - they enjoyeddocena - dozendolor - pain(un)
dolorcito - a little paindonde - wheredormidos - asleepdormir - to
sleepdos - two(le) duele - it hurt him/her(se) duermen - they fall
a-sleepduermen - they sleepdurmiendo - sleeping
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(se) durmieron - they fell a-sleep
él - heel - theella - sheellas - they (females)ellos - they
(males or males and
females)emocionado(a) - excitedempacadas - packedempieza - s/he,
it startsen - inencima de - on top ofenfrente - in front
ofenojado(a) - angryenseñan - they teachentendía - s/he
understood,
was understandingentera - entire, wholeentonces - thenentradas -
tickets; entrancesentre - betweenequipo - teamera - I, it, s/he
waseran - they wereeres - you arees - it, s/he isesa -
thatescondidas - hiddenescucha - s/he listens toescuchan - they
listen toescuchando - listening
escuchar - to listen toescucharla - to listen to itescuela -
schoolese - thateso - that oneesos - those onesespañol -
Spanishesperando - waiting foresperan - they wait foresperar - to
wait foresta - thisestá - s/he, it isésta - this oneestaban - they
wereestán - they areestar - to beestás - s/he, it iseste - thatesto
- that oneestrella(s) - star(s)estuvo - s/he, it wasexplica - s/he
explainsfalta (le) - lacks, was missingfelicidad -
happinessfelicidades - congratulationsfeliz - happyfichas -
chipsflautas - flutesfondo - back, bottomfrente - frontfrías -
coldfritas - fried
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fuentes - fountainsfuera (como si fuera) - as if
s/he, it werefuerte - strongfuerza - strengthgallina -
chickengana - s/he winsganar - to winganas - you winganó - s/he
wongastar - to spend, to wastegente - peoplegordito - chubbygracias
- thanksgran - greatgrand(es) - biggrasa - grease, fatgratis - free
(no payment need-
ed)grita - s/he yellsgritan - they yellsgritando -
yellinggrupo(s) - group(s)guapo(s) - handsome, good-
lookingguardabosques - forest ranger(le) gusta - it is pleasing
(to
him/her); s/he likes(le) gustan - they are pleasing
(to him/her); s/he likes(le) gustaría - it would be
pleasing to (him/her)
ha tenido - s/he has hadhabía estado tomando - s/he
had been takinghabla - s/he talks, speakshablaba - s/he talked,
was talk-
inghablan - they talk, speakhablando - talkinghablar - to speak,
to talkhablarnos - to talk to ushacer - to do, to makehacia -
towardhacía - s/he, it did, made, was
makinghacían - they did, made, were
makinghambre - hungerhamburguesas - hamburgershasta - untilhay -
there ishecho - madehelados - ice creamhermano(s) -
brother(s)hermoso - beautiful, lovelyhielo - icehijo(s) - sons(s);
sons and
daughtershola - hello, hihombre - manhombres - menhora(s) -
hour(s)hoy - today
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iban - they went, were goingincaicas - Incanir - to goirse - to
go, to leavejalea - jellyjoyas - jewelsjuega - s/he playsjuego -
gamejugador(es) - player(s)jugar - to playjugo - juicejugó - s/he
playedjuntos - togetherla - thelado - sidelago - lakele - (to)
him/herleche - milkleen - they readlejos - farlentamente -
slowlyles - (to) themlevantarse - to get upleyendo - readinglibres
- free (as in liberty)limpia - s/he cleanslimpio - clean
(adj.)listo(a) - readyllama - s/he calls(se) llama - s/he calls
him/her-
self
(se) llaman - they call them-selves
llamadas - calls (noun)llanta - tirellega - s/he arrivesllegan -
they arrivellegar - to arrivellegaron - they arrivedllena -
full(se) llevan bien - they get along
wellllevar - to bring, takelo - itloco(a) - crazylos - theluego
- next, thenmadre - mothermal(a) - badmaldición - cursemaletas -
suitcasesmamá - mommandarlo - to send itmaneja - s/he drivesmanejar
- to drivemano - handmañana - morningmáquina - machinemar - seamás
- moremayor - olderme parece - it seems to memedia - half
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mediodía - noonmejor - bettermenos - minus, lessmesa -
