El Escape: Casi me mata el celular

by A.C. Quintero

Spanish Level 3+Can an obsession with technology turn deadly? Well, these techy teens are about to find out. Federico and his friends have an insatiable desire to “capture” and “record” every memorable moment. However, not all memories are created equal, and these boys are about to discover this harsh reality. Against the advice of a town elder, these thrill-seeking “know-it-all” teenagers set out to film their usual pranks and upload them to Youtube; but this time they won’t get the last laugh. They stumble upon an incident that has the #danger, written all over it. Anxious to add to their video repertoire, they press record. Now they’ve become the ”victims” of a new crime thriller. There is no turning back. Federico and his friends must outsmart the bad guys, get “deleted” forever."El escape" will take students on a thrilling ride and compel them to contemplate the consequences on the other side of the "Record" button. With a unique vocabulary of approximately 350 words, sprinkled with 19 illustrations, this high-interest level 3 (or 2nd Semester level 2) novel will have students on the edge of their seats. In addition to a plethora of cognates and grammatical structures recycled throughout the story, this novel also features vocabulary associated with family, relationships, and technology.

103 pages, Paperback

Published November 27, 2017

Reviews

[Meg Bemis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro me tenía al borde de mi asiento. Estuve tan metido en la historia todo el tiempo. Pensé que Federico era muy simpático y que Alejo era una serpiente. Era un buen villano en el sentido de que me disgustaba mucho. El final me ha destrozado. No sé qué hacer conmigo mismo sin un final claro. ¡Quiero saber lo que pasó!

[Christina Despain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me fascinó este libro. Es definitivamente para mis estudiantes en nivel 4 porque el vocabulario es avanzado y la gramática no es sencilla. El argumento de este libro es súper interesante. ¡A.C. Quintero es mi autora favorita!

[Timothy Koch · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was ok, not my favorite story. Some things were implied, rather than explicitly stated. And so I couldn’t ever quite track with the story as well as I wanted.

Of course, my Spanish is poor. So maybe I did a poor job reading it.

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked that more idioms were included than in most novellas like this, and the exposure to the vos form.

[nanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

it had a very good flow throughout the book, kind of expected ending but overall not bad and entertaining.

[Rania Lateef · Rating 2 out of 5]

It could have been good if it was in English…

[Saylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting plot but weird treatment of female characters