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A golpe de calcetín

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Paco Poyo, un vendedor de periódicos de la Ciudad de México a principios del siglo XX, se encuentra con un hombre que le ofrece comprar todos sus papeles a cambio de un pequeño favor, llevar un mensaje a un paciente del hospital, Al principio todo parecía fácil y divertido, pero Paco no imaginaba que empezaba una aventura que lo llevará a los titulares de los periódicos, y que resulta ser sospechoso de un robo a un banco.

English Description:

Paco Poyo, a newspaper vendor from Mexico City in the early twentieth century, meets a man who offers to buy all his papers in exchange for a small favor, take a message to a hospital patient, at first everything seemed easy and fun, but Paco did not imagine that he was starting an adventure that will lead him to the headlines of the newspapers, and that he turns out to be a suspect in a bank robbery.

Publishing Details

Author : Francisco Hinojosa

Illustrator : Rafael Barajas

Type of Spanish : Authentic

Physical Details

Cover: Softcover

Pages: 50

Year Published: 2016

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 6th-8th

Genre: Fiction

Sub-Genre: Fiction, Realistic Fiction

Theme: Mystery, Family