tablemesera - waitressmi - mymiedo - fear(tiene) miedo - s/he has
fearmientras - liesmil - thousandmira - s/he looks atmiraba - s/he
looked at, was
looking(una) mirada - (a) lookmiraron - they looked at,
watchedmiró - s/he looked at, watchedmis - mymochila -
backpackmostrársela - to show it to himmuchacha(s) -
girlsmuchacho(s) - boy(s), boys
and girlsmujeres - womenmundo - worldmuseo - museummuy -
verynada - nothingnadie - no onenaranja - orangeni - neitherniños -
boys
noche(s) - night(s)nombres - namesnos - (to) us; wenos gusta -
it is pleasing to us;
we likenos sentimos - we feelnosotros - wenoticias -
newsnoticiero - news reporternovecientos - nine hundrednoveno -
ninthnoventa - ninetynueve - ninenuevo(a) - newnúmero - numbernunca
- nevero - oronceavo - eleventhorgullosos - proudoro - goldotra(s)
- other(s) (fem.)otro(s) - other(s) (masc.)padre(s) - parentspagan
- they paypagar - to paypaís - countrypájaros - birdpapá - dadpapas
- potatoespara - for; s/he, it stopsparada de taxi - taxi
standparece - s/he, it seems
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(me) parece - it seems (to me)pelean - they fightpelícula -
film, moviepelo - hairpelota - ballpensando - thinkingpensaba -
s/he thought, was
thinkingpensar - to thinkpensó - s/he thoughtpequeña(s) -
smallpequeño(s) - smallpero - butpescar - to fishpide - s/he
orders, requests,
asks forpiden - they order, request, ask
forpidió - s/he ordered; s/he
requested, asked forpiensa - s/he thinkspiensan - they
think(llanta) pinchada - punctured
or flat (tire)piso - floorpista del baile - dance floorpobres -
poor(un) poco - (a) littlepodemos - we are able, couldpollo -
chickenpone - s/he puts(se) pone - s/he becomes
por favor - pleaseporque - becausepostre - dessertprecio(s) -
price(s)preguntándo - askingpreguntan - they askpregunta - s/he
askspremio(s) - prize(s)prendió - s/he turned onpresión -
pressurepréstamo - loanprestó - s/he loanedprimer(o) - firstprimera
- firstpronto - soonpueblo(s) - village(s)puede - s/he is able,
canpueden - they are able, canpuerta(s) - door(s)pues - wellpunto -
pointque - thatqué - what(se) queda - s/he remains, stays(se) queja
- s/he complains(se) quejan - they complainquerido - loved,
belovedquiénes - whoquiere - s/he wantsquieren - they wantquiero -
I wantquince - fifteen
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quizás - perhaps, mayberazón - reasonrectas - straightrefrescos
- soft drinks(de) repente - suddenlyrespiraron - they breathed(una)
respuesta - (an) answerricos - rich(se) ríen - they laughrompió -
s/he, it brokeropa - clothesrueda - wheelruido - noisesabes - you
knowsabía - s/he knew (a fact)sabían - they knew (a fact)sabías -
you knew (a fact)sacamos - we took outsacando fotos - taking
photossacar - to take outsacar fotos - to take photossacaste - you
took outsacó - s/he took outsale - s/he leavessalen - they
leavesalida - exitsalieron - they left (a place)salió - s/he left
(a place)salir - to leave (a place)salud - healthsaludable -
healthysaqué - I took out
sé - I know (a fact)se llamaba - s/he called
him/herselfse pone - s/he becomesseas - you are
(subjunctive)según - accordingsegundo(a) - second, 2ndseis -
sixsemanas - weekssentarse - to sit downsentido - feelingser - to
beservilleta - napkinsi - ifsí - yessiempre - always(se) sientan -
they sat(se) siente - s/he feelssiete - sevensiguiente -
followingsin - withoutsin embargo - neverthelesssino - but, except
forsobre - aboutsolamente - onlysoles - Peruvian currencysólo -
onlysolos - alonesomos - we areson - they aresonríe - s/he
smilessonriendo - smiling
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sonrisa - smile (noun)sorprendido(s) - surprisedsoy - I amsu -
his/hersuavemente - softly, gently(se) suben - they get on,
climb
up/on(se) sube - s/he gets on, climbs
up/onsubir - to get on, to climb
up/onsuerte - lucksupermercado - supermarketsur - southsus -
