Biblioteca de la EOI de Oviedo

Titolo: Mistero all’Abbazia

Autore: Maria Luisa Banfi e Simona Gavelli

Casa Editrice: Cideb

Livello: A2 

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 Recensione:La storia si svolge  in un piccolo paese della campagna Lombarda. Marco e Anna vanno in vacanza alla casa dei nonni di Marco.

Anna è una studentessa di archittetura alla Università di Genova ; lei è molto felice di andare in campagna perchè le piace tutto quello che c’è li.  A lei piace moltissimo la spiaggia però le piace anche ogni mattone e rudere  dunque loro decidono di visitare qualche luogo storico e il più importante è La Abbazia di Morimondo. Fanno una gita all’Abbazia e quello che scoprono all’interno e fuori sono delle casse che gli sembrano sospette . Ma niente è quello che pare.

Il romanzo è molto interessante all’ inizio ma quando tutto è stato risolto non so se lo scrittore vuole lasciare la storia in suspense o vuole dirci che quello che c´è di fronte non è sempre vero perché l’apparenza inganna.

Valoración: 3/5

Felisa Conejero Rey   2ºNB

Titolo: Mistero all’Abbazia

Autore: Maria Luisa Banfi e Simona Gavelli

Livello: A2 

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Sintesi: Marco e Anna sono due fidanzati che sono andati nella casa di Marco nella campagna lombarda per le vacanze. C’è un’abbazia vicina alla casa di Marco, ma è tutto mistero intorno a questo luogo: non è possibile visitarla e ci sono alcuni frati che trasportano grandi casse all’abbazia. Così i ragazzi decidono di indagare che cosa succede lì. 

Opinione personale: “Mistero all’Abbazia” è un libro semplice e facile da leggere perchè la storia che racconta non è molto difficile da capire e neanche il vocabolario è complicato, e inoltre le parole difficili si spiegano nelle note a piè di pagina.  Penso che el libro sia divertente ma non mi piace molto il finale perchè è aperto, e dopo aver letto il libro non si sono scoperte tutte le cose che sono successe, ma per il resto io penso che sia un buon libro.

Valoración: 3/5

Claudia de Zárraga Mata   2ºNB

Título: An Ideal Husband

Autor: Oscar Wilde

Editorial: Penguin Readers

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Básico

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Reseña: Una adaptación de todo un clásico, “An ideal husband”, describe la burguesía inglesa a través de un perfecto esposo que, como la burguesía, no lo es tanto. En formato de obra de teatro, dispuesta en diálogos, lo que hace muy fácil seguir la lectura con audio. Presenta una trama semejante a las aventuras de Conan Doyle: problema-intriga-solución.

 Valoración: 4/5

Jose Allende  2ºNB

Título: Saving Private Ryan

Autor: Max Allan Collins

Editorial: Penguin

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

Review: This book tells the story of James Ryan, a veteran soldier who is visiting Normandy with his family, a place where he was fighting when he was a soldier 54 years before.

When D-Day finished on June 6, all of his brothers who were also  in the army, had fallen in the battle. Then the army chief of staff, General Marshall, ordered to find the fourth brother and get him out of France and send him home. This part of the story tells us the hard work of a small unit of the army whose mission is to find private Ryan. Finally, after having lost two comrades in the fight they find him, but he refuses to abandon his duty and then they all decide to fight together. 
 
This book was easy to understand and entertaining if you like historical events. If you are a fan or enthusiastic about military history,  you will find a very good story in this book.

Valoración: 5/5

Vicente Suárez  2ºNI

Título: The Talented Mr Ripley

Autor: Patricia Highsmith

Editorial: Penguin

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

Review: “The Talented Mr Ripley” was written by Patricia Highsmith, author of other famous books as  “Strangers on a Train”. This story has been made into a successful and popular film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. 

The book tells the story of Tom Ripley, an American young man, who starts a new life when  Mr Greenleaf, Dickie’s father, asks him to persuade his son to return to the U.S. In return, he would pay all his expenses. Dickie and Tom had met a few years ago but they had never been friends. Tom goes to Italy, where Dickie lives, and they start a friendship. However, Tom  had always wanted to become  a successful person as Dickie is, with enough money to live without any worries. He thinks it is the right time to get it, and  the best way is to kill and impersonate Dickie. Tom looks enough like Dickie so it isn’t difficult to use Dickie’s passport. He is a very clever person and finally he manages to deceive everybody, even the police who conclude that Dickie killed himself. 

