Wayside Publishing 2024 Readers Catalog

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2024

World Languages

Readers Edition

Dear Educators,

Are you prepared to rekindle your enthusiasm for languages, and all things extraordinary? We are thrilled to introduce our brand-new World Languages Catalog 2024: Readers Edition, thoughtfully crafted with you in mind.

This is an exciting year! Thanks to your valuable feedback, we have been diligently working on bringing you new Comprehension-based™ Readers focused on enhancing your classroom, as well as bringing updates to some of your favorite titles.

Our Comprehension-based™ Readers strategically weave high-frequency vocabulary and language structures into a compelling story. They are written by teachers in the field, and are edited by educators and language experts. Wayside’s readers help learners acquire real language and achieve real proficiency while enjoying the reading process. To assist you in your classroom instruction, our Teacher’s Guides are loaded with resources to enrich the teaching and learning experience.

By continuously listening to you, the educators and experts in the field, we create tools with the purpose of fostering language, interculturality, and critical thinking skills to prepare students for the future. We are on a mission to empower teachers and students with innovative technology tools that transform language learning experience. Our goal is to continue this pathway as we offer students a competitive advantage in a diverse, global workforce.

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Table of Contents

Spanish

Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 1 and Up

Abejas exploradas

The future of the bee colony depends on explorer bees Gabriela and Isabela.

Unique Word Count: 500 // Total Word Count: 2,700

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Brandon Brown dice la verdad

Brandon Brown learns that lying has its consequences.

Unique Word Count: 75 // Total Word Count: 4,100

Includes: Teacher’s

Brandon Brown hace trampa

Brandon Brown does not trust new student Liam, and he is determined to uncover his secrets.

Brandon Brown quiere un perro

Brandon Brown really wants a dog, and he’ll do almost anything to get one.

Brandon Brown versus Yucatán

Brandon Brown just cannot stay out of trouble, and this time, the consequences might be more than he can handle.

Unique Word Count: 140 // Total Word Count: 5,000

Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Edi el elefante

Edi learns that being a small elephant can be great.

Unique Word Count: 55 // Total Word Count: 2,100

Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

El nuevo Houdini

Brandon Brown is dying to drive his father’s 1956 T-bird while his parents are on vacation.

Unique Word Count: 200 // Total Word Count: 5,580 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

El oso peligroso

When Ollie the spectacled bear tries to make friends, all the other animals run away. They all say he’s a dangerous bear!

SPANISH 6 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Past & Present Tense
Genre: Ecology-based Fiction
//
Present Tense // Genre: Children’s Fiction
Includes:
Past
Humor
& Present Tense // Genre:
Includes:
Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor
Guide and Prep
Success Unit Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor
4
Unique Word Count: 100
Total Word Count:
Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Unit Present Tense // Genre: Children's Fiction
//
2,803
and Prep 4 Success
Word Count: 104 // Total Word Count: 4,500 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor
Unique
Includes:
Past
Present Tense
Genre: Humor
Unique Word Count: 100 // Total Word Count: 4,900
Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit
&
//

Level 1 and Up

Esmeralda, la tortuguita marina

Newly hatched sea turtle Esmeralda faces many perils as she tries to find her way to the ocean!

Unique Word Count: 50 // Total Word Count: 7,733

Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

A street dog in Mexico rises up against the odds. Based on a true story.

Unique

Includes:

Laritza

3,800

Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Los quince de Raquel

Raquel is turning 15 over the summer. All she wants for her birthday is to celebrate with her friends, but her parents have other plans.

Unique Word Count: 179 // Total Word Count: 3,871

Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

The choir director notices HonduranAmerican Laritza’s singing talent, but the actions of some students creates an obstacle for achieving her goals.

Unique Word Count: 110 // Total Word Count: 3,600

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Llama en Lima

Llama really wants to explore the city. Will she escape the zoo in Lima, Peru?

Miko is a young manatee living off the coast of Florida. He’s curious about humans, but when he gets too close to a human boat, disaster strikes!

