The thriller textbook "Save Frida!" by Janet Clark and Angelika Jo tells the exciting story of Frida and Paco from Mexico. They fly to Germany for the big horse race. The thriller textbook is part of the Facebook Thriller series of the Goethe-Institut Mexico and has 46 chapters. It also contains questions on text comprehension, vocabulary or grammar.
Frida is happy. Her good friend, the jockey Paco, is flying to Germany for the big horse race. He will ride the best horse from a German stable. And Frida gets to take care of the horse. What she doesn't know is that Paco is not flying to Germany voluntarily. Two gangster bosses make him go there. They have a deadly plan. And Frida plays a part in it ...
Learning Objectives: Learners (L) will be able to understand a text on horse racing. The L can extract important information from the story and answer specific questions.