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Series
Infinity ring ; 4
Language
English
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Description
Presents a latest mission to correct the past in order to save the future world and reveals the secret history connecting the SQ to the Ancient Mayans.
3) Tree Girl
Author
Language
English
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Description
When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb again until, after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refugee camp, she realizes that only by climbing and facing their fears can she and her sister hope to have a future.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime-the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support or the Chicome Empire is doomed."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he's now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all of Ahkin's efforts, the sun is fading--and the end of the world may be at hand. For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose blood controls the power of water, the old emperor's death...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Four young people risk their lives to save the world from a looming apocalypse in this captivating sequel to The Seventh Sun. ... Based on ancient Mesoamerican legends and mythology, The Jade Bones is a compelling and romantic adventure that builds to a heart-stopping climax"--
Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome....
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Ixchel, a young Mayan girl who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Includes glossary and author's note.
Ixchel, una joven muchacha maya a la que no se le permite usar el hilo de su madre para tejer, ejerce su ingenio y reutiliza las bolsas de plástico para crear tejidos de colores. Incluye el glosario y la nota del autor.
8) Rain player
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
11) The captive
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
As part of a Spanish expedition to the New World, a Jesuit seminarian witnesses the enslavement and exploitation of the Mayas and his own seduction by greed and ambition.
15) Me oh Maya!
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.
16) Colibri
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
Author
Series
Jaguar stones ; 2
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
With the end of the Mayan calendar fast approaching, fourteen-year-old Max Murphy and his friend Lola, the Maya girl who saved his life in the perilous jungle, race against time to outwit the twelve villainous Lords of Death, following the trail of the conquistadors into a forgotten land steeped in legend and superstition.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
A young prince who has lost all crosses the path of Witz Ak'al, owner of the mountains and valleys. Witz Ak'al gives the young prince a series of impossible tasks which he can only complete with the help of the princes White Flower who has magic powers.
Un joven príncipe que ha perdido todo cruza el camino de Witz Ak'al, dueño de los montes y de los valles. Witz Ak'al le impone al joven una serie de pruebas imposibles que sólo podrá realizar...
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