Piratas del Caribe y el Mapa Secreto

by Mira Canion, Carol Gaab

Piratas del Caribe y el Mapa Secreto is an easy, present-tense book for first-year Spanish students.

Genres: Spanish Literature, School

60 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Oscar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read in class. Went as well as is expected.

[Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

If there was a battle between Spanish 3 and this book, Las Piratas would win! I, shockingly, understood a solid 60% of this book, and am forever grateful for all the journals I got out of writing by reading this instead. Loved the rapidly paced plot and the man-hating main pirate.

[Hope · Rating 1 out of 5]

read in class. i’m burning it

[Josephine Sheesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars simply because I have never had such a goofy time reading a book in class. This book is objectively bad, but it's so terrible you can't help but enjoy it. I guess the secret is just embracing the stupidity.

[Jami · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book would be a fun read for middle school or high school. Students would have fun with it and there are some great opportunities to recreate the scenes for a class project.

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well I wanted to practice my Spanish reading skills so I guess this book succeeded in that regard, but it’s truly terrible writing. The characters are complete idiots and incredibly vain. The dialogue is like listening to five year olds. Do real people even say “Ay, caramba!”? I thought that was a stereotype. The only woman in the story is reduced to her beauty and doesn’t really have a thought of her own except that she likes adventure. And the amount of times someone “romantically touched” someone’s arm was hilariously high. Between the poor writing and the fact that the level was pretty easy for me, I won’t be revisiting this one.

[Austin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Piratas del Caribe y el Mapa Secreto was very intriguing, from the pirates searching for the map to the battles in the middle of the ocean. I read this book in my Spanish class and from the moment we started I couldn't wait to read it again with all the cliff hangers. I really enjoyed the story from beginning to end, apart from the fact that Raquel changed sides during the book, and not caring about the characters she left. The book was very well written, and I would recommend it to anybody who is starting to learn Spanish as it gives a very good variety of vocabulary to learn.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story. I just started (quarantine) reading with my class so I do not know if my students will like it. Mira Canion writes pretty good books, though. And her teachers' guides are useful, with diverse activities. It isn't just lists of comprehension questions. I think I will be keeping this one in the rotation.

[Jael Sylva · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I started this low-level reader as an adult in my 40s trying to improve my Spanish skills, I figured it would be pretty boring but good practice. Well, it was good for my Spanish skills, but it was also a really entertaining story! Drama, mystery, danger, a love triangle…Este libro fácil es perfecto!

[Sabriya Miksovsky · Rating 2 out of 5]

i had to read it for spanish class, however it was really sexist and kinda bad. it was however, more interesting than some of the other books we had to read for the same class. it widened my vocab and enriched my language learning experience. very spicy.

[Kateee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a good book. Its a book for starting spanish.

[Mario · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recommend this book to those who enjoy reading books about pirates and Spanish at the same time.

[polina · Rating 2 out of 5]

spicy

[Dartanyn Maddox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful for a beginning Spanish learner. It was alright story-wise.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the limited vocabulary, I really liked this story. It's great for beginning Spanish.

[Abigail · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a Spanish learner I like books like this that help me learn the language. To other Spanish learners I advise saying it out loud it helped me with pronunciation and comprehension.

[Delanie Dooms · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leí para mi clase de Español en la escuela secundaria.

[Jami Hart · Rating 2 out of 5]

SO confusing.
They escape yet they are still there.

[sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

read this as a cute activity for french class lol. super cute and i personally loved it.

[BarricadeBoiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

pure insanity. the amount of twists. really felt like a fever dream.

[Kate Schumacher · Rating 1 out of 5]

had to read this for class and it was so boring ngl

[papa (Paige😧😧) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Antonio le gusta mucho pegar

[Meredith]

If this is being read independently by a student, I will need to make sure to check in (more than normal) that they don't get confused

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this in Spanish class - it was good, but nothing to write home about.

[kenley · Rating 2 out of 5]

probably be better if i didn’t have to read it for spanish cause it wasn’t really all that bad.

[Sophia · Rating 1 out of 5]

senora gotta listen to us when we say we hate a book. also that sombrero she made us wear in class probably has lice and shit on it

[Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

For my first Spanish book, it was very enjoyable. Sooo, Antonio, you suck. And you're darn right I ship Captain Henry Morgan and Raquel.

"The villain could treat the princess better than the prince ever could." ~ Unknown