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Series
Storm runner volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
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"The Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the...
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Zane Obispo's new life on a beautiful secluded tropical island, complete with his family and closest friends, should be perfect. But he can't control his newfound fire skills yet (inherited from his father, the Maya god Hurakan); there's a painful rift between him and his dog ever since she became a hell hound; and he doesn't know what to do with his feelings for Brooks. One day he discovers that by writing the book about his misadventures with the...
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"When a few Mexica gods try to put their Maya counterparts out of commission, it's up to Zane and some godborns-in-training to save the universe"--
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Formats
Description
"Zane's new life on a beautiful tropical island should be perfect. But he can't control his newfound fire skills yet; there's a painful rift between him and his dog ever since she became a hellhound; and he doesn't know what to do with his feelings for Brooks. One day he discovers that by writing the book about his misadventures with the Maya gods, he unintentionally put other godborn children at risk. Unless Zane can find the godborns before the...
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In this book - the companion volume to The Girl From Chimel - Nobel Peace Prize winner and Maya activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum returns to the world of her childhood.
The Honey Jar brings us the ancient stories her grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol Vuh), explanations...
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Age of the seventh sun volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
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"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. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately, they are not unequipped. Mayana's royal blood controls the power of water, and Prince Ahkin wields the power of the sun itself. Ometeotl, the Mother goddess,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this retold Maya legend, the moon, brought from the sky by a blowgun and broken into pieces, must come to her own rescue, enlisting the help of little fish to glue her back together. At last she rises taking her new friends with her to create the Milky Way.
11) The seventh sun
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
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 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...
12) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
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. As the eclipse nears, many maneuver for power in this deadly game of worlds ending. Metzi, Ahkin's treacherous...
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Pub. Date
[2009].
Description
"An A-Z reference guide to the mythology of the native North American, Maya, Aztec, Inca, and earlier civilizations and cultures of the Americas. Over 900 entries are packed with information on the central mythical figures of each culture, and the volume is illustrated with 500 images." --
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