Books 2018 by Liliana Zamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr synopsis of our class reading list en-us 2018-02-15 19:24:14 UTC 2023-03-10 06:03:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Érika lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232107955 The House of the Seven Gables
This story is about a  house which was inhabited a century ago by a man called Matthew Maule, who was famous for practising withcraft. He cursed the house and all the generations of Pyncheon's family who lived there. Little by little the descendants of this family were cruelly affected by Maule's curse, however, two young people's love make destiny change.]]> 2018-02-15 19:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232107955 Ismael lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232114180 The secret agent
Mr Verloc, a medium-aged man and a secret agent is married to Winnie. They both look after her brother that is lame, so he lives with them, in the little business they have. One day there is an explosion in a park . After weeks of investigation, Winnie discovers that the dead man was her brother. So she decides to kill her husband since he had lied to her about her brother's death. Ossipon, Mr Verloc's friend, offers Winnie to escape to France with him. When they are on the train to leave the country, he jumps out with Winnie's money. Two weeks later, he is in a restaurant reading about a new death...]]> 2018-02-15 19:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232114180 Santiago lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232131129 Drácula
When Young lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet count Drácula, he is far from knowing the dangerous adventure and the horror of meeting the mysterious aristocrat. From Transylvania to London, Drácula will unleash a chain of death and blood. But a few good men, including Jonathan Harker, Quincy Morris and professor Abraham Van Helsing will face the prince of darkness before it's too late.]]> 2018-02-15 20:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232131129 Mayte lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232487271 The terrible thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket
This is the story of Barnaby Brocket, a special boy who was born in a too normal family. His parents don't like to attract people's attention and want to live a normal and boring life, but all this changes when Barnaby is born. He doesn't obey to the gravity law and so he always floats. He must either stay tied or carry a weight over. His parents can't stand up this condition, always afraid of someone pointing at them,  they finally decide to take away the weight he carries and abandon him in space. Thus, Barnaby starts living countless adventures.]]> 2018-02-16 19:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232487271 Jose lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232498304 The sugar glider
Don, an experienced air pilot comes back to Australia to spend more time with his daughter Judy, a clever young teenager. As son as Don arrives, he feels he still in love with his ex-wife, Silvia, however, she has a relationship with a rich businessman, Patrick Forsha. Meanwhile, Don receives a phone call from his friend, Paul, offering him to set up a flying school. Don accepts  and Judy joins them when they try to take an old plane, the sugar glider, from Warrangi airport to Melbourne's museum. The flight will turn out to be a nightmare.]]> 2018-02-16 20:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/232498304 Pilar lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/234136178 In the shadow of the mountain
The life of Clare, a British journalist, will change when she and her family got a call notifying them that her grandfather´s body had appeared in a glacier in Zermatt, Switzerland, 74 years after a climbing accident. She decides to travel to Zermatt to bring home the body of her grandfather. However, once there, while she is trying to learn more about the life of his grandfather, she discovers that his death has not been as accidental as it seemed.

]]> 2018-02-22 10:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/234136178 Mónica lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/234139095 The girl on the train
Rachel spends most part of her day commuting by train. She likes seeing throñugh the window train the Victorian houses of Witney. House number 15 is her favourite: there Jason and Jesse live, a couple who are so in love. House number 23 used to be her house for five years, when she was married to Tom.  They broke up because Rachel is an alcoholic with blackouts. One day, while she is on the train, she sees that Jess is cheating Jason with another man. Days later, she reads in the newspaper that a girl called Megan is missing. She looks at her photo and she recognises Jess! From that point she gets involved in a thrilling story.]]> 2018-02-22 10:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/234139095 Mario lilianazamora https://padlet.com/lilianazamora/80js8b7fo9cr/wish/234144984 The hunger games
The story takes place in an invented country called Panem, in North America. The Capitolio controls thirteen districts. The novel describes a postapocaliptic situation where there is a rebellion in the population. The hunger games are created to prevent other rebellions, so the government use them to control people.
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