yourtacaño - cheaptamaño - sizetambién - alsotan - sotanto - so
muchtarde - afternoontarjeta - cardtazas - cupsté - teatemprano -
earlytendrá - s/he will havetenemos - we havetener - to havetenía -
s/he hadtenía que - s/he had to (do
something)teníamos - we had
tenían - they had(han) tenido - they have hadtercera -
thirdterminarán - they will finish,
endtiempo - timetiene - s/he hastiene razón- s/he is righttienen
- they havetipo - typetoca - s/he touchestocando - touchingtoda(s)
- alltodas - all, everyonetodavía - stilltodo(s) - all,
everyonetoma - s/he takestoma la decisión - s/he makes
the decisiontoman - they taketomando - takingtomar - to
taketomaron - they tooktomó - s/he tooktrabaja - s/he
workstrabajo(s) - work, job(s)trae - s/he, it bringstraen - they
bring(que nos) traiga - that s/he
bring ustrata - s/he treats; s/he triestratan - they treat; they
try
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treinta - thirtytres - threetriste - sadtú - youtu - yourtuvo -
s/he haduds. - (ustedes) you (pl.)un(a) - aunas - someunidos -
uniteduno - oneunos - someusa - s/he, it usesusar - to useusted -
youustedes - you (pl.)va - s/he goes, is goingvamos - we go, are
goingvan - they go, are goingvas - you go, are goingvasos - vasesve
- s/he seesveces - timesveinte - twentyven - they seeventana -
windowver(lo) - to see (it)verdadero - truevergüenza -
embarrassmentvez - timeviaje(s) - trip(s), voyage(s)vida - life
viendo - seeingviene - s/he comesviento - windvieron - they
sawvio - s/he sawvisitan - they visitvisitando - vistingvisitar -
to visitviven - they livevivir - to livevolar - to flyvomitar - to
vomitvoy - I go, am goingvuelo - flightvuelta - spin, turny - andya
- alreadyya no - anymore
yo - I
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and curses!
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Edi el elefante Perfect picture book for beginners!Present &
Past Tense - 55 unique wordsEdi is a talented elephant, but he is
very small.Edi does not want to be talented or small; hewants to be
BIG! One day, Edi discovers that asmall animal can solve a big
problem and thatbeing small is not so horrible after all.
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Brandon Brown versus YucatánPast & Present Tense - 140
unique words(Two versions under one cover!)
In Mexico, bad decisions and careless mischief canbring much
more trouble than a 12-year-old boy canhandle alone. Will he and
his new friend, outwit theirparents? (Also available in French)
El nuevo HoudiniPast & Present Tense - 200 unique words(Two
versions under one cover!)
Brandon is dying to drive his father's T-bird while hisparents
are on vacation. Will he fool his parents andwin the girl of his
dreams in the process? (Also avail-able in French &
Russian)
Brandon Brown quiere un perroPresent Tense - 103 unique
words
Determined to get a dog, Brandon will do almost any-thing, but
will he do everything it takes to keep one…a secret? (Also
available in French, Italian, Latin, Chi-nese & German)
Brandon Brown dice la verdadPresent Tense - 75 unique words
Brandon quickly discovers that not telling the truth cancreate
big problems and a lot of stress! Will he win inthe end, or will he
decide that honesty is the best pol-icy? (Also available in
French)
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Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritosPast Tense - 150 unique
wordsBullfighting is a dangerous sport, and there is noth-ing more
menacing than facing a raging bull in themiddle of the ring. All
eyes are on the great torero,‘El Julí,’ as he faces off against the
most ferociousbull in the land, but nobody, aside from his
daugh-ter, Bianca, seems to notice that his greatest threatwalks on
two legs, not four. In her attempt to warn
and save her father, Bianca soon realizes that fighting an angry
bull ismuch safer than battling greed and deception.
