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 Shorefront Mysteries

A trilogy for teens and young adults

 Four young protagonists use logic and reasoning to uncover clues. The stories take place before mobiles and social media. The underlying goal is to educate youth on historic, political, environmental and social issues. The trilogy spans eight years.

The books will be published in July at Barnes & Nobel under the pen name Meric du Val


Summaries and samples






English                                                                               French                                                                    Spanish



The mouse could be hiding anywhere. Under the table, in the closet, behind the chair or in Aunt Clair's hair.

In rhyme
With exercises and games

Sample​      Lesson Plan
The greedy owner of a mango tree won't share her mangos with her neighbors.

With dialogues for a performance
to copy online


​Sample     Performance  

Everyone tells Sam what to do, including his sister Sue. Do this, do that, he would if he could but...

In rhyme
With exercises and games

Two stories influenced by Attar’s “Assembly of the birds”. What price are we willing to pay for freedom?

For more advanced language students

  Moliere and Louis XIV in Seventeenth Century France, with extracts of plays. When the king wasn't invading other countries his passion was ballet and his first performance, Le Ballet de La Nuit, earned him the title le Roi Soleil.     Available in English and in French

  From Mesopotamia, around the Black Sea, across the Mediterranean to Sicily and up the Italian peninsula, the vitis vinifera vine played a consequential role in the rise of civilizations. 

Tragedy and Comedy from Ancient Greece to 
the Roman Republic, with summaries of plays for improvisations.
   A brief history of Capitalism, and how different forms of government compare with the American system. Included is declassified information on American interventions in South America, and why there are so many refugees at the border. 
Nonfiction
Fiction stories are under the pen name Meric du Val


Stories in parallel text

English - French    English - Spanish

 Twelve stories inspired by Aesop. We are never too old to be reminded to avoid complacency and greed.

Dialogues for a performance

For mid-level language students

 Caruso does not think he's lazy, do you?

For children and first-level language students, with exercises
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​In English and in French


Illustrated stories starting around age nine, and for intermediate ESL


Sample    

Marisa  Dalla Valle 
contact: alphainkeditions@gmail.com   

  Sample