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LEYENDAS IMPACTANTESuna colección de leyendas
(Novice Version)
Written by
Kristy Placido
Cover and Chapter Art by
Rozlin Opolka
Edited by
Carol Gaab
Copyright © 2018 Fluency MattersAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-945956-69-0
Fluency Matters, P.O. Box 11624, Chandler, AZ 85248
[email protected] • FluencyMatters.com
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A Note to the ReaderThis comprehension-based reader is a
collection of
authentic legends from 6 different countries in LatinAmerica.
You will notice two versions: an easier read,which starts from the
front cover and a more challeng-ing read, which begins from the
back cover.
This book is written strategically and comprehen-sibly for
beginners and advanced beginners to help youeasily pick up the
language while you enjoy readingcompelling traditional stories. We
suggest you perusethe glossary to familiarize yourself with some
commonstructures that are used throughout the legends.
The comprehensive glossary lists all words andphrases that are
used in the book. In addition, moreadvanced and complex structures
are footnoted at thebottom of the page where each occurs.
We hope you enjoy and are inspired by these legends...
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About the AuthorKristy Placido has been a high school Spanish
teachersince 1997. She holds a masters degree in Curriculumand
Teaching from Michigan State University and anadditional
endorsement in School Library Media fromGrand Valley State
University. She has written and co-authored various
comprehension-based readers as wellas several Teacher’s Guides and
Spanish curricula. Sheis passionate about creating compelling,
culture-richand comprehensible reading materials for students!
Other readers by Kristy Placido:Hasta la sepulturaRobo en la
nocheNoche de OroNoches misteriosas en GranadaFrida KahloVida
impactantes
Co-author:Brandon Brown versus Yucatán
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Índice
La muchacha y el viento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
La india Mariana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
El origen del maíz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
La leyenda del coquí . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
El Sombrerón . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
El Silbón . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 50
Glosario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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¿Qué es una leyenda?
Una leyenda es una historia. Las leyendas tratande explicar lo
que ocurre en la vida. Las leyendas sepasan de generación en
generación, y muchas vecesevolucionan con el tiempo.
Existen diferentes tipos de leyendas, y aquí, pue-des
encontrarlas todas. Hay leyendas sobrenaturalesque tienen
personajes muertos o en las que aparecenmonstruos. Hay leyendas
religiosas que hablan dedemonios, de milagros, o de santos. Hay
leyendassobre el origen de las cosas que son muy comunes enlas
culturas indígenas. Finalmente, hay leyendas queles advierten a las
personas de situaciones que estánmal vistas en una cultura o de
situaciones peligrosas yexplican cómo escapar de esos peligros.
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La muchacha y el vientoNáhuatl - México
Había una muchacha azteca. Se llamabaMayá. Ella vivía con su
papá y su mamá. Vivían enuna casa muy elegante. Mayá tenía 16 años.
Supapá era el líder de su tribu. Mayá quería salir dela casa.
Quería salir con sus amigos, pero el papáde Mayá le decía que no.
Su papá le decía «¡Salirde la casa está prohibido!».
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La india MarianaArgentina
En San Juan, Argentina, había un pueblo quese llamaba Pocito.
Pocito era famoso por la leyen-da de una vieja mujer indígena. Ella
se llamabaMariana. Mariana era una vieja misteriosa.
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El origen del maízBolivia
Existían dos tribus incas que eran enemigas.Una tribu se llamaba
Charcas y la otra se llamabaChayantas. Las tribus eran muy
competitivas.Buscaban oportunidades de estar en guerra1 consu
rival.
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1guerra - war
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La leyenda del coquíPuerto Rico
Los taínos eran personas indígenas que vivíanen la isla de
Puerto Rico. Los taínos llamaban a laisla «Boriquén». La vida en la
isla podía ser difícil.Había un dios que se llamaba Huracán.
Huracánatormentaba a los residentes de la isla. CuandoHuracán
llegaba con su violencia, los residentesde la isla buscaban
protección en cuevas.
