Storylabs Learner Annual Subscription: Quijote y Yo: The Camaquen Trilogy

Storylabs Learner Annual Subscription

Storylabs delivers custom content to K-12 classrooms. It carries materials created by research-based World Language Educators. With this Subscription, you will get access to Constanza Ontaneda's digital classroom on the platform. 

Whether you are an Educator, a Learner (any age above 9), or a Homeschooling Parent, you will have access to all three books in the Novice High "Camaquen" Trilogy, with their audiobooks embedded. 

You will have access to many Textivate games, activities and tasks related to the Trilogy that only exist on Storylabs. 

Educator Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I've been teaching with CI since 2006. These are the best books I've seen! The characters, layout and illustrations are so professional. The supplementary materials follow the order of acquisition and keep the kids interested and engaged. I love the native speaker audio.

Independent Learner Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I took Spanish in high school and college and did well, but when I tried to talk to a real person, they weren’t super interested in The Red Shoes of my Aunt, which seemed to be all I knew how to talk about. Reading a magazine or newspaper article—I’d hit an indecipherable idiom in the first paragraph. With these books, though, I’m reading stories that aren’t just stupid, and I can hear a native speaker read them whenever I want instead of when the teacher played the tape. I feel like I might someday actually be fluent with some practice.

Homeschooling Parent Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I purchased this book series and curriculum for our homeschool Spanish lessons. I loved how the curriculum engaged the kids (ages 9-15 when we started) and have been impressed with how much they were learning, especially in comparison to the standard textbook approach. We had started with a standard approach, thinking we would use these books as an add-on for additional review, but we ended up switching to this as our primary curriculum. It was more interesting to the kids, and they weren't just trying to memorize; they were actually learning the language by following the story and using the language in real time to engage with it. We're planning to continue with the next level series.

Parent Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I bought this book for my teenage daughter, who is only in her second year of Spanish. She’s been struggling in the classroom to learn, as many of her classmates have studied Spanish for many years more than she has.

Now that we have found these amazing books, with the support of an outside tutor, my daughter is finally learning! She said she’s learned more in a few weeks with these books than she did in the entire first semester of the school year. Spanish is no longer as stressful as it was before, and she is enjoying the story format of the book and the instruction.

Thank you for providing such a great resource for her!

BOOK ONE Quijote y Yo: Y El Camaquen de la Huaca—Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Huaca

ALL IS WELL IN EL COLEGIO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA, WHERE ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE STUDIED SINCE THEY WERE SEVEN.

THAT IS, UNTIL BLASCO BREAKS THE RULES AND TOUCHES A HUACA, ONE OF THE SACRED INCAN OBJECTS THAT DON QUIXOTE SAFEGUARDS.

BUT HUACAS HAVE CAMAQUEN—LIFE ENERGY—AND STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN ONE TOUCHES THEM.

UH-OH. TO SOLVE BLASCO’S LITTLE PROBLEM, IT SEEMS THEY MUST GO TO PERU, AND GET THERE IN TIME FOR THE INTI RAYMI, THE INCAN FESTIVAL TO THE SUN GOD.

IT’S THE YEAR 1595, THERE’S A WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND ENGLAND—PIRATES PILLAGE AND PLUNDER THE SEAS.

NO KIDS ALLOWED ON THE JOURNEY. EXCEPT BLASCO, OF COURSE. HOW WILL ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS GET ON THE SHIP?

WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE DEADLINE, DON QUIXOTE’S DECLINING SANITY, EXHAUSTED HORSES, AND AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SUSPICIOUS ITALIAN ACTING TROUPE, THEIR CHANCES PLUMMET BY THE MINUTE.

THEY ARE BLASCO’S ONLY LIFELINE, BUT WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM, WILL THEY SUCCEED?