Unique Word Count: 100 // Total Word Count: 4,089 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Marcos y los Reyes Magos

Marcos must face evil King Herod and try to save Three Kings Day. Unique

and

Mata la piñata

In this spoof of a horror story, a piñata comes to life and seeks revenge on teenage birthday party guests! Unique

SPANISH 7 waysidepublishing.com
Past & Present Tense // Genre: Culture-based Fiction Fénix
Word Count: 112 // Total Word Count:
Present Tense // Genre: Realistic Fiction Manatí
Teacher’s
Past Tense // Genre: Culture-/Ecology-based Fiction
Unique Word Count: 55 // Total Word Count: 3,500 Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Prep
Success Unit Present Tense // Genre: Culture-based Adventure
and
4
Word Count: 100
Total Word
Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Present Tense // Genre: Culture-based Adventure
//
Count: 4,100
Prep 4 Success Unit
100
Total Word Count:
Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Past & Present Tense // Genre: Thriller Spoof
Word Count:
//
3,800
and Prep 4 Success Unit
Present Tense // Genre: Ecology-based Fiction
Includes:
Includes:
Tense // Genre: Culture-based Fiction LEARN MORE
Teacher’s
Present

Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Paco, el pingüino perdido

Present Tense // Genre: Ecology-based Fiction

Paco is a baby penguin in a colony on the coast of Chile. His parents adore him and keep him safe, so why did they suddenly abandon him?

Unique Word Count: 60 // Total Word Count: 4,231

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Papálotl

Present Tense // Genre: Ecology-based Fiction

As Teresa helps prepare the family’s altar to honor her Mazahua ancestors, she discovers the secret that is carried on the wings of the monarch butterflies.

Unique Word Count: 74 // Total Word Count: 4,200

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Silencio, ¡por favor!

Samir escapes the noise of Cairo, but he finds quiet is not all it is cracked up to be.

Unique Word Count: 98 // Total Word Count: 5,692

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit Present Tense // Genre: Culture-based Adventure

Tucán

An injured toucan receives a prosthetic beak and becomes a symbol of animal rights in Costa Rica. Based on a true story.

Unique Word Count: 150 // Total Word Count: 3,792

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 8 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Past
Tense // Genre: Culture-/Ecology-based Fiction
Level 1 and Up

Level 2 and Up

48 Horas

Sonia's trip to study the Galápagos tortoises turns into a life-or-death experience.

Unique Word Count: 170 // Total Word Count: 6,500 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Tense // Genre: Culture-based Suspense

Bianca just wants to save her friend Ferdinando, but there are much greater things at stake than the life of her pet bull.

Unique Word Count: 150 // Total Word Count: 6,400

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

On Let’s Go: La Historia autorizada de Ritchie Valens

17-year-old Mexican-American Ritchie Valens rocketed to stardom to become a teen idol.

Unique Word Count: 205 // Total Word Count: 7,500 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

El chico global

Liam Bradley’s life turns upside down when he gets a mysterious message, setting in motion a fast-paced scramble to find his missing dad.

Unique Word Count: 208 // Total Word Count: 7,900

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

El Cortijo Jurado

An old mansion in Málaga is said to be the most haunted house in all of Spain. Four university students are about to find out if the stories are true.

Unique Word Count: 188 // Total Word Count: 4,694

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

El duende de Salento

Zaria works to prove that a legend is false, but she is terrified by what she discovers.

Unique Word Count: 160 // Total Word Count: 5,900

Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Lucho dreams of going to college and running on the university track team, but tuition costs are not the only hurdle in his way.

Unique Word Count: 284 // Total Word Count: 6,500

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

El Ekeko: Un misterio boliviano

Hidden among his grandfather’s possessions is a gift that has the potential to bring some startling surprises and unexpected consequences to Paco’s life.

Unique Word Count: 195 // Total Word Count: 5,815

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 9 waysidepublishing.com
Present
Mystery
Tense // Genre: Culture-based
Present Tense // Genre: Culture-based Legend Dreamer
Includes:
Present Tense // Genre: Drama
Past Tense // Genre: Culture-based Suspense
Bianca Nieves
Past
Present Tense // Genre: Culture-Based Adventure
Past Tense // Genre: Adventure-Suspense
Come
Present
Nonfiction-Biography
Tense // Genre:
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Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 2 and Up

El portal: en busca de la verdad

A mysterious planetary model leads two Venezuelan women on a dangerous journey.

La Llorona de Mazatlán

Laney Morales’ dream of playing soccer in Mazatlan, Mexico soon turns into a nightmare, as she discovers the spinechilling legend of La Llorona.