From my point of view, the book is quite entertaining. Actually, I couldn’t put it down until the end. On balance, I ‘d recommend it as a good book for those who enjoy modern fiction stories.

Valoración: 5/5

Salome Menéndez  2ºNI

Título: A Scandal in Bohemia

Autor: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Editorial: Penguin Readers

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Básico

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Reseña: este libro está formado por  breves relatos sobre aventuras de Sherlock Holmes, que te enganchan desde el principio.

Contiene un CD con un nivel de audición muy fácil de seguir, pues tanto el Sr. Watson con su lento modo de hablar como el Sr. Holmes con sus dilatadas explicaciones consiguen un ritmo muy adecuado para 2º de básico.

Valoración: 4/5

Jose Allende  2ºNB

Título: Meet me in Istanbul

Autor: Richard Chisholm

Editorial: Heinemann

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

Review: The story takes place during a holiday in Istanbul. The book is about a man who visits his fiancée in Istanbul where she is working. In the beginning everything happens as normal, but when he arrives there, he finds out that she is dead. He cannot believe it and with the help of a friend, he starts to investigate. The main character is a good man in love who only wants to visit his fiancée, a successful and hardworking woman; but she finds out something strange in her job and then the problems start. 

I really liked this book because I could not put it down from the beginning. It was easy to read because the language is not difficult and it was quite enjoyable and absorbing.  The book is highly recommendable because it is really entertaining. I am sure everybody will find it interesting.

Valoración: 5/5

Sheila Cidón Brincones 2ºNI

Título: The Prisioner of Zenda

Autor: Anthony Hope

Editorial: Pearson

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

Review:  ”The Prisioner of Zenda” contains all the features of a good adventure book: chance, surprise, danger, skill and love.

The book opens with adventure-loving young Rudolf Rassendyll at home in England, looking for excitement. One day he reads in the newspaper that a new King, Rudolf the Fifth, is going to be crowned in Ruritania and he decides to go there. When he arrives, he stays in the town of Zenda where he meets the new King and discovers that he looks just like him. The King finds this similarity really amusing at first, but then it becomes really important.

From my point of view the story is quite moving and well-written. There is a lot of new vocabulary and some adjectives are a bit difficult to understand, but that doesn´t affect the reading.

If you like adventure books, you shouldn´t miss this one!

Valoración: 4/5

Jesús Franco Ampuero  2ºNI

Título: The Prisioner of Zenda

Autor: Anthony Hope

Editorial: Pearson

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

Review: 

The book that I read is “The Prisioner of Zenda” by Anthony Hope. It´s an adventure book and the story is told by the main character.

This novel is about the adventures of a young English gentleman, Rudolf Rassendyll, in the fictional European kingdom of Ruritania where he lives the adventure of his life: he has to impersonate the King of the country who was drugged by his evil brother, Duke Michael.

I think the book is quite absorbing. The most interesting part is when Rassendyll and his friend carry out their plan to save the King. I would recommend it as an entertaining book for those who enjoy adventures and romance.

Lucía González Gutierrez  2ºNI

Título: The Fruitcake Special and Other Stories

Autor: Fran Brennan

Editorial: Cambridge

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

Reseña: ”The Fruitcake Special and Other Stories” was written by Fran Brennan and it was first published in 2000. It is a recollection of five interesting stories about the power of discovery that are set in different countries across the globe.

One of the stories is about a woman who has two children and has lost her husband some years ago. Since her husband’s death, she has always been sad and never goes out. But her life will change on her birthday´s day, when her children give her a present, tickets to go and watch a TV programme.

I think this is an entertaining book that is easy to understand and follow.

Valoración: 4/5

Vanessa García Menéndez  2ºNI

Título: A Matter of Chance

Autor: David A. Hill

Editorial: Cambridge

Obra adaptada: SI

Nivel: Intermedio

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Review: The book I read is called “A Matter of Chance” by David A. Hill. It is a thriller and Paul Morris, the main character, tells the story.

The story takes place in Italy, where Paul and his wife Jacky live happily in love, but Paul’s happy life changes when Jacky dies in an unlucky accident. After that, Paul does not want to come back to England where his family lives. He wants to live by himself in Italy. Few months later, Paul and his workmate Sandra, fall in love and start a beautiful relationship, but not everything is perfect…

From my point of view, this book is worth-reading and absorbing. I like this kind of stories because you do not know what will happen in the end, it is not boring at all!

Valoración: 4/5

Marta Martínez Valdés  2ºNI