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Author
Series
Jaguar stones volume 2
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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
Series
Jaguar stones volume 3
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the jungle, Max and Lola battle a zombie army, mutant cave spiders, and even the ancient Maya Lords of Death"--
3) Middleworld
Author
Series
Jaguar stones volume 1
Publisher
Smith & Sons
Pub. Date
2007, ©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"In the ancient city of Itzamna, Lord Six-Rabbit wakes up screaming. A great warrior king of the mighty Maya, he has dreamed he was a lowly, flea-bitten monkey. How could this be? Was this some sorcery sent by his half-brother, Tzelok, the evil priest? 1200 years later, in Boston, Massachusetts, 14-year-old Max Murphy is looking forward to a family vacation. But his parents, both archaeologists and Maya experts, announce a change in plan. They must...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author María García Esperón, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and translator...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed immerses you in the epic story of the Mexico's history with 48 exhilarating half-hour lectures that cover the full scope of Mesoamerican history and culture. Your guide is Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center and a noted archaeologist, explorer, and teacher, whose exploits include the discovery of a lost Maya city.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This series documents life in a Yucatan village, focusing on one family over the course of a year. The films explore the ancient agricultural and religious customs that ground contemporary Maya life in traditional values - even as modern Mexico comes to the village. In Maya, Spanish, and English, with English subtitles. Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards CINE Golden Eagle Award PBS national broadcasts Margaret Mead Film Festival honoree Choice Outstanding...
Author
Series
Jake Ransom volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
♭2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Connecticut middle-schooler Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehistoric creatures and an evil alchemist, the Skull King.
Author
Series
Publisher
Runestone Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life during the Maya civilization, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
13) The honey jar
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Nobel Peace Prize-winner recounts some of the Maya legends she learned from her grandparents as a child in Guatemala.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
Author
Publisher
Anansi Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Nobel Peace Prize winner details her Guatemalan childhood, recounting stories of her grandparents and parents, and her close association with the natural world that surrounded her highland village.
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