Un week-end à Saint-Malo
French Short Novel for Beginners (A1)
A message in a bottle. Six hours on an island.
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…
- à la gare Montparnasse
- au canal
- à l'aéroport
- Sam veut voir…
- la mer
- la tour Eiffel
- Lyon
- Léa ne veut pas aller…
- seule
- en train
- en Bretagne
Next in the series: Le train pour Lyon