C1Coming of Age4 parts5 min
What the Deep Keeps 1: Four Minutes Under
Everyone in Skarðsvík has lost someone to the sea. So why, on the night sixteen-year-old Kári finally falls into that black water, does the sea decline to collect?
Coming of Age stories in Spanish
Spanish coming of age stories written for learners. Each story is graded to a single CEFR level, so you can pick ones you mostly understand and learn new words from context, tapping any word for its translation.
A0Coming of Age3 minThe Tall Boy in the Window
A boy walks to his window at night and sees a stranger staring back—tall, unfamiliar, impossible. But the stranger does not look away.
A2Coming of Age4 parts3 minThe Quiet Comet 1: The Woman in the Red Suit
Ben's mother is the most boring person in San Bruno — a quiet seamstress who sews dresses, drinks tea, and barely speaks. So who is the racing champion in the red suit hidden at the bottom of her closet?
B1Coming of Age5 minSnow in the Cafeteria
Damián has spent weeks building a weather machine to finally win the school science fair—but when his invention activates during lunch, the cafeteria transforms into something no one expected.
B2Coming of Age5 minThe Boy Who Baked Hope
In a city where emotions are currency, a bankrupt baker's son discovers his bread carries the taste of genuine hope—a commodity so rare that the powers controlling the market will do anything to stop him.
B1Coming of Age5 minFive Words of French
Five French words, unlimited confidence, and absolutely zero ability to back any of it up. Brayan is about to learn that "oui, oui" only gets you so far.
A2Coming of Age3 minThe Boy With No Eyebrows
Julián has five minutes before his school photo—and zero eyebrows. What started as a small accident with his older brother's electric razor is about to become the most memorable school picture day ever.
B1Coming of Age4 minThe Color-Coded Disaster
Esperanza has spent three months preparing flawless, color-coded notes for her biggest exam—until her backpack disappears from a café bench, and the only people offering help are the loudest, most disorganized study group in the entire faculty.
PROB1Coming of Age4 minBeyond the Walls
When fifteen-year-old Valentina is sent to her grandfather's remote mountain farm, she sees nothing but mud and stone walls—until a neighbor's lost cattle give her one unexpected chance to prove she belongs.
C1Coming of Age3 parts7 minThe Light That Answers 1: Fifty Years of Static
An unplugged radio has no business receiving anything — least of all a distress call from a trawler that went down with all hands in 1975. Franco should report it. Instead, he reaches for the brass key and answers.
PROA1Coming of Age2 minNot Nayeli
Identical twins swap classrooms for a day. How hard can it be to pretend you're your own sister?
A1Coming of Age2 minWhat the Fire Taught
A broken car. A dark forest. A thirteen-year-old boy walks into the trees with his father and comes back to the campfire as something else entirely.
A0Coming of Age2 minThe Quiet Room
Two brothers who have shared a room their whole lives finally get what the older one wanted—separate rooms. But when night falls and the silence settles in, both discover that independence sounds different than they expected.
C1Coming of Age9 minThe Girl Who Would Not Die
Inés has one job: taste the king's food and, if necessary, die for him. The night she fails to die, the real trouble begins.
A2Coming of Age3 minThe Box in the Lake
Hiro's uncle hasn't smiled in years. A rusted metal box at the bottom of a lake holds fourteen photographs that prove he used to.
PROA2Coming of Age3 minThe Hamster That Won
At the school science fair, every student shows off impressive robots and drones. But fourteen-year-old Tom has only a small hamster and a cardboard maze—and nobody thinks he can win.
PROA1Coming of Age2 minThe Secret Life of Shoes
When eleven-year-old Delfina finds her grandmother's old camera, she invents a game: photographing strangers' shoes to guess their jobs. But one pair of worn-out shoes teaches her something no picture can capture.
A0Coming of Age2 minYellow to Green
Yamilet has no friends at school or on her street. When she finds a dying yellow flower that nobody wants, she decides to take it home—but can something so small change everything?
A0Coming of Age3 minThe Girl in the Window
Noa's mother always rides the bus with her. Today, for the first time, Noa must go alone — and the big blue bus feels enormous until a girl in the window glass changes everything.
A0Coming of Age2 minThe First Cup
Every morning, Sebastián's father makes the coffee. But today, Sebastián finds his father sitting at the table, not eating, not drinking — and for the first time, the boy must decide what to do.
PROB2Coming of Age4 minThe Mirror That Knew
In a Cairo antique shop being emptied of forty-two years of dust, a seventeen-year-old finds a mirror his grandfather has kept for three decades — and never once dared to look into.
B1Coming of Age3 minThree Days to Learn to Fly 1: Fourteen Falls
"Basically a professional snowboarder." Liam has never touched snow in his life, the trip to Bariloche leaves in three days, and his cousin's emergency crash course involves a skateboard, a sand dune, and a lot of falling.
A0Coming of Age3 parts1 minWhy Birds Leave the Nest 1: Three Small Eggs
Raúl is leaving for Barcelona with his guitar, and Íñigo would rather hide in the old fig tree than say goodbye. Up in the branches, he finds something small enough to keep secret.
PROB1Coming of Age4 minThe Loudest Silence
Aitana hasn't spoken more than five words in class all year. So when she signs up for the school poetry slam, everyone assumes it's a mistake.