Unique Word Count: 350 words

Total Word Count: 4100 words

BOOK TWO Quijote y Yo: Y El Camaquen de la Momia—Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Mummy

FIFTY-SIX DAYS UNTIL THEY GET THE CHANCE—MAYBE—TO DO A RITUAL THAT WILL SAVE BLASCO.

FORTUNATELY, THINGS GO SWIMMINGLY ON THE SHIP—SUNNY DAYS, FREE THEATER, FUN GAMES, AND BLASCO SAFE INSIDE HIS INCAN-MUMMY DISGUISE.

BUT ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY ONES TRANSPORTING SACRED INCAN OBJECTS, OR TRYING TO GET TO THE INTI RAYMI.

AND THERE’S ALSO THAT SMALL LITTLE DETAIL PROWLING THE SEAS—PIRATES.

THREE SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS ROAM THE SHIP, BUT DON QUIXOTE’S PAST KINDNESS TO AN ORPHAN GIRL IS PAYING OFF—SHE IS NOW THE ONLY FEMALE CAPTAIN IN THE WORLD, AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP THEY ARE ON.

SURELY SHE CAN PROTECT THEM FROM PIRATES, BUT CAN SHE PROTECT THEM FROM CAMAQUEN? WHAT ABOUT GREED?

ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS SOON REALIZE THE SEAS ARE A WILD PLACE, WHERE EVERYONE TRIES TO MAKE A BUCK, REGARDLESS OF THE MEANS. HOW SOON BEFORE A COMEDY OF ERRORS BECOMES A TRAGEDY? IN THE CHAOS, ONLY TWO THINGS ARE CLEAR:

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME DESTINATION DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE THE SAME GOALS, AND...

MUMMIES ARE A LOT SCARIER THAN PIRATES.

Unique Word Count: 380 words

Total Word Count: 4400 words

BOOK THREE Quijote y Yo: Y El Camaquen del Sacrificio—Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Sacrifice

DAYS UNTIL THE INTI RAYMI: 0

DEADLINE: MIDDAY

ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE BARELY ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO PACHACAMAC AND DO A RITUAL THAT MIGHT SAVE THEIR FRIEND BLASCO FROM ETERNAL MUMMY-HOOD.

EXCEPT...THEY JUST FOUND OUT THE RITUAL REQUIRES A HUMAN SACRIFICE TO SUCCEED.

DO THEY LOVE BLASCO THAT MUCH?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MIX THE SUN, ANCIENT RITUALS, AND CONFLICTING AGENDAS?

JOIN ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS ON THE LAST LEG OF THEIR JOURNEY AS THEY FIND OUT WHETHER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS ENOUGH TO SAVE THEIR FRIEND AND BROTHER, AND WHETHER THEIR LOVE IS IN FACT UNCONDITIONAL.

THE INTI RAYMI IS A DAY OF OFFERINGS, CELEBRATION AND SACRIFICES...BUT...IS IT A SACRIFICE IF IT IS FORCED?

ANCIENT GRUDGES, OLD DEBTS, AND ENDLESS DECEPTION ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE AS THEY TRY TO BRING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE.

IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TURN BACK TIME, WOULD YOU WANT TO?

Unique Word Count: 360 words

Total Word Count: 4200 words

Genre: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Ancient Civilizations (Incan Empire and Pre-Incan Cultures), Mystery, Detective

LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR ADVANCED BEGINNERS

Level: Novice High

• Perfect for Educators of SPANISH 2 & 3: Middle School, High School, College.
• Perfect for Tutors & Parents
• Perfect for Independent Learners

★Audiobooks available

Imagine being able to communicate in Spanish—but actually. Imagine facilitating Spanish language acquisition for your students without them noticing, because they're having so much fun. You could be that person, with the help of Input Wand.

Constanza Ontaneda’s Novice High “Camaquen” Trilogy will fortify a novice-mid beginner’s mental representation of Spanish. Each book has twelve chapters, is illustrated, has a comprehensive glossary and is suitable for ages 9+.

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 methods, this trilogy is meant for you.

Get it now!