I read this book with my class teacher & class mates. It is a rule in our school that we have to read a book chosen by the class teacher. The teacher reads it to us. We even get our books discounted. Our teacher explained it us quite properly with difficult words explained. I loved the book. Then later, i read the book again, it lost all it's magic. That's why i am giving it 4 stars. If i have rated it earlier maybe i would have given 5 stars. ( )

Although I normally LOVE Geronimo Stilton books for their cultural, physical information and the entertaining way in which the books are written, I felt this one was not as good.

Premise: Geronimo feels it is time for a vacation and his cousin agrees. Cousin Trap leads Geronimo to a shady-looking travel agency and then teams up to bully Geronimo into buying an over-priced vacation that turns into a horrendous affair. The plane is dirty, the food inedible, the hotel roach infested, the beach over-crowded, the ocean laden with sharks. The vacation is horrible!

My issue with this book is how much bullying takes place and how easily Geronimo allows it to happen. His cousin, the travel agent, the staff at the airline, the hotel, and even his sister, Thea, bullies Geronimo. The books provide great vocabulary and usually information on the location or adventure in the book. This particular one fell short for me. ( )

Después de largas jornadas de trabajo, las vacaciones se vuelven más que necesarias. Y Geronimo está decidido a irse a un lugar paradisíaco. Trampita, enterado de los planes de su primo, lo empuja a sacar el paquete vacacional con la agencia «¿Te fías o no te fías?» de un amigo suyo. A partir de entonces, el ratón más famoso de Ratonia comprobará que, al igual que los sueños, las pesadillas también se hacen realidad.

Fuente: http://www.planetalector.com/

You have to be under 8 to truely appreciate Geronimo Stilton. ( )

Geronimos summer vacation