Tristes Armas
Marina Mayoral

This book is about the Spanish civil war. It tells the story of Harmonia and Rosa, two little sisters who live in this period and whose parents send to Russia trying to give them a a better life because they couldn’t have it in Spain because of the war.
Harmonia, the oldest one, tells her experience and how she feels in her childhood, which was affected by the war at this time.
It is a very moving novel that shows the poverty and the suffering that there was in this period from the point of view of a child.
I really liked this book and it reminds me when my grandma told me her experience. And that’s why it is moving to me.

Irene Naranjo Gómez. 4ºB

Tristes Armas

This book was written by Marina Mayoral. It is located in Spain, Russia, Argentina and France during the Spanish civil war. Two girl, whose parents are republican, are in a boarding school in Cantabria but they moved to Leningrado (Russia) to be protected. Harmonia, the biggest sister, falls in love with León, another Spanish child. Rosa, the youengest sister, finds out that she really likes dancing and she is very good at it. They both miss their parents and their land. Their father dies during a battle, but their mother escapes to France, from there she goes to Argentina to work as a maid. There she falls in loxve with one of her bosses. She couldn’t go back to Spain because the Second World War started and the frontiers were closed. As she was in the USA and her children in Russia, they thought her daughter, Harmonia and her husband were Russian spies.

In my personal opinion, this book is very good and makes you think about the war and its consequences. It is very moving and a bit sad, but it has a ray of hope. I would reconmmend it to anyone who likes reading stories without fantasy and a bit of drama.

Tristes Armas

It is a book that I read two years ago. This book is about two sisters: Harmonia and Rosa. They have to go in a boat because of the Civil War. In that boat, there were a lot of children and also people who took care of them. Harmonia met a boy called Leon and then everything went better for her.
I really like this book because of the main charaters, Harmonia is a very intelligent girl.

Mercedes Martínez. 4ºB

The novel tells the story of Anna, a seventeen-year.old girl from Atlanta, who is sent to the American school in Paris. When she’s there, she meets some of her new friends. She will get to know what love is like, on the one hand pleasant and passionate, but on the other hand, it can be treacherous and complicated. That’ll be thanks to Étennie St. Clarr. The perfect boy for her. Anna will have to fight for what she wants.
I liked the book a lot. I think it tells everything that a teenager can feel and it’s funny.
I would recommend it to teenagers, specially girls because it talks about love and all that stuff.
Ana Gómez. 4ºB

Around the World in 80 days

One book I really like is Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, in which a scientist goes around the world only to win a bet between him and the royal science academy director.
At first you can think Fileas has only lost 80 days to prove he was right, that could be a wast of time for many people, but really in this trip he found two fundamental requirements for happiness: love and friendship. And isn’t that what everyone is looking for? Won’t we do the same for less?

Alberto Cañamero Arroyo.4ºB

The Black Cupboard
Joan Manuel Gisbert

The main characters of this story are Pablo and his father, Alfredo. They have moved to another city and they live in a big mansion. The girl who sold them the house enters one of the rooms, where and Pablo are supposed not to enter. Pablo is alone there, he helps Alfredo in his work and he will meet another girl who can’t see. They hear strange noises in the room. The cupboard in that room has strange and bad powers that can kill anyone. Finally, after a long adventire. He will destroy it with the help of his friend, Clara.

My opinion is that I read it a long time ago and I think it has a lot of mystery and it is really interesting. I recommend it to anyone that likes mystery and adventure books.

Álvaro Carmona García. 4ºB

This book is about a boy called Oscar, who meets a girl called Marina and her father, German, who was very ill. Oscar and Marina started solve all misteries that happened around them.
This book is written for teenagers and adults, but it can be difficult for teenagers to understand because many words are very old.

In my opinion, Marina is one of the best books I’ve ever read, however, it is a bit difficult to understand.

María Garrote Álvarez. 4ºB

This book is about Oscar Drai, the character, and Marina. Oscar Drai is a boy who lives in a boarding school, which he doesn’t like and everyday he escapes from the boarding school and he goes to the city. One of the times he escaped, he met Marina and together they will see a lot of strange things, like a special greenhouse, which has special dolls in it and which belonged to Mijail Kovenik, a man with a mortal disease.
Oscar and Marina became very good friends, and they discovered a lot of things of Mijail Kolvenik’s life.
I liked this book because it is a mistery book and a bit of horror book and there’s a love story between Oscar and Marina and I think that it is a beautiful story. I would recommend this book to a friend because I think it is worth reading it and ti mixes mistery, terror and love and I think people will like it.

Ana Martínez Nogales. 4ºB