136 pages. A supplementary reader written in curent French. The sketches, written in contemporary vocabulary, and describing events in the life of Gaston and his friends, are designed to bring teenage life into the French course. Gaston is pictured in his Canadian milieu in Western Canada, as well as on visits to Quebec and France. The sketches can be used for extensive or intensive reading, and questions on each are provided. The dialogues lend themselves to memorization and dramatization. Spine intact. No writing inside. Pages yellowed at edges. Significant soiling and bumping to boards.