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Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 425 pages : color illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire life - after his father risked the wrath of the Tepanec...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
Author
Series
Time warp trio volume 13
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
69 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
4) Starfields
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
209 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While big changes are coming to her Mexican village, nine-year-old Rosalba hears that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012 and she dreams of an ancient Mayan boy, eyes bound in a shamanistic ritual, who hints at what Rosalba can do.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of a Nahua woman who grew up in Mexico during the early 1900s, became a model for artists, worked with scholars to preserve Nahuatl language and stories, and was known as the "soul of Mexico." Includes author's note, timeline, and glossary.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
High school senior Blanca Montes is drawn to the new student, Greg Chan, unaware that they are the reincarnations of Princess Iztac and Captain Popoca from an ancient Aztec tale, and the fates are giving them one final opportunity to reunite.
Author
Series
Aztec volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
380 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ediciones LQ
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xi, 443 pages : color illustrations, color map, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"México. 1418. Les presentamos al príncipe Acolmiztli. Puma de la gente Acolhua. Heredero al trono de su padre. Mitad Acolhua, mitad Mexica. Cantante. Guerrero. Poeta. Dieciséis años de edad. Y ahora, traicionado. Una conspiración en el palacio, planeada por el letal imperio Tepaneca, mata a su madre y hermanos, pone al ejército de su padre en retirada, y manda al príncipe Acolmiztli a un exilio pernicioso. Enfrentándose al hambre, las montañas...