Unique

A young mother escapes a violent civil war in an attempt to find a better life for her

Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas

Felipe Alou beat overwhelming odds to become one of baseball’s greatest players.

Unique Word Count: 150 // Total Word Count: 6,000

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

La lucha

A teen farmworker joins the movement led by Cesar Chavez. He’s in for a fight.

Unique Word Count: 199 // Total Word Count: 6,125

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

La mola misteriosa

María José finds a beautiful mola among her great-grandmother’s treasured possessions, which leads her to discover a family secret.

Unique Word Count: 321 // Total Word Count: 4,799 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, an icon of

La princesa y el guerrero

Why does Popocatépetl smolder endlessly and occasionally erupt violently, unlike its two silent friends?

Unique Word Count: 180 // Total Word Count: 6,050

Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 10 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Past Tense // Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Drama
Past Tense // Genre: Culture-based Legend
Includes:
Past Tense // Genre: Culture-based Mystery
Frida Kahlo
strength,
Unique Word Count: 150 // Total Word Count: 7,200 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit Past Tense // Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
courage, and audacity.
Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Past Tense // Genre: Modernized Legend
Word Count: 290 // Total Word Count: 10,000
and Prep 4 Success Unit
Unique Word Count: 240 // Total Word Count: 9,224 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit Past Tense // Genre: Sci-Fi Adventure Fiction Esperanza
family.
200
Total Word Count:
Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Prep
Success Unit Past & Present Tense // Genre: Nonfiction
Unique Word Count:
//
7,000
and
4

Level 2 and Up

Las aventuras de don Quijote de la Mancha

Don Quijote may have gone crazy, but do not tell Sancho Panza!

Unique Word Count: 214 // Total Word Count: 6,373 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Leyendas impactantes

These six Latin American traditional legends will captivate you!

Unique Word Count: 215 // Total Word Count: 1,500

4

Libertad

The riveting true story of Dionisio's search for freedom under Cuba’s communist regime.

Unique Word Count: 230 // Total Word Count: 290 Includes:

4

Lucha Lila

Lila lacks confidence until she discovers the exciting world of lucha libre. Will she start to stand up for herself outside the ring?

Unique Word Count: 265 // Total Word Count: 6,000 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Mujeres extraordinarias

You are sure to be amazed and inspired by the incredible stories of these six extraordinary women!

Unique Word Count: 190 // Total Word Count: 331 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Noche

de oro

In this sequel to Robo en la noche, 20-year-old Makenna Parker returns to Costa Rica for more perilous adventures!

Unique Word Count: 290 // Total Word Count: 9,000 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Noches misteriosas en Granada

During a summer in Spain, 18-year-old Kevin escapes into a book and enters a world of long-ago adventures.

Unique Word Count: 295 // Total Word Count: 8,500 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Paralelo 38: La 4.a expedición de John C. Frémont

14-year-old Ted joins an expedition along the 38th Parallel. He has no idea what awaits. Unique Word Count: 208 // Total

and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 11 waysidepublishing.com
Past & Present Tense // Genre: Fiction
Past & Present Tense // Genre: Nonfiction
Word Count: 6,100 Includes: Teacher’s Guide
Past Tense
Genre: Environmental Fiction
//
Past & Present Tense // Genre: Supernatural Fiction
Past Tense // Genre: Nonfiction Biographies
Teacher’s Guide
Past Tense // Genre: Nonfiction
and Prep
Success Unit
Teacher’s
Past Tense // Genre: Modernized Legend
Includes:
Guide and Prep
Success Unit
Past Tense // Genre: Cultural Classic
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Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 2 and Up

Robo en la noche

Makenna moves to Costa Rica and uncovers a dangerous and illegal bird trading scheme.

Unique Word Count: 295 // Total Word Count: 9,500

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit Past

Santana

Past Tense // Genre: Biographical Narrative

Carlos Santana came to the US from Mexico and became a music legend around the world.

Unique Word Count: 210 // Total Word Count: 11,700

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Selena

Past Tense // Genre: Nonfiction Biography

Selena Quintanilla was considered the “Queen of Tejano Music” and was well on her way to becoming one of the most famous musical performers of all time.