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El SombrerónGuatemala
En Antigua, Guatemala, hay una zona que sellama ‘La
Recolección’. En esta área, están las rui-nas de un pueblo antiguo.
El pueblo antiguo fuedestruido en el año 1717 por un enorme
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El SilbónVenezuela
Una noche, un hombre que se llamaba Carlosy su hijo Andrés
pasaban por los llanos1 deVenezuela. Buscaban un sitio para pasar
la noche.
1llanos - tropical grassland plains east of the
Andesmountains
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Aa - to abandonaron - they aban-
doned abrió - s/he opened abuelo - grandfatherabusaba - s/he
abused; it
abusedabusar - to abuse aceptado - accepted aceptar - to accept
aceptará - will accept aceptaron - they accepted acepto - I accept
aceptó - s/he accepted acercó - s/he approached actividades -
activities adiós - good byeadmiraba - s/he admired admiraban - they
admired adulto(s) - adult(s) agua - water ahora - now al - to the
alma - soul amigos - friends amor - love
año(s) - year(s)antiguo - old; ancient aparecer - to appear
aparecían - they appeared área - area areítos - a type of
ceremo-
nial song and danceperformed by the Taínopeople to honor
theirgods.
armas - weapons; arms arruinara - ruinasí - so ataca - attacks
atacó - attacked ataquen - attack aterrorizados - terrified
atormentaban - they tor-
mented atractiva - attractiveatractivo - attractiveayudaba -
s/he helped ayudaban - they helped ayúdame - help me ayúdanos -
help us ayudar - to help ayudó - s/he helpedazteca - Aztec
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Bbar - bar batalla - battle batey - a ball game played
by the Taíno people bella - beautiful blanca - white blancos -
white bohio - a Taíno word for
house bonita - pretty bonitas - pretty bonito - pretty Boriquén
- the Taíno name
for the island of PuertoRico
bosque - forest brazo - arm bruja - witch buen - good buena -
good buenas - good buenos - good busca - s/he looks for buscaban -
they looked for buscar - to look for buscarla - to look for her/it
buscaron - they looked for buscarte - to look for you
busco - I look for buscó - s/he looked for
Ccaballo(s) - horse(s) cabello - hair camina - s/he walks
caminaba - s/he was walk-
ing caminaron - they walked caminó - s/he walked canción(es) -
song(s) cantaba - s/he sang cantaban - they sang capturar - to
capture casa - house casado - married casara - marry casarme - to
get (myself)
married casarnos - to get (ourselves)
married (se) casaron - they got mar-
ried casarse - to marry cásate conmigo - marry me causa - causes
causar - to cause causó - caused caza - hunt
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celebraban - they celebrated celoso - jealous cementerio -
cemetery cerca - close ceremonias - ceremonies charcas - name of a
tribe chayantas - name of a tribe chico - boycírculos - circles
color(es) - color(s) come - s/he eats comer - to eat comía - s/he
ate comieron - they ate como - like; as cómo - how competitivas -
competitive completamente - com-
pletely compraba - s/he bought comprendía - s/he under-
stood con - with conexión - connection (se) confundieron - they
got
confused confusión - confusionconmigo - with me conmoción -
commotion contenían - they contained
contenta - happy; content contigo - with you continuar - to
continue convento - convent; a com-
munity of nuns convirtió - s/he converted;
turned into coquí - a type of tree frog in
Puerto Rico corazón(es) - heart(s) correr - to run corría - s/he
ran corriendo - running corrieron - they ran corrió - s/he
rancorten - cut cosa(s) - thing(s) creación - creation creer - to
believe creo - I believe creó - s/he believed cruel - cruelcrueles
- cruelcuando - when cueva(s) - cave(s) cultivó - s/he
cultivated;
grew (a plant) cura - priest curiosidad - curiosity curioso -
curious
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Ddaba - s/he gave darle - to give to him/herde - of; from debajo
- under; below decía - s/he saiddecían - they saiddecidieron - they
decided decidió - s/he decided declararle - to declare to
him/her declararon - they declared defendió - s/he defendeddel -
