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Lo que esconde el monte
A novel for beginner high/intermediate low Spanish learners.
Part 1 of 7
La laguna
A mysterious traveler wakes up alone beside a quiet mountain lake in central Mexico. He is almost out of food, nearly out of money, and carrying an old lette...
Part 2 of 7
La mitad del mapa
The mysterious traveler finally has a name: Nicolás Salgado. As he approaches the cabin across the lake, he thinks about the old letter he has carried for mo...
Part 3 of 7
Una tarde de pesca
Nicolás and Javier spend an afternoon fishing beside the lake, and Nicolás begins to open up about the year he has spent traveling through Mexico with little...
Part 4 of 7
La Esperanza
Nicolás heads into Santa LucĂa del Monte to buy food and supplies, but a simple stop at a local gas station turns tense when he meets Daniel Rojas, the town’...
Part 5 of 7
La fotografĂa
Javier travels to Toluca to visit his elderly grandmother, Lupita, whose memory is beginning to fade. Just as he is about to leave, an old photograph on her ...
Part 6 of 7
El artĂculo
In Chapter 6 of Lo que esconde el monte, the mystery continues as the search for answers around the old map, Tomás Salgado, and the hidden treasure becomes m...
Part 7 of 7
La otra mitad
In Chapter 7 of Lo que esconde el monte, Nicolás and Javier uncover a new connection between Tomás Salgado and ZacarĂas Rojas. As Nicolás finally reveals mor...