Unique Word Count: 229 // Total Word Count: 6,800

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Sueño hecho realidad

Tired of the daily micro-aggressions she and her friends face at school, African American teen Denise decides to make a positive impact herself.

Unique Word Count: 270 // Total Word Count: 4,565

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Testigo: La historia de Brayan

After Brayan witnesses a horrific crime, he is forced to flee his home in Guatemala and attempt to reunite with his mother in the United States.

Unique Word Count: 198 // Total Word Count: 7,547

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Una heroína improbable

Past Tense // Genre: Humor

Anabel has inherited a special gift, which doesn’t seem so special until she uses her gift to save a life!

Unique Word Count: 155 // Total Word Count: 5,233

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Viaje sin retorno

In 1749, Mariana was living the life she’d always dreamed of. However, things took a dark turn as tragedy, death, and separation ripped her family apart.

Unique Word Count: 170 // Total Word Count: 7,300

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 12 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Present Tense // Genre: Social Justice
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Drama
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Fiction
& Present Tense // Genre: Environmental Fiction

Level 3 and Up

Bananas

Mario realizes that the banana plantation where his mother works has a sinister side when people start becoming seriously ill.

Unique Word Count: 275 // Total Word Count: 6,700

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Hasta la sepultura

Adriana follows a series of clues from Morocco, to Alcalá de Henares, to Salamanca, Spain where she goes underground to uncover an ancient mystery.

Unique Word Count: 400 // Total Word Count: 12,000

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Hombres extraordinarios

Pirate Henry Morgan is determined to find the secret treasure map.

Unique Word Count: 347 // Total Word Count: 8,150 Includes:

Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

La Calaca Alegre

Chicano teenager Carlos must solve the mystery of his mother’s disappearance in order to truly find peace in his own mind.

Unique Word Count: 425 // Total Word Count: 9,850 Includes:

and

4

La Guerra Sucia

A journalist from the US travels to Argentina to report on the disappearance of a young Argentine man.

Unique Word Count: 600 // Total Word Count: 12,350

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

La hija del sastre

Emilia’s father must go into hiding during the Spanish Civil War and it is up to the whole family to keep him safe.

Unique Word Count: 500 // Total Word Count: 12,400

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

La receta secreta

Will Mali’s school project turn into a recipe for disaster?

Unique Word Count: 255 // Total Word Count: 7,745

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Minerva

Minerva Mirabal relentlessly fought for justice for the people of the Dominican Republic, and didn’t back down even in the face of death.

Unique Word Count: 275 // Total Word Count: 8,126

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 13 waysidepublishing.com
Past Tense
Genre: Historical Fiction
//
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Fiction
Past
Tense // Genre: Historical Fiction
Past Tense // Genre: Culture-based Fiction
Teacher’s
Past Tense // Genre: Supernatural Mystery
Guide
Prep
Success Unit
Past
Historical Thriller
Tense // Genre:
Past Tense // Genre: Nonfiction Biographies
Teacher’s
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Fiction
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Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 3 and Up

S.O.S.tenible

Learn how ordinary people, young and old, have had a global impact, and find out what YOU can do to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals!

Unique Word Count: 338 // Total Word Count: 7,100

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Tezcatlipoca

Past Tense // Genre: Culture-based Thriller

Detective Rodriguez races to discover the cause of the deaths around Morelos, Mexico.

Unique Word Count: 130 // Total Word Count: 8,000

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Vector

Panamanian teenager Antonio falls ill after he is bitten by a mosquito, and is transported back in time to join his grandfather on the construction of the Panama Canal.

Unique Word Count: 400 // Total Word Count: 7,100

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Being born into a violent Los Angeles gang is tough. Escaping it might be impossible.

Unique Word Count: 428 // Total Word Count: 7,600

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Vidas impactantes

Explore the fascinating stories of six influential and inspirational Spanish speakers.

Unique Word Count: 250 // Total Word Count: 7,400

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

SPANISH 14 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Past Tense // Genre: Magical Realism Present Tense // Genre: Social Justice Past Tense // Genre: Biographical Narrative Vida y muerte en la Mara Salvatrucha Past Tense // Genre: Realistic Fiction

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Ability to communicate:

Teaching for proficiency focuses on using the target language in real-world contexts. It’s a shift away from learning grammar for grammar’s sake. Communicating with authentic language helps students see that learning a language develops valuable skills that they can use beyond the classroom.