of the; from the delicados - delicate deliciosa - delicious
delicioso - delicious demoniaco - demonic demonio - demon
desaparecido - disappeared desaparecieron - they disap-
peared desapareció - s/he disap-
peared desesperada - deperate despertaba - s/he woke updespertó
- s/he woke up después - after destrucción - destruction
destruida - destroyed destruido - destroyed determinación -
determina-
tiondía(s) - day(s) diabólica - diabolical; evil diarias -
dailydice - s/he says dieciséis - sixteen dientes - teeth diferente
- different diferentes - different difícil - difficult dijeron -
they said dijo - s/he said dinero - money dio - s/he gave dios -
god diosa - goddess dioses - gods and goddesses direcciones -
directions disgusto - disgust distancia - distance dónde - where
donde - where dormía - s/he slept dormido - slept dormir - to sleep
dormitorio - bedroom dos - two
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dramáticamente - dramati-cally
durante - during durmieron - they slept durmió - s/he slept
Ee - andechado - thrown outel - the él - he elegante - elegant
eliminado - eliminated ella - she ellos - they emocionados -
excited en - in; on (se) enamoró - s/he fell in
love encima - on top encontrar - to find encontraron - they
found enemiga - enemy enemigas - enemies enojado - angry enorme -
enormous enterrada - buried enterraron - they buried enterró - s/he
buried entonces - then
entraba - s/he entered entraban - they were enter-
ingentrar - to enter entraron - they entered entre - between;
among entró - s/he entered era - was eran - they were eres - you
are es - is esa - that esas - those escapar - to escapeescaparse -
to escape se escapó - s/he escaped escena - sceneescuchaba - s/he
listenedescuchaban - they listened escuchar - to listen escucharon
- they listened escuchó - s/he listened ese - that eso - that
españoles - Spaniards especial - specialespecialmente - especially
espiar - to spy espiaron - they spied esposa - wife
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esposo - husband ésta - this (one) esta - this está - is estaba
- was estaban - they were están - they are estar - to be estas -
these estás - you are este - this esto - this estuviera - were
estuvo - s/he was eternamente - eternally eventos - eventsexactitud
- exactitude; pre-
cision existe - exists existía - existed existían - they existed
experiencia - experience experto - expert explicaré - I will
explainexploraba - s/he exploredexplorar - to explore
Ffamilia - family familiarizarnos - to familiar-
ize ourselvesfamoso - famousfascinados - fascinated favorito -
favorite fea - ugly fiesta - party; celebration fin - end
finalmente - finally flaco - skinny flecha(s) - arrows forma -
form; shape fortuna - fortune frágil - fragile frenético -
franticfría - cold fríos - cold fue - was; went fuego - fire fueron
- they were; they
went fuerte - storng furia - fury; rage; extreme
angerfuriosa - furiousfurioso - furious futuro - future
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Ggracias - thanks gran - great grande - large grandes - large
granos - grains gritando - shoutinggritaron - they shouted gritó -
s/he shouted grupo - group guerra - war guerrero(s) - warrior(s)
guitarra - guitar gustaba(n) - liked; was
pleasing gustaría - would like
Hha - has había - there was; had hablaban - they talked hablando
- talking hablar - to talk hablara - s/he talkhablarle - to talk to
him/herhablaron - they talkedhables - you talkhabló - s/he talked
hacer - to make; to do
hacernos - to make (our-selves)
hacia - toward hambre - hunger han - they have hay - there is;
there are hija - daughter hijo - son hipnótico - hypnotic hipnotiza
- hypnotize hipnotizada - hypnotized hipnotizadora - hypnotizing
historia - story historias - stories hola - hello hombre - man
hombres - men hondas - slingshots honor - honor hora(s) - hour(s)
horror - horror horrorizadas - horrified horrorizados - horrified
hubo - there was hueso(s) - bone(s) humano - human huracán -
hurricane
Iiba - s/he was going
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iban - they were going idea - idea iglesia - church ignoró -
s/he ignored impaciente - impatient impacientemente - impa-
