By: Margarita Pérez García & Patricia Martí Torres
Tonia Patagonia is orphaned and alone in the world. Her only legacy is a magical box that holds her family’s unique treasure. There’s just one problem: the box will not open.
To unlock it, she must find seven crystals hidden across South America. She is determined. She is Tonia Patagonia, after all. And she is never cold, hot, thirsty, hungry, sleepy… or scared.
She sets off on a wild adventure through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. From one scary surprise to the next, she learns that the real treasure is not gold or jewels but something far more powerful and nothing like she expected.
Woven with humor and heart, this story is perfect for beginner Spanish learners who want to explore South America, learn numbers, colors, and useful expressions, and discover what really makes us happy.
Themes: family and relationships, friendship, adventure
Level 1, written in the present tense with only 84 word families
©2025. Spanish. Level 1. High school. 6 x 9 inches. Softcover, 110 pages.
SKU: 1B7676
ISBN: 978-1-0671008-0-3
Tonia Patagonia y la caja mágica - Level 1 - Spanish Reader by Margarita Pérez García & Patricia Martí Torres
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By: Margarita Pérez García & Patricia Martí Torres
Tonia Patagonia is orphaned and alone in the world. Her only legacy is a magical box that holds her family’s unique treasure. There’s just one problem: the box will not open.
To unlock it, she must find seven crystals hidden across South America. She is determined. She is Tonia Patagonia, after all. And she is never cold, hot, thirsty, hungry, sleepy… or scared.
She sets off on a wild adventure through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. From one scary surprise to the next, she learns that the real treasure is not gold or jewels but something far more powerful and nothing like she expected.
Woven with humor and heart, this story is perfect for beginner Spanish learners who want to explore South America, learn numbers, colors, and useful expressions, and discover what really makes us happy.
Themes: family and relationships, friendship, adventure
Level 1, written in the present tense with only 84 word families
©2025. Spanish. Level 1. High school. 6 x 9 inches. Softcover, 110 pages.
SKU: 1B7676
ISBN: 978-1-0671008-0-3
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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.
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