Noche de Oro

by Kristy Placido

Now a college student, Makenna Parker returns to Costa Rica for a new ecological adventure. As a volunteer at a wildlife preserve in Guanacaste, she finds unexpected romance that lands her right in the middle of a perilous scheme. Does her new boyfriend really have good intentions, and what are he and his stepfather really up to? Will Makenna discover the truth before it's too late?

Genres: School

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Lauren Cline · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most intense thriller ever

[sylvie brekke · Rating 5 out of 5]

6/5 best book i’ve ever read

[Susan Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thriller... I was on the edge of my seat 💺

[maggie foster · Rating 1 out of 5]

what a crazy experience. i hate spanish

[gurleen · Rating 2 out of 5]

i HATW THIS BOOK!!!!!! my stupid spanish teacher forced this damn noche de oro down my throat and i hated every single spanish word i read. the vocabulary is easy to understand but the plot is so horribly executed, jacques is my worst enemy. my spanish teacher whipped our butts for pronouncing jacques as jack-es and to this day the horrors of jack-ass and his stupid hacienda haunt me in my dreams, or should i say... nightmares?

p.s. the art is so fucking ugly it looks like astor pooped his pants and made abstract art out of it

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book before book 1, Robo en la noche. You can definitely read this as a stand alone and be fine. You might feel a little lost and Makenna meeting up with a past character isn’t quite as satisfying as when you read the books in order, but it isn’t essential to understanding anything. It’s more of like spying a secret handshake that you know 😉

I think older teens will identify with this book very well as the main character is in college, which is a nice change to some other readers. There were not as many cultural points in this book, and I am choosing to start with book 1 intentionally with my students because we just concluded a unit on Costa Rica and I really want to highlight that. I will do this novel with the same group of students next year; I do wish that I had done book 1 fall semester and this book spring semester. I will definitely make that change in the future!

There is some light romance and plot twists that teens will enjoy. The only drawback might be the characters and their relationships; if you are reading this independently, make sure to make a graphic organizer for the characters and write down what you know about them and their relationship to each other. If you start with book 2 without reading 1 first, you might feel like a few chapters aren’t really necessary to the story.

If you are teaching this in class, you shouldn’t have any problems guiding students through the organizing and relationships. 😊

[Andrew Mattice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este libro es similar a una telenovela. Es muy similar tambien a “Robo en la Noche.” Si has leído Robo, conoces que esperar: Peligro con criminales; un hombre guapo y un amorío con el; un fin feliz. Este libro es un poco mas dificíl a leer que Robo porque Robo tiene un version todo escribido en el presente, pero “Noche de Oro” tiene otros tiempos. A mi no me entiendo bien el pasado, pero puedo usar contexto a aprender el libro mas o menos. En verdad, el relato era interesante y ¡tiene drama que me haca girar las patinas! Lo siento que mi español es pobre; es mas facíl a leer de escribir. ¡Pura Vida!

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leo este libro para mí clase de español. Es bueño. It was really exciting and was a good page turner but a little hard to follow but that might just be cuz I’m not fluent. Also there were some plot holes lol but otherwise a good beginner Spanish book.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho. No me gustó tanto como el primer libro...Robo en la Noche, pero me gustó. Es perfecto para mis estudiantes.

[Bella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly a fantastic book highly recommend. Love makenna and Martin 🥰

[Lea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished in class on Wednesday, the plot was really good, and so were the characters. Great sequel to Robo en la noche

[lover.ofallthingsliterature]

read for school

[Mary East · Rating 2 out of 5]

this was vaguely better than robo en la noche

[riya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read this for Spanish class but it was GOOD

[Ariel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gotta take what I can get with this reading goal....

[Lauren (: · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was no true plot to this story, but I was glad to see that I was able to understand a majority of the Spanish words in this novel.

[Christina Despain · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡Qué telenovela! Y sin un fin realistico. No me gustó. Me aburrió este libro. Es olvidable.

[Melody · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was like a telenovela on paper.