The second novel in an easy series of Spanish novels for 1st or 2nd year students. Patricia is a 15 year-old girl from Guatemala. She goes to California as an exchange student. She lives with a caring American family but encounters prejudice at school, especially from a girl named Debbie. By chance Patricia finds Debbie in a dangerous situation. She acts quickly and decisively to rescue her. The two girls become fast friends, and eventually Debbie goes to Guatemala to visit Patricia and her family.

Features

• 400 unique words; total word count: 6400
• 45 pages of text
• written in present tense
• Neutral Spanish with seveal Latin-American characteristics: 'carro' instead of 'coche', more use of personal pronouns than in Spain, and the use of 'ustedes' instead of 'vosotros'.
• setting: Guatemala and California

Information for teachers

Topics for discussion during the reading of this book: land and culture of Guatemala, frienship and discrimination. There is also a workbook available for this novel.

Would you like to order a class set? We will give you a 10% discount on 25 or more copies of the same title. Please, order the novels via e-mail. Due to relatively small stock numbers, please allow 2-3 weeks for your order.

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