QUIJOTE Y YO: Y La Ciencia Asesina (Intermediate Mid "Asesinas" Trilogy nº 2) (Spanish Edition)

LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERSLevel: Intermediate MidPerfect for Educators of SPANISH 4 & AP: Middle School, High School, College.Perfect for Tutors & ParentsPerfect for Independent Learners★Audiobooks availableImagine 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 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 methods, this trilogy is meant for you.BOOK TWO Quijote y Yo: Y La Ciencia Asesina—Quixote and I: And The Murderous ScienceDESTINATION: ITALY. PURPOSE: TO VISIT GALILEO GALILEI, ONE OF THE FEW SCIENTISTS OF HIS TIME TO ASSERT THAT THE EARTH MOVES AROUND THE SUN, AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. DANCING, SPEAKING ITALIAN, EATING PASTA AND LEARNING SCIENCE—LUCÍA IS IN HEAVEN! AND BEST OF ALL, NO MORE MURDERS TO SOLVE—EVER. THEIR FRIEND ANTONIETA GONZALES IS NOW A FUGITIVE—THE ROYAL FAMILY THAT BOUGHT HER WANTS HER BACK. THEY THOUGHT A HOODED CAPE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM, UNTIL THEY SAW POSTERS HANGING ALL OVER EUROPE OFFERING A JUICY REWARD FOR HER HEAD. OH...AND SHE MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY PERSON BEING PERSECUTED. IS THAT GIORDANO BRUNO ABOUT TO GET BURNED BY AN INQUISITOR? AND COULD IT BE THAT SOPHIA BRAHE, HER BROTHER TYCHO, KATHARINA GULDENMANN AND HER SON JOHANNES KEPLER ALSO JOIN THE FUGITIVE PARTY? THE MORE THE MERRIER, RIGHT? STRENGTH IN NUMBERS? NOT WHEN ONE OF THEM HAS THIRD-DEGREE BURNS, ANOTHER ONE KIDNEY ISSUES, ANOTHER ONE IS PREGNANT AND ANOTHER ONE HAS...A CERTAIN GENETIC CONDITION. BUT HEY, WITH WITCHES, HEALERS, GARDENERS, ALCHEMISTS, HERBALISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, CHEMISTS, GENEALOGISTS, MUSICIANS AND ANATOMISTS ON THEIR SIDE, IT SEEMS THEY’RE COVERED. HEY, ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN HAVING TO SOLVE MURDERS. EXCEPT...IT’S HARD TO IGNORE THEM WHEN THEY START HAPPENING AGAIN. AS THEIR JOURNEY PROGRESSES, ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS SOON REALIZE PERSECUTION BY ROYALTY AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MIGHT BE THE LEAST OF THEIR PROBLEMS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SANSÓN’S LOVE FOR DRAWING TURNS AGAINST THEM AND HEALING ARTS TURN DEADLY? THEY BETTER FIGURE IT OUT FASTER THAN A VENUS FLYTRAP CAN CATCH A FLY, OR THEY MIGHT BE NEXT. Unique Word Count: 640 wordsTotal Word Count: 16,000 wordsGenre: Murder Mystery, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction NOTE: Antonia, the main character, often chooses to refer to "us" as "nosotras" (in Spanish) when females are in equal or greater amount in a group. When referring to multiple others, she often uses "ellas" (Spanish) or "elles" (French), when females are in equal or greater amount in the group being described. Constanza Ontaneda studied eight languages formally—Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Russian, German, and Quechua. She has taught Spanish, French and/or English to adults, as well as high school, middle school, and elementary school students for over a decade, and chaired the World Language Department at a middle school in Times Square. She holds a BS in Fiber Science & Apparel Design from Cornell University, an MA in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from New York University and an MA in Creative Writing & Publishing from Western Colorado University. Read more