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Spanish Novels for Upper-Intermediates - B2 #16
Spanish Novels: El robo del siglo
Looking for Spanish Novels? I know how tough it is to find good readings to learn a new language.
You don't usually have a large vocabulary or are able to read long and complex sentences.
You'd like to go right to the fun stuff, but maybe it's too hard for you now.
A typical Spanish reader isn't interesting or just plain boring.
But this book is not like that.
Learning with Spanish Novels is easy and straightforward. Forget about difficult long texts with English-translations. This book for Spanish learners is not like that. It will take you to the next level in less time. That means less effort and struggling towards your way to fluency in Spanish. Improving your Spanish can be lots of fun.
A Spanish Book for Upper-Intermediates (B2) Both Fun & Easy El robo del siglo is the book number 19 of the Spanish Novels Series. This Upper-Intermediate Spanish Reader is packed with useful expressions you need in everyday situations: greetings, asking questions, talking to friends, etc. Anyone who has an upper-intermediate command of the Spanish language can take advantage of this book. You need to know conditionals, gerund, pluperfect and simple past tenses. Besides, in this book you will find longer and more complex sentences and chapters.
A gang of robbers steal 390 million dollars from the Central Bank in Mexico D.F. They hide from the local police in Tijuana and then try to go to California. Because of a woman, jealousy and betrayal will creep in and make things even harder for everyone in the gang.
This Spanish Book for Upper-Intermediates will show you the most used grammar structures in different situations. As the difficulty level is just right you will learn and enjoy it at the same time. This Upper-Intermediate Spanish book will definitely help you work your way up toward more advanced readings.
Why Spanish Novels Short sentences Short chapters Easy vocabulary Simple grammar Everyday dialogues
An Upper-Intermediate (B2) Spanish Reader in SIMPLE Spanish. From the First Chapter:
Los viernes, el Banco Central de México D.F. cierra sus puertas al público a las 3pm. Después de esa hora, ya nadie puede entrar al banco. Los empleados, de todos modos, deben seguir trabajando hasta las 4.30 o 5pm. A nadie le gusta quedarse después de hora, pero la verdad es que no hay otra opción. Todos los días quedan cosas pendientes, y alguien debe encargarse de resolverlas. Hoy, los últimos en salir son los cajeros. Para ser un viernes no está nada mal: a 4.40pm ya estaban afuera del banco. En la puerta saludaron al personal de seguridad. Ellos siempre se quedaban hasta las 6 de la tarde (y a veces un poco más). El día de hoy, debían esperar a los técnicos informáticos. Sus jefes les aseguraron que los técnicos iban a llegar al banco antes de las 6pm, por lo que no tendrían que quedarse después de hora.
Efectivamente, pocos después de las 5.30 llegaron los empleados del departamento de informática. A diferencia de todos los expertos en computadoras, ellos no parecían nerds o geeks. No tenían anteojos ni remeras de Star Wars. Como estaban trabajando los tres llevaban puesto el uniforme de la empresa de servicio técnico para computadoras: camisa y pantalón azul, con el logo de la empresa en color blanco.
You don't usually have a large vocabulary or are able to read long and complex sentences.
You'd like to go right to the fun stuff, but maybe it's too hard for you now.
A typical Spanish reader isn't interesting or just plain boring.
But this book is not like that.
Learning with Spanish Novels is easy and straightforward. Forget about difficult long texts with English-translations. This book for Spanish learners is not like that. It will take you to the next level in less time. That means less effort and struggling towards your way to fluency in Spanish. Improving your Spanish can be lots of fun.
A Spanish Book for Upper-Intermediates (B2) Both Fun & Easy El robo del siglo is the book number 19 of the Spanish Novels Series. This Upper-Intermediate Spanish Reader is packed with useful expressions you need in everyday situations: greetings, asking questions, talking to friends, etc. Anyone who has an upper-intermediate command of the Spanish language can take advantage of this book. You need to know conditionals, gerund, pluperfect and simple past tenses. Besides, in this book you will find longer and more complex sentences and chapters.
A gang of robbers steal 390 million dollars from the Central Bank in Mexico D.F. They hide from the local police in Tijuana and then try to go to California. Because of a woman, jealousy and betrayal will creep in and make things even harder for everyone in the gang.
This Spanish Book for Upper-Intermediates will show you the most used grammar structures in different situations. As the difficulty level is just right you will learn and enjoy it at the same time. This Upper-Intermediate Spanish book will definitely help you work your way up toward more advanced readings.
Why Spanish Novels Short sentences Short chapters Easy vocabulary Simple grammar Everyday dialogues
An Upper-Intermediate (B2) Spanish Reader in SIMPLE Spanish. From the First Chapter:
Los viernes, el Banco Central de México D.F. cierra sus puertas al público a las 3pm. Después de esa hora, ya nadie puede entrar al banco. Los empleados, de todos modos, deben seguir trabajando hasta las 4.30 o 5pm. A nadie le gusta quedarse después de hora, pero la verdad es que no hay otra opción. Todos los días quedan cosas pendientes, y alguien debe encargarse de resolverlas. Hoy, los últimos en salir son los cajeros. Para ser un viernes no está nada mal: a 4.40pm ya estaban afuera del banco. En la puerta saludaron al personal de seguridad. Ellos siempre se quedaban hasta las 6 de la tarde (y a veces un poco más). El día de hoy, debían esperar a los técnicos informáticos. Sus jefes les aseguraron que los técnicos iban a llegar al banco antes de las 6pm, por lo que no tendrían que quedarse después de hora.