tiently importaba - was important importante - important importó
- was important imposible - impossibleincas - Incas (ancient
civi-
lization of Peru) increíble - incredible increíblemente -
incredibly indígena - indigenous indígenas - indigenous inmediato -
immediate instantáneamente - instantlyinstante - instantinteresaban
- they interestedintrusos - intrusiveinvadir - to invade investigar
- to investigateinvitada - invited; guestinvitó - s/he invited ir -
to go irse - to go away; to leave isla - island
Jjuegos - games jugaba - s/he played
Lla - the; it; her lanzar flechas - to shoot ar-
rows lanzaron flechas - they shot
arrows las - the le - him/her les - them levantó - lifted;
picked upse levantó - stood up leyenda(s) - legend(s) líder -
leader llama - s/he calls llamaba - s/he called llamaban - they
called llamaron - they called llamo - I call llamó - s/he called
llanos - tropical grassland
plains east of the Andesmountains
llega - s/he arrives llegaba - s/he was arriving
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llegaron - they arrived llegó - s/he arrived llevaron - they
took llevó - s/he took lloraba - s/he was crying llorado - cried
lloró - s/he cried llovía - it was raining lluvia(s) - rain(s) lo -
him/it loca - crazy localizaba - was located localizar - to
locateloco - crazy locos - crazy los - the; them
Mmadre - mother magia - magic mágicas - magic magnéticas -
magneticmagníficas - magnificent maíz - corn mal - bad mamá - mom
mañana - morning mano(s) - hand(s) más - more matrimonio -
marriage
me - me; myself mencionó - s/he mentioned mercado - market mi -
my miedo - fear mientras - while mijo - my son mina - mine
miniatura - miniaturemiraron - they looked miró - s/he looked mis -
my miserable - miserable misión - mission misteriosa - mysterious
misteriosamente - mysteri-
ouslymisterioso - mysteriousmisteriosos - mysterious momento -
moment monstruo - monster mortal - mortal mucha - much muchacha(s)
- girl(s) muchacho(s) - boy(s) muchas - many mucho - much muchos -
many mujer - womanmurió - s/he died
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murmurando - murmuring;mumbling
música - music muy - very
Nnada - nothing narraba - s/he narrated; told
a story narrando - narrating; telling
a story necesita - s/he needs necesitaban - they needed necesito
- I need negra - black negro - black nervioso - nervous ni -
neither; norniños - children no - no noche(s) - nights normales -
normal nos - us notó - s/he noted; noticednuevo - new nunca -
never
Oo - or observaba - s/he observed
observar - to observeobservarla - to observe herobservaron -
they observed observó - s/he observed obsesionada - obsessed
obsesionado - obsessed ocasiones - occasions ocurrían - they
occurredoí - I heard oíste - you heard ojos - eyes oportunidad -
opportunity organizadas - organized origen - origenoro - gold otra
- other; another otras - others otra vez - again otro - other;
another otros - others oyes - you hear oyó - s/he heard
Ppadre - father padres - parents pájaro - birdpapá - dad para -
for; in order to; stop parece - seems
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parecía - seemed particular - particularpasaba - was passing;
was
happening pasaban - were passing;
were happening pasado - past; passed; hap-
pened pasar - to pass; to happen pasaron - passed; happened pasó
- passed; happened paz - peace peces - fish peligroso - dangerous
pelo - hair pensaba - s/he thought pensaban - they thought pensando
- thinking pensaron - they thought pensó - s/he thought pepita(s)
de oro - gold
nugget(s) perdóname - forgive me perdone - pardon perfecta -
perfect perfecto(s) - perfect perforó - perforated; punc-
tured permitió - s/he permitted pero - but
perro(s) - dog(s) personalidad - personalitypersonas - people
pescaba - s/he was fishing plan - plan planes - plans planta(s) -
plant(s) pobre(s) - poor poca - a small amount poco - a small
amount, a bit podemos - we can podía - s/he could podían - they
could por - for porque - because posesiones -
possessionsposibilidad - possibility posiblemente - possibly
practica - practicepracticaba - s/he practiced preciosa - precious
