Stop studying languages. Start reading them.
Real progress happens when you care about what happens next. By chapter three, you’re absorbed in the plot—not translating in your head, but actually reading.
We publish original fiction engineered specifically for language learners: authentic stories with CEFR-calibrated difficulty, contextual vocabulary, and zero simplified adaptations.
I want to learn:
A demo of what reading one of our books feels like — not an excerpt from an actual title.
How this is different
A compressed look at the method. The full case is one click away.
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Original fiction, not adaptations
Not a simplified version of something else. Written for the level, from the ground up.
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A real starting point
Every book states its level clearly, so you start exactly where you are, not at a generic “beginner.”
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More than just prose
Messages, notices, menus, documents: real registers woven into the story, not just narration.
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Support that fades
Heavy scaffolding at the start. Almost none by the end. That’s not an accident.
Dive into a new adventure
Stories written for language learners, from first steps to confident reading.
La Banda
The Carousel
An airport is run by companies that don’t employ each other, so the person in front of you never works for the one you’re complaining about. Four books, four people it happens to, and nobody is lying to any of them. Original fiction written in Latin American Spanish, running from A1 to A2.
먼 제비 (Meon Jebi)
Distant Swallow
Yun Jae-seong is a researcher tracking Korean cultural heritage scattered abroad — colonial-era seizures, wartime looting, fraudulent sales. Original investigative fiction written in Korean, running from B1 to C1.
Escala Técnica
Technical Stopover
Valentina Reyes quit investigative journalism to travel Latin America for a living — great restaurants, fascinating cities, the kind of work that looks like a permanent vacation. Except paradise has a back of house. Five check-ins. Five cover-ups. And one name that keeps turning up underneath all of it.
Nordeste Agora
Northeast Now
Five books, five cities in the Northeast of Brazil, and a reporter who keeps asking after everyone else has stopped. Original investigative fiction written in Brazilian Portuguese, running from B1 to early C1.
More is coming
New series and new books, across every language.
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