2

Grammar & vocabulary in context:

Teaching for proficiency encourages educators to teach grammar and vocabulary in context and not in isolation. Teaching grammar and vocabulary this way helps students see the language as a form of communication, not just a list of rules or words to memorize.

3

Real-world knowledge:

Authentic resources allow students to use language the way it is naturally spoken outside of the classroom. These activities help learners use language as a vehicle to share and gain knowledge, whether they are communicating in the interpretive, interpersonal, or presentational mode.

4

Clear learning targets:

Essential questions and unit goals, can-do statements, and rubrics help demystify students’ goals and help learners selfreflect on their progress. Rubrics let students see what is appropriate for their proficiency level so they can start stretching themselves to reach the next level.

5

Success in the target language:

Engaging activities and tasks using authentic resources at the right proficiency level encourage students to want to use the target language. Once students get a taste of being able to successfully understand and be understood in another language, it will motivate them to keep learning.

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French

Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 1 and Up

Brandon Brown à la conquête de Québec

Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Brandon Brown can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

Unique Word Count: 165 // Total Word Count: 6,200

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Brandon Brown dit la vérité

Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Brandon Brown learns that lying has its consequences.

Unique Word Count: 95 // Total Word Count: 4,500

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Brandon Brown veut un chien

Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Brandon Brown is determined to get a dog, no matter the consequences.

Unique Word Count: 120 // Total Word Count: 5,260

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Édi l’éléphant

Present Tense // Genre: Children’s Fiction

Édi wants to be BIG, but he learns that being small is not so bad after all.

Unique Word Count: 65 // Total Word Count: 2,200

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Émeraude,

le bébé

tortue marine

Present Tense // Genre: Ecology-based Fiction

Newly hatched sea turtle Émeraude faces many perils as she tries to find her way to the ocean!

Unique Word Count: 90 // Total Word Count: 3,700

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

L’étudiante étrangère

Present Tense // Genre: Humor, Adventure

Exchange student Bianca is beautiful, popular, and arrogant…and she seems intent on making Dominique’s life miserable.

Unique Word Count: 147 // Total Word Count: 4,200

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Silence, s’il vous plaît !

Present Tense // Genre: Culture-based Adventure

Life in Cairo, Egypt is anything but quiet. Day and night Samir hears continuous noise in spite of his attempts to ignore or eliminate it.

Unique Word Count: 98 // Total Word Count: 5,692

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Un Royaume en danger

Past Tense // Genre: Adventure/Suspense

Martin and Leiliana discover they hold the secret to fulfilling a prophecy that could save them, their village, and the entire kingdom!

Unique Word Count: 215 // Total Word Count: 4,120

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

FRENCH 18 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future

Level 1 and Up

Une Obsession dangereuse

Present Tense // Genre: Humor, Adventure

Françoise’s obsession with alligators becomes dangerous when she plans a face-to-face encounter.

Unique Word Count: 140 // Total Word Count: 6,000 Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Level 2 and Up

Claire, la voyante

Past Tense // Genre: Supernatural Fiction

Claire has a gift: she’s clairvoyant. Can she use her vision to uncover a secret about her past?

Unique Word Count: 230 // Total Word Count: 6,938

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Le Nouvel Houdini

Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Brandon Brown is dying to drive his father’s 1956 T-bird while his parents are on vacation.

Unique Word Count: 225 // Total Word Count: 5,600

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Le vol des oiseaux

Present Tense // Genre: Environmental Fiction

When Nathalie’s father takes a new job in Cameroon, she finds herself in the middle of a dangerous scheme.

Unique Word Count: 312 // Total Word Count: 9,500

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Les Découvertes incroyables

Present Tense // Genre: Mystery/Suspense

After a terrorist attack leaves Laurine Dupont fatherless and with life-altering injuries, her brother and mother must turn their attention to her care.

Unique Word Count: 230 // Total Word Count: 3,910 Includes: Teacher’s Guide

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Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 2 and Up

Marie-Antoinette et le collier de la mort

This tale of greed, deception, and fraud is based on the true story of Marie-Antoinette and the famous necklace scandal.