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Frida KahloPast Tense - 160 unique wordsFrida Kahlo (1907-1954)
is one of Mexico's greatestartists, a remarkable achievement for
someone whospent most of her relatively short life wracked
withpain. Frida expressed her pain through her art, pro-ducing some
143 paintings, 55 of which were self-portraits. To this day, she
remains an icon of strength,
courage and audacity. This brief biography provides a glimpse
into herturbulent life and her symbolic art.
El Ekeko: Un misterio bolivianoPresent Tense - 190 unique
wordsPaco is disappointed when his mother suggests thathe replace
his worn out shoes with his grandfather’sold boots. He reluctantly
goes to the closet and grad-ually realizes that the closet holds
much more thanhis grandfather’s old boots and a box of letters.
Hid-den among his grandfather’s possessions is a gift that
has potential to bring some startling surprises and unexpected
conse-quences.
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Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañasPast Tense - 150
unique wordsThis is the true story of one of Major League
Base-ball’s greatest players and managers, Felipe RojasAlou. When
Felipe left the Dominican Republic in1955 to play professional
baseball in the UnitedStates, he had no idea that making it to the
‘BigLeague’ would require much more than athelticismand talent. He
soon discovers that language barriers,
discrimination and a host of other obstacles would prove to be
the mostmenacing threats to his success. (Also available in English
& French;unique word count approximately 300.)
EsperanzaPresent Tense, 1st person - 200 unique words
This is the true story of a family caught in the middleof
political corruption during Guatemala's 36-yearcivil war. Tired of
watching city workers endurecountless human rights violations,
Alberto organizesa union. When he and his co-workers go on
strike,Alberto’s family is added to the government's "exter-
mination" list. The violent situation leaves Alberto separated
from hisfamily and forces them all to flee for their lives. Will
their will to survivebe enough to help them escape and reunite?
Piratas del Caribe y el mapa secretoPresent Tense - 180 unique
wordsThe tumultuous, pirate-infested seas of the 1600'sserve as the
historical backdrop for this fictitiousstory of adventure, suspense
and deception. Rumorsof a secret map abound in the Caribbean, and
HenryMorgan (François Granmont, French version) willstop at nothing
to find it. (Also available in French)
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Piratas del Caribe y el Triángulo de lasBermudasPast Tense - 280
unique wordsWhen Tito and his father set sail from Florida
toMaryland, they have no idea that their decision topass through
the Bermuda Triangle could completelychange the course of their
voyage, not to mention thecourse of their entire lives!
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Noches misteriosas en GranadaPresent Tense - Fewer than 300
unique wordsKevin leaves for a summer in Spain, and his lifeseems
anything but perfect. He escapes into a bookand enters a world of
long-ago adventures. As theboundaries between his two worlds begin
to blur, hediscovers that nothing is as it appears...especially
atnight! (Also available in French)
Noche de oroPast Tense - 290 unique wordsNow a college student,
Makenna Parker returns toCosta Rica as a volunteer and finds
unexpected ro-mance that lands her in the middle of a
perilousscheme. Does Martín really have good intentions, andwhat
are he and his stepfather up to? Will Makennadiscover the truth
before it’s too late?’
