La chica nueva (Spanish Edition) Paperback – May 31, 2018 Spanish Edition by Jennifer Degenhardt

Description

Author: Degenhardt Jennifer

Brand: Puentes

Edition: 2

Package Dimensions: 10x202x91

Number Of Pages: 82

Release Date: 31-05-2018

Details: Product Description
Taruka is the new girl at the high school in town. The story takes the reader through a year of high school that Taruka is not likely to forget. She makes friends and meets a boy, Cooper. Like Cooper and many of the students at the school Taruka is very involved in sports, so she gets along with her new classmates well. But issues arise with her newfound friendship with Cooper when their differences are highlighted by the adults in their lives. This book is intended as a reader for students learning Spanish. While the story has a plot similar to the classic story of Romeo and Juliet or Tony and Maria, the vocabulary and grammar are simple and comprehensible even for those just beginning with Spanish.Teachers: this is a level 1 book.
About the Author
Jennifer Degenhardt has taught middle and high school Spanish for over 24 years. She recently decided to combine her language skills with those of storytelling, specifically involving kids and culture. Her books highlight cultural, social, economic and political themes necessary for continued conversation, both in the classroom and outside. She hopes her stories will provide a platform for discussion, as anything can be solved – to some degree – with a conversation. She is the author of the following: La chica nueva, La niñera, El viaje difícil, Los tres amigos, Three Friends (for ELLs), La chica nueva Ancillary/Workbook and The New Girl (for ELLs), and La lucha de la vida, Maria Maria: un cuento de un huracán, and María María: A Story of a Storm, the English version of this title, and her latest, Debido a la tormenta. If you would like to sign up for her newsletter and receive news and special offers, then please head to: puenteslanguage.com