Unique Word Count: 225 // Total Word Count: 5,475

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Nuits mystérieuses à Lyon

Tense // Genre: Supernatural Fiction

During a summer in France, Kevin escapes into a book and enters a world of long-ago adventures.

Unique Word Count: 330 // Total Word Count: 8,500

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Level 3 and Up

Au revoir l’Acadie

Marie and her family face danger as they are brutally expelled from their homeland during the French and Indian War.

Unique Word Count: 325 // Total Word Count: 7,550

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Felipe Alou: l’histoire d’un grand champion

Felipe Alou beat overwhelming odds to become one of baseball’s greatest players.

Unique Word Count: 290 // Total Word Count: 7,700

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

La révolution française

From the top of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Stryga the gargoyle watches as French citizens fight for human rights and equal representation.

Unique Word Count: 245 // Total Word Count: 5,850

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

FRENCH 20 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Present
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Drama
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Fiction
Past Tense // Genre: Nonfiction
Past Tense // Genre: Historical Fiction
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German

Comprehension-based™ Readers

Driven by the Principles of Second Language Acquisition.

Level 1 and Up

Brandon Brown entdeckt Bayern

Brandon Brown just cannot stay out of trouble, even in Bavaria. Will his parents find out?

Unique Word Count: 334 // Total Word Count: 6,050 Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Brandon Brown sagt die Wahrheit

Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Brandon Brown learns that lying has its consequences.

Unique Word Count: 185 // Total Word Count: 6,000

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Brandon Brown will einen Hund

Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Brandon Brown really wants a dog, and he’ll do almost anything to get one.

Unique Word Count: 185 // Total Word Count: 6,000

Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

Er träumt von Amerika

Present Tense // Genre: Mystery/Suspense

Philanthropist, businessman, politician, activist, author, filmmaker, Arnold Schwarzenegger actually began his career in a different country and arena.

Unique Word Count: 110 // Total Word Count: 3,800

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Esmeralda die Meeresschildkröte

Newly hatched sea turtle Esmeralda faces many perils as she tries to find her way to the ocean!

Unique Word Count: 50 // Total Word Count: 4,733 Includes: Teacher’s Guide and Prep 4 Success Unit

GERMAN 24 Let's Shape a Multilingual Future
Present Tense // Genre: Ecology-based Fiction Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor

Level 2 and Up

Der neue Houdini

Brandon Brown is dying to drive his father’s 1956 T-bird while his parents are on vacation.

Unique Word Count: 250 // Total Word Count: 5,900

Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Mysteriöse Nächte in Regensburg

Tense // Genre: Supernatural Fiction

While in Germany for the summer, Kevin accidentally escapes into a book of long ago-adventures and discovers that nothing is as it appears...

Unique Word Count: 174 // Total Word Count: 6,500

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Level 3 and Up

Mit dem Wind in den Westen

Past Tense // Genre: Adventure-Suspense

Frank lives in East Germany with his parents and younger brother. Frank’s father dreams of living in freedom in the West.

Unique Word Count: 274 // Total Word Count: 5,590

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Namika

Hanan “Namika” Hamdi looks neither like a typical German nor a typical rap singer, but she comes to realize that having two cultures is a gift.

Unique Word Count: 300 // Total Word Count: 4,780

Includes: Teacher’s Guide Past & Present Tense // Genre: Biography

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Present Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor
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Brandon Brown dice la verità

Brandon Brown learns that lying has its consequences.

Unique Word Count: 90 // Total Word Count: 4,200 Includes: Teacher’s Guide

Brandon Brown vuole un cane

Brandon Brown really wants a dog, and he’ll do almost anything to get one.

Unique Word Count: 100 // Total Word Count: 4,100 Includes: Teacher’s Guide

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Present Tense // Genre: Humor Present Tense // Genre: Humor
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Felipe Alou beat overwhelming odds to become one of baseball's greatest players.

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Brandon Brown is dying to drive his father’s 1956 T-bird while his parents are on vacation.

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Unique Word Count: 290 // Total Word Count: 7,700 Past Tense // Genre: Nonfiction
Unique Word Count: 300 // Total Word Count: 8,400 Past & Present Tense // Genre: Humor
almost anything to get one. Unique Word Count: 125 // Total Word Count: 3,700 Present Tense // Genre: Humor
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Canem Vult Brandon Brown really wants a dog, and he’ll do
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