Efectivamente, pocos después de las 5.30 llegaron los empleados del departamento de informática. A diferencia de todos los expertos en computadoras, ellos no parecían nerds o geeks. No tenían anteojos ni remeras de Star Wars. Como estaban trabajando los tres llevaban puesto el uniforme de la empresa de servicio técnico para computadoras: camisa y pantalón azul, con el logo de la empresa en color blanco.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2020
About the author
Paco Ardit
33 books87 followersPaco Ardit is the author of the Spanish Novels Series. He was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1976. Since the early 1980’s he lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He loves learning and teaching languages, reading books, and writing fiction. His mission is to create the best materials for language learners who don't want to settle for easy and boring.
Combining his experience in learning, languages and fiction writing he comes up with fun and engaging graded readers in multiple genres: Mystery, Detective Stories, Romance, Comedy, Drama, and more.
Combining his experience in learning, languages and fiction writing he comes up with fun and engaging graded readers in multiple genres: Mystery, Detective Stories, Romance, Comedy, Drama, and more.
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November 8, 2019
This excellent Spanish reader is graded B2 (upper intermediate) so before you delve into it you need to brush up your conditionals, pluperfect and gerunds. Having said that, much of the narrative is in the present (vivid?) tense, and I found the vocabulary more perplexing than the grammar. That is no reflection on the book itself, more a reflection on my poor self-assessment in thinking that I am ready for B2 (Paco Ardit has written plenty of books at A1, A2 and B1 levels and the last book of his that I read was a B1). Never mind, this is a gripping short novel about a carefully planned bank robbery that works like a dream and then falls apart when the three robbers fall out with each other. I won’t spoil the plot. Suffice to say that this really is a novel, not just a vehicle for carrying gerunds and pluperfects.
I will put all the difficult vocab on my flash cards and crack on with another Paco Ardit novel very soon.
I will put all the difficult vocab on my flash cards and crack on with another Paco Ardit novel very soon.
February 19, 2023
El Robo del Siglo, is a great book for students of the Spanish language. The story is engaging with challenging vocabulary and grammar. The book does not contain pages with explanations of expressions or words used. However, since Kindle has a dictionary function built in this is not absolutely necessary anyway. The ending of this story is somewhat depressing but not surprising. Overall 'El Robo del Siglo' is a great book.
August 30, 2021
Aunque el tema en si no fue uno que me gusta mucho - tengo que admitir que las vidas de los ladrones y sus hazañas tienen poco interés para mí - lo que sí me encantó de este libro era descubrir que, a pesar de ser un nivel B2, la lectura fue muy fácil para mí. Incluso pudo terminarlo en un par de días. Eso me animó muchísimo y me dio muchas ganas de seguir practicando la lectura en español.
May 12, 2021
El libro está lleno de vocabulario para un estudiante de español pero si quieres leer un libro de crimen esto es un poco para los jovenes no para adultos. Pero es un buen libro para mejorar el español. Gracias Paco Ardit.
February 12, 2023
I took a gamble and it was a good book to read for my level of Spanish. With the help of a dictionary, I was able to read this without problems. The plot was good enough to keep me interested. If you're looking for an easy Spanish read, I'd highly recommend this!
March 4, 2020
Great ending
Good for intermediate learners. Entertaining, suspenseful and an ending that leaves you wanting to read more. As a Spanish teacher, I recommend this book.
Good for intermediate learners. Entertaining, suspenseful and an ending that leaves you wanting to read more. As a Spanish teacher, I recommend this book.
May 21, 2020
This one might have been just above my level but I’m glad I tried it anyway as it stretched my ability. The novel gets quite dark which was a bit surprising
November 10, 2020
La historia fue más interesante que los otros libros - muy bien Paco - gracias che!
April 15, 2021
I liked the storyline but I found the chapters a little short for an upper-intermediate level.
April 7, 2024
Good, entertaining novel to help my Spanish progress. Enjoyed the story.
December 23, 2023
i mean, i'm grading on a curve here. it's good spanish practice.
September 6, 2017
Bang bang!
This was an exciting challenge to read and enjoy. Paco Ardit takes the reader into common idiomatic phrases that are really helpful (phrases with 'como', for example) and, with the occasional help of an online dictionary, you can get through this reasonably fast. The plot gets a little shaky in the investigation phases towards the end, with David given an unlikely anonymous tip-off as to the whereabouts of Maria and José-Luis, and we don't hear anything more about Miguel on the Mexican side. Spanish is a beautiful language! It will start to trickle in by stealth reading these stories and you can feel a bit more confident using it walking down the Paseo del Prado in Madrid, where I am ahí mismo!
This was an exciting challenge to read and enjoy. Paco Ardit takes the reader into common idiomatic phrases that are really helpful (phrases with 'como', for example) and, with the occasional help of an online dictionary, you can get through this reasonably fast. The plot gets a little shaky in the investigation phases towards the end, with David given an unlikely anonymous tip-off as to the whereabouts of Maria and José-Luis, and we don't hear anything more about Miguel on the Mexican side. Spanish is a beautiful language! It will start to trickle in by stealth reading these stories and you can feel a bit more confident using it walking down the Paseo del Prado in Madrid, where I am ahí mismo!
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February 23, 2018This is the first novel I have read in Spanish. Paco Ardit wrote it for upper-intermediate learners. I understood it pretty well. I am starting on another novel by him tonight.
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