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Lucifer, the second book in the bilingual Palo Alto Adventure series describes how the young Palo Alto friends, Juanita, Pedro, Rafael, and Luisito find the secrets for taming a badly treated Olympic-level jumping horse, Lucifer. Juanita makes a new friend, Leora, daughter of an American engineer who is helping with the construction of a new factorynear the Mexican town. Rafael and his horse have an accident and Pedro has the first operation on his ankle. The boys are interviewed on television showing the treasure they found in Rafael's family's Hacienda. Juanita's famous equestrian cousins, Manuel and Rogelio come to help with the training of Lucifer. The four friends are invited to ride in the parade for the inauguration of the factory. Juanita and Leora, representing their respective countries, take flowers to the President of Mexico. An unexpected event almost ruins the day.
Los libros de la serie de aventuras Palo Alto estn escritos en dos idiomas (no traducidos pero escritos por la autora, B. Palma en los dos idiomas) para ayudar a los nios de dos culturas a entender sus diferencias y para que los estudiantes puedan leerlo en el idioma deseado. En todas las pginas nones el cuento estn escrito en Espaol y en las pginas pares est escrito en Ingls.
ste segundo libro de las aventuras de los compaeros de Palo Alto, describe como los amigos Juanita, Pedro, Rafael, y Luisito descubren los secretos para dominar a Lucifer, un caballo de salto olmpico muy maltratado. Juanita hace una amiga nueva, Leora, hija de un ingeniero norteamericano que esta ayudando a construir una fbrica cerca del pueblo.
Rafael y su caballo tienen un accidente y Pedro tiene la primer operacin en su tobillo. Los muchachos se entrevistan en televisin mostrando el tesoro que encontraron en la Hacienda Palo Alto de la familia de Rafael. Los primos de Juanita, Manuel y Rogelio, famosos jinetes, vienen a ayudar con el entrenamiento de Lucifer. Los cuatro amigos son invitados a montar en el desfile para la inauguracin de la fbrica. Juanita y Leora, representando sus pases, llevan flores al Presidente de la Repblica. Un evento inesperado casi hecha a perder el da.
"En el transcurso de mi vida no he tenido en mis manos otros libros diseados para nios que les hablen de las tradiciones Mexicanas y que al mismo tiempo tengan misterio combinado con aventuras como es la coleccin de cuatro libros hasta el momento de La Pandilla de Palo Alto. Mis hijos de diferentes edades; desde 9 hasta 16, se han interesado en ellos. Han ledo los cuatro y estn esperando la continuacin."
Patricia Ortiz
School Administrador
Administrador de Colegio
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About the author
B. Palma has enjoyed horseback riding all her life, especially in her youth in the State of Michoacan, Mexico, and show jumping in Mexico City with her husband. His true tales of growing up on his family’s sixteen haciendas and those of her adventurous youth in the Mexican countryside are woven into all of the Palo Alto adventures. Their lifetime love of horses is reflected by their years of equestrian show jumping. They now live in Mexico City and still ride every day. www.paloalto-bilingual-adventures.com Ms. Palma is the owner/director of two Montessori schools in Mexico City. She has a degree in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, and a Masters in Education, specializing in Montessori Integrated Education. She recently had an eight-page article published in the March centennial issue of the Montessori Life magazine. A similar article will be published in the Alpha Delta Kappa International Teacher's Sorority's biannual journal; The Kappan Recently she was awarded the Mexican National Press Circle's Special Award for Educational Merit, 2008 Her Elementary School has been officially acknowledged as a model school for the State of Mexico Her next book, And Then, takes the young adventurers of her books forward ten years where their childhood friendships grow into the beginnings of lifetime relationships. The first two books are available in Braille in Spanish.
