Books & Materials
¿Qué ve Juan?
Level 1 - (Digital Only)
An entry level story, ¿Qué ve Juan? is offers a guided approach with its chapters divided into short segments. Written with high frequency vocabulary recycled throughout the text, each segment is supported with vocabulary displayed at the top. A variety of Interactive practice activities offer engaging repetition of key structures.
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Cuentos culturales collection
Level 1 - (Digital Only)
A short series of chapters featuring characters living near the town of Mompox on the great Magdalena river of Colombia. High frequency vocabulary and filled with cognates, these pieces can be used as individual stories or read in sequence for a larger unit.
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Las lágrimas de Xóchitl
Level 1 / Early Level 2
When wild animals close in to stalk the remote village, no one in San Felipe is safe. After a vicious attach, Xóchitl’s responsibility becomes complicated when she must care for her injured brother while avoiding nosy neighbors. With her family and her dreams in jeopardy the rugged realities of Xóchilt’s daily life give her the resiliency to face disappointment, the danger of what lurks in the dark and the secret of B’alam.
Los sueños de Xóchitl
Level 2
Almost 15 years old, Xóchitl is desperate to experience life outside of her rural village in Guatemala. American magazines and English classes are a welcome distraction from her mundane existence of cleaning, cooking and caring for younger siblings. Her daydreams turn into reality when she is offered the incredible invitation to study in the United States.
Will Xóchitl be able to adapt to a lifestyle, climate and culture so different from what she knows?
Will this once in a lifetime opportunity be cut short by tragedy at home, her lack of money or mean girls at Roselawn High School?
Soy Lorenzo
Level 3
As the angry shrieks of his mother’s voice jar Lorenzo awake, he becomes painfully aware of the beating that his body had endured the night before…an incident that he cannot remember. Tortured by the unknown Lorenzo cannot rest until he figures out what happened.
In his search for answers, a mysterious stranger changes the path of his future when he finds himself entwined in the sacred legends of his ancestors. Is it real or a spiritual encounter? You decide.
