Juliana - Level 1 - Spanish Reader by Margarita Pérez García

By: Margarita Pérez García

Juliana is special. Juliana is an albino bat with special abilities. Juliana lives with her brother in a secret cave in Spain, but Juliana is not happy. The bats in her colony don't accept her: she's white, she's different. That's right, Juliana is not only different, she also does everything differently. She always has incredible plans and ideas.

One day, Juliana feels a strange vibration coming from outside the cave. what is it? She senses danger, so Juliana decides to investigate and so begins an adventure that takes her far beyond the safety of her cave. Will she survive? Will she be able to use her special abilities to save her colony from destruction?

Themes: racism, albinism, sibling relationships, bats, destruction of the natural environment.

Level 1, written in the present tense with only 90 word families + 62 cognates

©2018. Spanish. Level 1. High school. 5 x 7 inches. Softcover, 61 pages.

SKU: 8B3057
ISBN: 978-0-4734-1245-6

About the Author
Margarita Pérez García is a Venezuelan author of easy-to-read literature in Spanish for beginning language learners. Margarita holds two master's degrees in Spanish language and Spanish and Latin American literature. With 30 years of experience as a Spanish and French teacher, Margarita writes high-interest stories about Venezuela's natural beauty and diverse wildlife, natural disasters, and the human impact on the environment, combining conservation themes with myths and legends of Indigenous cultures. Margarita specializes in supporting struggling readers and learners with reading difficulties and has become a leading author of easy-to-read literature. You can find her on Instagram @mrsperezgarcia and on her website at margaritaperezgarcia.com.