Le Mystère de la falaise rouge (Una Aventure D'axel Et Violette) (French Edition)

This book was a delight to read. The target audience are French speaking youngsters from 8 to 12 but Monsieur Thil's books also have a following with foreign students wishing to improve and maintain their knowledge.They are ideal for this purpose for a number of reasons. An advanced beginner (A2 level in the EC proficiency standards) will be able to handle this short work with help from a dictionary. As many words that may be unfamiliar or forgotten can be determined through context, it will not require a great deal of consultation.More advanced students such as myself find it useful for maintaining vocabulary and language patterns. The writer uses good standard French without slang which, while colorful, sounds silly coming from a non-native speaker and contains numerous pitfalls for the unwary.The story is told primarily through spoken dialogue in the present and past perfect with no fancy convolutions in less used tenses. This is invaluable for those of us who are non-native and do not spend much time in a French speaking environment.Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, Marc Thil's stories are well written and exciting much as is some of the excellent English juvenile literature; for example, the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew series. The two amateur detectives in Le Mystère de la falaise rouge, Axel and Violette are much like their American counterparts in many regards.Merci, Marc Thil !

As an adult I am perhaps not the target audience for Marc Thil's books; nonetheless, I have enjoyed them as I continue to learn French. Like many people, I have trouble getting excited about trying to learn from tables of verb conjugations, vocabulary lists, etc. I would much rather read something that's entertaining. These short books are reminiscent of the old Hardy Boys mysteries. If you can read the Petit Nicolas books (I highly recommend them), you should be able to handle these. One thing I particularly like is that many of Thil's books (including this one) are written mainly in the present tense. In my opinion this makes them a little easier for learners of French compared to stories written in the "passé simple" tense, which, as I understand it, shows up only in written works. Incidentally, I am referring to the Kindle editions: They are very reasonably priced (at least at the time of this writing) and work fine on my Paperwhite.I have also read the following books by Marc Thil and recommend them as well: Le Mystère de la fillette de l'ombre (French Edition) Vacances dans la tourmente (French Edition) Histoire du chien Gribouille (French Edition) Histoires à lire le soir (French Edition) Histoires à lire le soir 2 (French Edition) Histoires à lire le soir 3 (French Edition) 40 Fables d'Ésope en BD (French Edition) Note that the "Histoires à lire le soir" are actually collections of short stories and "40 Fables d'Ésope en BD" is in the bande dessinée (comic strip) format, which wasn't ideal on my Kindle but certainly worked well enough. Bonne lecuture!

My French class is in the middle of this book right now. We love it--the story is interesting, even for adults. The French is exactly the right level for us--difficult enough to be challenging. We are learning new vocabulary and grammar. We have loved all the books written by Marc Thil and hope that he continues to write. We also appreciate that his books are affordable.

Another good adventure book from Marc Thil. I read these books to improve my French comprehension. The stories are engaging and the level is perfect for learning new phrases and vocabulary.

I realy like this author, he writes nice stories for young kids. We read them with my son every night.

Great way to improve your French! Best for upper beginners to lower intermediate level.. it’s truly great as is isn’t made for language learners, so it isn’t some contrived story that tries to use all the grammar rules and such. Recommend!

Liked the vocabularyGreat wee book for a French learner.

Is an excellent lecture for joung people and also for french students.

Just read a few pages so far but easy to read and enjoy for an intermediate

Li com muito gosto esse livro que tem me ajudado um tanto no meu aprendizado e desenvolvimento da língua francesa.Na verdade é uma literatura destinada ao público juvenil, todavia é exatamente desse tipo de livro que pessoas iniciantes da língua devem procurar para conhecer melhor as estruturas sintáticas da língua, bem como evoluir na ampliação do vocabulário, além de expressões idiomáticas.Tem sido para mim uma grata satisfação o conhecimento e a imersão nesses livros de autoria de Marc Thil.Recomendo muitíssimo a série desses livros.

Je me suis demandé si mon fils de 4 ans était prêt pour les longues histoires qu'on raconte en plusieurs séances. J'ai choisi ce livre pour tenter l'expérience. L'intrigue s'est avérée suffisamment captivante pour qu'il veuille que je lui lise jusqu'au bout, mais le fait que je saute plusieurs phrases et même parfois des paragraphes entiers a certainement aidé. Les péripéties sont un peu molles et se développent lentement. Aussi les phrases se répètent beaucoup. Je n'ai pas compté le nombre de fois où des nuages gris s'approchent et des vagues frappent la falaise avec fracas, mais cette image revient au moins 40 fois dans les quelques 110 pages du livre. Il y a 1000 façons de susciter l'image du ciel gris et de l'océan agité, mais dans ce livre il n'y en a qu'une, qui se répète encore et encore. Au final, on ne regrette pas d'avoir lu le livre, mais on se dit que clairement il doit y avoir mieux. Finalement, le public cible de ce livre est très limité. Le livre est intéressant et nouveau pour un jeune enfant (si on abrege le texte et invente une nouvelle fin!), mais je vois mal un enfant de plus de 10 ans trouver l'histoire intéressante, à moins peut-être que ce ne soit un de ses premiers livres et qu'il n'écoute pas de films. Par contre la fin n'est pas adaptée pour un enfant de moins de 10 ans. (SPOILER - ne lisez pas la suite si vous ne voulez pas connaître la fin du livre!) Une histoire de traffic d'armes et d'attentats terroristes qui se déroule sur une plage de vacances, ce n'est pas fait pour les jeunes. Du coup le public cible n'est pas évident.

I purchased this book online because I want my 10 year-old (francophone) child to read more. Content wise this book (as well as other books from this series) is pretty dull, but its recycles the vocabulary so that the child can enrich his/her vocabulary range, which is always a good thing. I don't think I will be purchasing more of these books.

Dès reception ce jour, mon petit fils content, a commencé à le lire.