Level 1 - Rival

Foreign Language Learning and ESL Books and Games

$8.95

SKU: 978-0983695844 Mira Canion

Rival by Mira Canion. Belonging to the genre of language learner literature, this is an easy Spanish reader containing just 270 new vocabulary words and many English-Spanish cognates.

Plot Summary:

Tension is mounting. Despite 500 years of the Spanish Reconquista, Christian Kings have managed to recapture only two-thirds of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslims. When Muslim leader Al-Nasir starts amassing troops from Africa, Christians declare a crusade to recruit and gather military forces in Toledo.


The epic 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa looms. With a call of duty and a sense of holy devotion Knight Templar Pedro Vega Garcia, run deeper than his battle scars, is eager to meet his rivals. However, his immediate challenge just may be his 16-year-old niece Clara and her insatiable curiosity about Islamic and Arabic cultures.

 

This book has 88 pages with 42 pages of photos of the settings in the book: Segovia, Toledo, Seville, Cordoba, and Jaen.