precisión - precision preferidas - preferred; fa-
vorite preguntó - s/he asked preocupados - worried se
preocuparon - they wor-
riedpreparar - to prepare prepare - prepare
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probablemente - probably problema - problem prohibido -
prohibited protección - protection proteger - to protect protegerla
- to protect her protegerlo - to protect him pudo - s/he could
pueblo - town pueda - can puede - s/he can pueden - they can puedes
- you can puerta - door (se) puso - s/he became
Qque - that qué - what quedó - s/he remained;
stayed queremos - we want querer - to wantquería - s/he wanted
querían - they wanted quién - who quiere - s/he wants quieres - you
want quiero - I want
Rrana - frog rápidamente - quickly real - realrealidad - reality
realmente - really recibía - s/he received recomiendo - I
recommendreconstruyeron - they re-
built relación - relationshipresidentes - residents respondió -
s/he responded resto - rest resultado - resultrevelarse - to reveal
him-
self/herself/itself rico - rich ricos - rich ridículo -
ridiculous río - river rival - rival robara - s/he stole robarle -
to steal from
him/her robe - steal robó - s/he stoleropa - clothing rosbif -
roast beef
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ruinas - ruins rumores - rumors
Ssaber - to know sabes - you know sabía - s/he knew sabían -
they knew saco - sack sal - leave salía - s/he was leaving salieron
- they left salió - s/he left salir - to leave secreta -
secretsecreto(s) - secret(s) según - according to señora - woman,
lady ser - to be si - if sí - yes siempre - always significa - it
means silbaba - s/he whistled silbando - whistling silbido -
whistle silbón - whistler simple - simple simplemente - simply
sintió - s/he felt sitio - site; place sobre - about sola -
only; alone solo - only; alone sombrero - hat son - they are sonido
- sound sonrió - s/he smiled sopa - soup sorprendido - surprised
soy - I am su - his; her; their suave - soft sufría - s/he suffered
sufrieran - they suffer su(s) - his; her; their suave - soft;
smoothsufría - s/he suffered sufrieran - they suffer
Ttaínos - indiginous people
that inhabited theCaribbean
talento - talent también - also tan - so tarde - afternoon;
late
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te - you temblor(es) - earthquake(s) tendrás - you will have
tenemos - we havetener - to have tengo - I have tenía - s/he had
tenían - they had terminaron - they finishedterrible(s) - terrible
tiempo - time tiene - s/he has tienes - you have tímido - shy;
timid tipo - type tocaba - s/he played (music) tocando - playing
(music) toda - all; everything todas - all; everything todo - all;
everything todos - all; everything tomó - s/he took tormenta -
storm tornado - tornado torrenciales - torrential trabajaba - s/he
worked trabajar - to work trabajo - I work trance - trance
transformó - s/he trans-formed
traumatizada - traumatized traumatizados - traumatized trenzado
- braided trenzarle - to braid trenzas - braids tres - three
tribu(s) - tribes triste - sad tristeza - sadness truco - trick
tu(s) - your tú - you tumba - tomb; grave tuviera - have tuvieron -
they had tuvo - s/he had
Uun - a, one una - a. one unas - some uno - one unos - some
usaba - s/he used usar - to use ustedes - you
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Vva - s/he goes válido - valid valientemente - valiantly;
bravelyvamos - we go varios - various; several ve - s/he
seesveía - s/he saw veían - they saw ven - they see venado - deer;
venison venados - deer venía de - was coming from ventana - window
ver - to see verano(s) - summer(s) verde(s) - green otra vez -
again vida - life vieja - old viejas - old viejo - old viene de -
comes from viento - wind vieron - they saw vio - s/he saw violencia
- violenceviolento - violent
visitar - to visit viste - you saw vivía - s/he lived vivían -
they livedvivir - to live volver - to return volverte a ver - to
see you
again volvieron - they returned volvió - s/he returned voy - I
go voz - voice
Yy - and ya - now; already
Zzona - zone; area
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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