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1. THE CHALLENGE
Author: Anne Stanmore
Summary:
Arrived the first day of school, and next of a long summer, Helen, Bobby and Lisa return to meet and
they tell all that they are doing during the summer. Helen was bored of her life and of be how she was,
so in a night she goes to a night hiding from her parents, here, she met a men that offered some
strong drink. Them, when Bobby was sleeping, Helen phoned him scared for help and he going in his
father's car to help her at the nightclub, in Bristol. When they was together, Helen tell his that the
man was tried abduct. They went back when a police stopped ther because he drived without licence
and Bobby need pay a penalty and appear in court. Their parents punishment with 6 months without go
out. Next than six months, at last could meet and while they drink coffe in a café, Lisa appeared.
She was tired of her life and she asked again if could go out with they, so they can meet together as
before. The Helen's fathers has got a meeting with the Gregory's teacher and the Headmistress, and
they tell than Gregory go very good at the school and they wan open the school for more childrens with
problems and for enable the school, they go to do a challange for the foundraising with a prize (a
travel to París), and Lisa, Helen and Bobby participed. They wen to organize in a school a big party the
St Valentin's Day for the foundraising. The day before of the party already and all prepared was a big
storm and the salon flooded. Them they had to cancel the party, but affortunatly, someone, give her a
local when they could do the party. The party was succesfull and at the next day everybody was happy.
Now the had to think in other event but betwen the exams and the personal parties, didn't put
according for Easter, but they planned a fashion show on May. When the show end, Bobby asked the
tickets for change for money in the bank, onebody have got it because Helen had left the bag to a
little children and them, they started to criticized. At the next day after question got that the boy
admit that he spend the money in her sister's team. Finally, the Newspaper Team win the challenge,
but the three friends go to California with Bobby's grandparents.
Vocabulary:
• Entire (6)- todo- A entire year of activities
• Across the top (7)- cruzando la parte superior- Across the top ofthe photo, we can see a
beautiful hause
• Impresive (8)- impresionante- An impressive view of the river
• Few (8)- pocos- There are few people this night in the disco
• Advert (8) anuncio- In this programme there are a lot of adverts
• Busy (10)- ocupado- You're very busy. Left the football trainers
• Above (11)- arriba- The apple is above the table
• Loud (11)- ruidoso- It was a loud place
• Bit (13)- poco- He was a bit angry
• Soon (14)- en poco tiempo- Soon, they are tired
• Unhappily (14)- infelizmente- She was unhappily with her mark
• Upset (14)- molesto- I'm upset with the joke
• Wider (20)- más amplio- We need a wider car
• Challenge (20)- desafío- It will be a big challengue
• Soon after wards (20)- poco después- Soon after wads, the door oppened
• Almost (21)- casi- There are two girls in almost every teams
• Agree (23)- de acuerdo- You never can be agree with she
• Bussinesses (28)- empresas- My father is a propietary of a business
• Sport field (31)- campo de deportes- I was in the sport field

2. • Thieves (34)- ladrones- I saw the thieves
• Sorry (37)- apenada- My mum is sorry because she want a better hause
• Lucky (38)- afortunado- He is very lucky!! He has won the lottery!!
Characters:
Helen Smith: She is sixteen years old, she was brounette with a dark hair and she's got black eyes.
She was quiet and generous, them very friendly. She appeared on pages: 6, 13, 22, 27, 30.
Bobby Leader: He is sixteeen years old, and he has got curly dark hair, and, he is a very good
friends. He likes the basket, his favourite team is Los Angeles Lakers. He appeared on pages: 7, 14, 35,
38.
Lisa Seymour: She is a sixteen years old, she is blonde and she is a model. She appeareed on pages:
6, 18, 28, 35.