LEARN OR TEACH SPANISH WITH THIS TRILOGY FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS Level: Intermediate Low Perfect for Educators of SPANISH 3 & 4: Middle School, High School, College. - Perfect for Tutors & Parents - Perfect for Independent Learners ★Audiobooks available Imagine being able to communicate in Spanish—but actually . Imagine facilitating Spanish language acquisition for your students without them noticing, because they're having so much fun . You could be that person, with the help of Input Wand . Constanza Ontaneda’s Intermediate Low “Pactos” Trilogy will fortify a novice-high learner’s mental representation of Spanish. Each book has twelve chapters , is illustrated , has a comprehensive glossary and is suitable for ages 13+. If you teach through story and the Theory of Comprehensible Input guides your work, this trilogy is meant for you. If you wish to learn a language with research-proven methods , this trilogy is meant for you. BOOK ONE Quixote and I: And The Pact of the Duchess ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN EL COLEGIO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA, WHERE THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS HAVE STUDIED SINCE THEY WERE SEVEN. THAT IS, UNTIL A YELLOW-EYED WOMAN DELIVERS A LETTER FROM THE DUCHESS OF ALBA. SHE INVITES THEM TO THE INAUGURATION OF A MUSEUM AT HER PALACE, AND “ASKS” DON QUIXOTE TO “DONATE” ALL THE SACRED INCAN OBJECTS THEY SAFEGUARD TO HER VENTURE. THAT HURTS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY SAFEGUARD A PAINTING THAT HOLDS THE LAST HOPE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IN 1571 TÚPAC AMARU BECAME THE LAST INCA OF VILCABAMBA, GOT A PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF PAINTED AND MADE A PACT WITH THEIR SUN GOD, INTI, VIA A GOLDEN DISC MADE IN HIS IMAGE. IF A PERSON IN THE FUTURE CAME ALONG WORTHY OF RESTORING THE EMPIRE, THEY COULD UNLOCK THE SPELL INTI PUT ON THE PAINTING, BECOME YOUNGER, AND SPEARHEAD THE RESTORATION. THEY FEEL HOPE WHEN THEY MEET A POTENTIAL CONTENDER FOR THE INCAN EMPIRE RESTORATION, BUT DREAD TAKES OVER AS THEY UNCOVER THE DUCHESS’ OWN BLOOD-CURDLING PACT THAT COULD GET THEM ALL KILLED AND RUIN THE INCAS’ ONLY CHANCE. WILL MAGIC BE ENOUGH TO SAVE THEM AND HELP RESTORE THE INCAN EMPIRE? WHAT ABOUT TRICKERY? HOW ABOUT A PROPHECY? Unique Word Count: 490 words. Total Word Count: 8000 words BOOK TWO Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Mummy WHEN TÚPAC AMARU MADE THE PACT WITH INTI TO PUT A SPELL OF YOUTH ON HIS PORTRAIT, HE MEANT IT TO WORK FOR A DESCENDANT OF HIS PEOPLE WHO COULD RESTORE THE CRUMBLING INCA EMPIRE...NOT FOR A RUTHLESS DUCHESS WITH A SPECIAL DIET AND A PROPHECY TO FULFILL. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GREATEST GOD IN THE LAND HATES HIS PEOPLE AND NOW SERVES SOMEONE ELSE? Unique Word Count: 460 words. Total Word Count: 8000 words BOOK THREE Quixote and I: And The Camaquen of the Sacrifice WELCOME HOME EVERYONE! WE’RE IN PERU! THE THREE CONTENDERS FOR THE INCAN EMPIRE RESTORATION ARE EAGER TO RECONNECT TO THEIR ROOTS, THE DUCHESS IS THRILLED, AND ANTONIA AND HER FRIENDS ARE GLAD TO BE BACK, SO HOW COME THE GREATEST DEITY IN THE LAND IS NOT HAPPY TO BE THERE? Unique Word Count: 450 words. Total Word Count: 8400 words Genre: Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Ancient Civilizations (Incan Empire and Pre-Incan Cultures), Mystery, Detective Constanza Ontaneda has taught Spanish, French and/or English to adults, as well as high school, middle school, and elementary school students for over a decade, and chaired the World Language Department at a middle school in Times Square. She holds an MA in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from New York University and an MA in Creative Writing & Publishing from Western Colorado University.