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1. Card of the book
Title: The Challenge .
Author: Anne Stanmore.
Characters:
Helen, appears on page six, is an English girl, 16 years
old, student , brown hair , is a nice, pleasant ,hardworking
girl , a little jealous and pessimistic, since does not
believe the things you can end well . She loves his friends
and his family, particularly his brother Gregory. It is
kindly and affectionate as it participates in raising money
for other children with disabilities.
Bobby, also appears on page six, is a boy of 16 years,
American source, he is African-American and has
dreadlocks in her hair, he is student , is a loving,
enthusiastic guy and good friend and willing to help at all
times and without thinking it. Is supportive and kind
because it also helps others.
Lisa, also appears on page six, is a 16 year old girl , is
very pretty , tall , white skin and blonde hair . She works
as a model. She is creative and enthusiastic, in addition is
always willing to help a good cause.

2. Summary:
The story chronicles the start of course of three teenage
Friends, Helen, Lisa and Bobby, who they come back
from holiday , all of them are nervous for the first day of
class to meet again. Helen feels a bit of envy from the
other two, as she has not had holidays while Lisa has
worked as a mode and has been a magazine cover , and
Bobby has traveled to California and has obtained the
driver's license. That makes Helen want to do something
that can tell to your Friends and one night, she decides to
go it alone at a dico, and a guy who was in the bar, put
something in the drink, with the intention of abusing her ,
but she was able to escape , and requested help from his
friend Bobby , that he picked her up with the father's car .
This bad experience of Helen, gives way to the challenge,
that is the book argument . The Headmistress of the
Institute , the same Headmistress of his brothe , deaf, them
proposes to raise money , to expand the offer of enrolment
of people with disabilities at the Institute, after the good
result of adaptation of his brother. This initiative, It is the
incentive that the boys needed for feel fulfilled, They
decide to extend this challenge to all boys of the Institute ,
with the incentive of winning a trip to Paris. Everyone
participates: some doing a newspaper , others combing in
a hairdressing salon, others taking photographs… and
they organize all kinds of parties . After much work, effort
and problems, they get raise quite money
,but they cannot be the first , another Institute team wins

3. the trip , But if they get that parents of Helen appreciate
the immense effort, which have put her and her friends in
achieving this objective and they decided to give her
daughter the cost of the trip to California , to join with
Bobby and Liza , to grandparents`s house of this one.
Vocabulary:
 Suntans: bronceado – p.6
I have more suntans than my best friend.
 Jealous: celoso – p.8
My cousin is very jealous for my marks.
 Deaf: sordo – p.9
Fortunately , in my family there arent any people
deaf.
 Trip: viaje – p.10
Our school does three trips for year in every course.

4.  Alone: sola – p.10
I trust in my family, for this i am not nerve alone.
 Narrow: estrecha – p.13
The street is very narrow.
 Agreed: stuvo de acuerdo – p.16
I agreed in parliamentary voting.
 Fair: justo – p.37
I'm just with the people.
 Bake: hornear – p.21
My mun bake a biscuits every week.
 Unhappily: desgraciadamente – p. 14
Unhappily , I lost my car.
 Themselves: si mismo – p.36
They always speak about themselves.

5.  Decide: decidir – p.10
I decide the things with head.
 Empty: vacío – p.11
I am not an empty person.
 Address: dirección – p.12
I went to the wrong address.
 Prizes: premio – p.37
I won many prizes in basketball.