El Delfín mágico de la Amazonía: Easy Reader Level 3 by Verónica Moscoso
Did you know that pink dolphins exist? These friendly creatures are endemic to the Amazon rivers and currently endangered.
This magical realism novella features pink dolphins in a tale filled with love, obsession, and mystery. If you enjoy stories of enchantment and fantasy, this page-turner is perfect for you. Set in an Amazon town—a land of jaguars where canoes are a common means of transportation and spotting pink dolphins in the river is a delightful everyday experience—this story immerses you in a community that deeply respects traditional knowledge, healers, and shamans. It offers a unique backdrop while providing rich insights into Amazonian culture.
SUMMARY: When Sofía and Gabriel become a couple, everyone believes they are perfect for each other—everyone except Daniela. Each time she sees them together, a wave of sickness washes over her. Driven by desperation and obsession, Daniela seeks malevolent magic, setting in motion a tragedy that tears Gabriel away from Sofía. Will love triumph over envy and obsession? Can they find a magical way to be together again? What sacrifices will be made in the name of love, and what will be the cost?
Written as an easy Level 3 novella for Spanish learners, this book employs simple grammatical structures in various past tenses, with some present subjunctive, touches of future and conditional, and plenty of repetition. It contains approximately 290 family words and 43 cognates, weaving a captivating 6,740-word story. A full glossary is included at the end of the book, along with illustrations for each chapter. Additionally, challenging vocabulary is highlighted and accompanied by footnotes with translations on the same page.
