Un week-end à Saint-Malo
French Short Novel for Beginners (A1)
A message in a bottle. Six hours on an island.
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Jojo, the old mechanic who sold Léa her workshop, asks her to come to Saint-Malo: Léa's mother has called him. Léa and Sam take the train to Brittany for a rainy weekend, and Jojo promises to talk 'at low tide'. On Sunday morning, on the sand path to the island of the Grand Bé, Sam finds a bottle with a message in English, written twenty years ago by a nine-year-old girl from Jersey. The tide comes back in six hours. A short, adult novel for complete beginners of French (A1).
Inside
- 36 short chapters, about 90 words each
- Every new word in bold, explained in easy French
- A glossary, a summary and 3 questions after each chapter
- Answer key, full vocabulary list and a one-page grammar guide
- A free printable worksheet on the book's web page
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Read chapter 1: Gare Montparnasse
Samedi, huit heures. Léa et Sam sont à la gare Montparnasse. Il y a beaucoup de monde. Des valises, des sacs, des chiens.
Léa a deux billets dans la main. Paris, Saint-Malo.
— Merci de venir, dit Léa.
— Je veux voir la mer, dit Sam. En Angleterre, la mer est grise. Je veux voir une mer française.
— La mer française est grise aussi.
— Ah.
Sam rit. Mais il sait une chose. Léa ne veut pas aller chez Jojo seule. Pas pour cette histoire.
Glossary
- gare
- railway station
- billet
- ticket
- mer
- sea
- seul
- alone
Check yourself
- Léa et Sam sont…
- au canal
- à la gare Montparnasse
- à l'aéroport
- Sam veut voir…
- la mer
- la tour Eiffel
- Lyon
- Léa ne veut pas aller…
- en train
- en Bretagne
- seule
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- Le vélo bleu A1
- Le marché du dimanche A1
- Le tandem de Montmartre A1
- Un week-end à Saint-Malo A1
- Le piano des Chartrons A1
- Le pigeon de Lille A1
- Le train pour Lyon A2
- La recette de Mamie Paule A2
- Le chien de Belleville A2
- La photo de 1985 A2
- Noël à Strasbourg A2
- Le chalet d'Annecy A2
- Mort au Vieux-Port B1
- Le tableau du Panier B1
- La nuit des calanques B1
- La météorite de Toulouse B1
- Disparu à Nice B1
- L'hiver à Québec B2
- Le dossier de Bruxelles B2
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