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2) Rain player
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 690L
Language
English
Description
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
3) Colibri
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
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 volume 2
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
760L
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.
8) Tree Girl
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
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.
9) Middleworld
Author
Series
Jaguar Stones volume 1
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales.
Author
Series
Jake Ransom volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
680L
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
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
As a thank-you from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans, instead.
15) The lost city
Author
Series
Jaguar stones volume 4
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
"While awaiting his parents' release from jail, fourteen-year-old Max Murphy is sucked into yet another scheme of the Maya Death Lords that sends him on a quest to the United States. Failure could mean the end of the world... again"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When brothers Max and Jay help a classmate in trouble, they struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive father than they thought, so the brothers turn to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
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.