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Paperback: Quijote y Yo: Y La Exhibición Asesina, Book One in the Intermediate Mid "Asesinas" Trilogy

Paperback: Quijote y Yo: Y La Exhibición Asesina, Book One in the Intermediate Mid "Asesinas" Trilogy

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BOOK ONE Quijote y Yo: Y La Exhibición Asesina—Quixote and I: And The Murderous Exhibition

LAST YEAR OF SCHOOL IN EL COLEGIO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA, WHERE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE STUDIED SINCE THEY WERE SEVEN. OH NO! DON QUIXOTE GIVES THEM A CLEAR CHOICE: THEY CAN KEEP LEARNING IN HIS LIVING ROOM, OR THEY CAN TRAVEL.  

IT’S THE HARSH WINTER OF 1599, AND LUCÍA ISN’T KEEN ON FREEZING, BLASCO RAN AWAY FROM HOME TWO YEARS AGO, SO THEIR QUARTET IS RUINED, AND THEY KNOW THAT TRAVELLING WITH DON QUIXOTE EQUALS TROUBLE EVERY TIME. SO, THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.  

FIRST STOP: TOLEDO. SANSÓN’S PENCHANT FOR ART IS ABOUT TO GET SATISFIED! OFF THEY GALLOP TO AN EXHIBITION FEATURING THREE PAINTERS WHO AREN’T SPANISH YET HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE COUNTRY. THEY’RE EAGER TO SEE PAINTINGS BY EL GRECO, SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA AND LAVINIA FONTANA, BUT NO SOONER DO THEY ARRIVE THAN PEOPLE START DROPPING LIKE WOUNDED BULLFIGHTERS 

THEY COULD MOVE ON TO ITALY TO QUENCH LUCÍA’S THIRST FOR SCIENCEOR ENGLAND, SO ANTONIA CAN GET HER LITERATURE FIXBUT THIS BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE AS THEY MAKE AN UNEXPECTED FRIENDSHIP THAT BOTH COMPLETES THEIR QUARTET AGAIN AND PUTS THEM ALL IN MORTAL DANGER.  

TO TOP IT OFF, THEY REALIZE A LEGEND ASSOCIATED TO ONE OF EL GRECO’S PAINTINGS IS PUTTING QUIXOTE AT FATAL RISKNOW THEY REALLY MUST SOLVE THE CASE. WHAT STARTED OUT AS THEIR LAST SCHOOL TRIP SOON BECOMES A LETHAL MASQUERADE INVOLVING ROYALTY, THE POPE, DISTINCTIVE GENETICS, LOVE AND BETRAYAL, MAKING THEM QUESTION JUST WHAT EXACTLY IS ON EXHIBITION, AND WHETHER ANY NUMBER OF MASKS CAN HIDE ONE’S GREATEST FEARS.  

Unique Word Count: 660 words

Total Word Count: 16,300 words

Genre: Murder Mystery, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction 

LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR INTERMEDIATE-MID LEARNERS

Level: Intermediate Mid

  • Perfect for Educators of SPANISH 4 & AP: Middle School, High School, College.
  • Perfect for Tutors & Parents
  • Perfect for Independent Learners

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Constanza Ontaneda’s Intermediate Mid “Asesinas” Trilogy will fortify an intermediate-low learner’s mental representation of Spanish. Each book has twelve chapters, is illustrated, has a comprehensive glossary and is suitable for ages 13+.

If you teach through story and the Theory of Comprehensible Input guides your work, this trilogy is meant for you. If you wish to learn a language with research-proven methodsthis trilogy is meant for you.

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