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Robo en la noche (Prequel to Noche de Oro)Past & Present
Tense - 380 unique wordsFifteen-year-old Makenna Parker had
reservationsabout moving to Costa Rica, but didn’t know that
miss-ing her home would be the least of her worries. Shefinds
herself in the middle of an illegal scheme, andit’s a race against
time to save the treasured macaws.(Present tense version available
in French)
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Problemas en ParaísoPast Tense - 250 unique wordsVictoria
Andalucci and her 16-year-old son are enjoy-ing a fun-filled
vacation in Mexico. A typicalteenager, Tyler spends his days on the
beach with theother teens from Club Chévere, while his mother
at-tends a conference and explores Mexico. Her questfor adventure
is definitely quenched, as she ventures
out of the resort and finds herself alone and in a perilous
fight for her life!Will anyone be able to save her? (Also available
in French)
Santana Past tense - 210 unique words
Carlos Santana is a legendary Mexican Americanmusician. He
started out as a poor child in a tiny Mex-ican village and
transformed himself into an icon ofRock ‘n’ Roll. His story
illustrates the ups and downsinherent in any journey of success and
the power ofperseverance. Whether or not you are a fan of
Santana,
his story will leave you inspired!
Vidas impactantes Past tense - 250 unique wordsExplore the
fascinating stories of six influential and in-spirational
Spanish-speakers whose lives have beenimpactful. A baseball star
who gave his life helpingothers, a Cuban exile turned superstar, a
mother whonever gave up the search for her missing son, a
para-lyzed soccer star who fought his way to the top in a
new profession, a woman who revealed the secrets of history, and
a shiftsupervisor in a mine who didn’t realize his shift would last
70 days! Youmay have heard of these impactful individuals, but
after reading their sto-ries you are sure to feel inspired.
Kristy Placido
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Los Baker van a Perú375 unique words(Past & Present Tense -
2 versions under one cover!)Are the Baker family’s unfortunate
mishaps brought onby bad luck or by the curse of the shrunken head?
Jointhe Bakers as they travel through Peru and experiencea host of
cultural (mis)adventures that are full of fun,excitement and
suspense!
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Hasta la sepulturaPast tense - Fewer than 400 unique wordsIn
1500, Queen Isabella issued an official decree per-manently closing
the secret passageways that lie belowthe city of Salamanca... Nico
and Adriana decided to ex-plore them and it will prove more
dangerous than eitherimagined. They discover that the legendary
evil thatlurks below Salamanca is not so mythical after all…
VectorPast tense - Fewer than 400 unique wordsA vector of venom
infects Antonio, a Panamanianteenager, with an illness that has
far-reaching conse-quences. He is transported back in time to work
on theconstruction of the Panama Canal. Is his eerie displace-ment
reversible or will he finish his life working on oneof the most
dangerous construction sites in history?
La hija del sastrePast tense - Fewer than 500 unique
wordsGrowing up in a Republican family during Franco'sfascist rule
of Spain, Emilia Matamoros discovers justhow important keeping a
secret can be! After her fa-ther, a former captain in the
Republican army, goesinto hiding, Emilia not only must work as a
seam-stress to support her family, she must work to guard asecret
that will protect her father and save her familyfrom certain death.
Will her innocence be lost and will
she succumb to the violent tactics of Franco's fascist
regime?
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La Guerra SuciaPast tense - Fewer than 600 unique wordsAmerican
Journalist and single mother, Leslie Cor-rales travels to Argentina
to investigate the suspiciousdisappearance of ‘Raúl,’ the son of
Magdalena Casas-novas. When Leslie discovers that Raúl, along
with10’s of thousands of other suspected dissidents, hassuffered
horrific atrocities at the hands of the Argen-tine government, she
finds herself in a life-altering
series of events. Will she escape with her life and with the
informationshe needs to help the Argentine people?
La Calaca AlegrePast tense - Fewer than 425 unique wordsDoes
Carlos really suffer from post-traumatic stress dis-order, or are
his strange sensations and life-like night-mares much more real
than anyone, including Carlos,believes? Determined to solve the
mystery of hismother’s disappearance, Carlos decides to return
toChicago to face his fears and find his mother, even if itmeans
living out his nightmares in real life. As he un-
covers the mystery, he discovers the truth is much more complex
and evilthan he ever imagined.
Vida y muerte en La Mara SalvatruchaPast tense - Fewer than 400
unique wordsThis compelling drama recounts life (and death) in
oneof the most violent and well-known gangs in Los Ange-les, La
Mara Salvatrucha 13. This is a gripping story ofone gang member’s
struggle to find freedom.
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