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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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Presents the origins and meaning of various Mesoamerican myths and discusses how these myths explained things about the natural world and daily life. Also illustrates the presence of Mesoamerican myths in contemporary culture. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, a time chart, and further reading sources.
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"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 day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room. She opens it--and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death,...
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"Sayam siempre ha sido diferente de los demás niños: es muy bajo para su edad, su mejor amigo es un mono y lo más curioso de todo: ¡nació de un huevo! Su abuela, una bruja, lo encontró y le enseñó toda la magia antigua que usa para ayudar a su gente. Entonces, cuando una serpiente gigante comienza a aterrorizar una ciudad cercana, Sayam decide que es hora de usar su conocimiento para ayudar a otros, y entra en acción. Pero la bestia...
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"Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J.C. Cervantes' take on Maya mythology featuring a boy who has to stop the god of death."--
"Zane tiene magia en la sangre ... magia que crea y que destruye. Zane Obispo tiene 13 años, una molesta cojera y una mejor amiga perruna medio dálmata, medio bóxer. Y, cuando el volcán junto al que vive despierta y libera una misteriosa fuerza oculta, empieza también a tener un gran problema. Ayudado por...