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The Goldsmith’s Daughter

A bearer of doom, or a bringer of change? As the Aztec empire falls, one girl defies her destiny.In the golden city of Tenochtitlán, the people live in awe of Emperor Montezuma and in fear of blood-hungry gods. Under an ill-fated sky, a girl is born, facing a life of submission and domestic drudgery. But Itacate has a secret passion for goldwork, forbidden to women, and is forced to disguise her identity to protect herself and her family. When her city is shaken by Cortez’s invasion, Itacate challenges fate, culture, and faith by crafting golden statues — and pursuing the love of a man who should be her enemy. From the author of I AM APACHE comes a tale of clashing cultures, a rich and powerful depiction of Aztec life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

El Tigre y El Rayo: The Jaguar and the Lightning

A folktale about a boasting jaguar who is humbled by lightning.

Li, Min, Una Nina Del Chimel

Había u vez u niña que se llamaba Li Mi?n. Vivía en chimel, un pueblo de Guatemala. Li Mi?n tenía un abuelo que contaba historias fantásticas. No sabía que algún día, bajo el nombre de Rigoberta Menchú, garía un Premio Nobel de la Paz. En este libro rra, con su amigo Dante Liano, la fábula de su infancia.
The story of Rigoberta Menchú, a political and human rights activist from Guatemala.

Sorpresa De Navidad Para Chabelita (Spanish Edition)

Young Chabelita must stay with her grandparents while her mother lives in a distant town. When Chabelita recites her mother’s favorite poem at her school’s Christmas pageant, she receives a special Christmas surprise. Argentina Palacios is a noted folklorist and Latin American storyteller. Full color.

Ni Era Vaca Ni Era Caballo

While searching for a lost sheep, a Goajiro Indian shepherd boy encounters a monster that is neither a cow nor a horse, nor any other creature he has ever seen, and when his family assures him it is not a demon but an outsider’s truck, the knowledge changes his life.

Ya Basta, Sofia!: That’s Enough Sofia (Primeros Lectores Series) (Spanish Edition)

Sofía no puede seguir viviendo con cinco personas en su casa: dos padres y otros tres niños. Sobre todo, porque ella es “la sensata hermana mayor” que debe dar el ejemplo a los demás. Y no paran de repetirle en casa: ¡Sofía, basta ya! Hasta Hasta que un día es Sofía es la que dice basta ya, y comienza su gran aventura y su sueño de libertad. Pero, ¿durará mucho su sueño.?

Marisol and the Yellow Messenger

Marisol learns about identity, loss, and the continuation of love and hope after her father is killed and her family must move north from Latin America, but through dreams she discovers her father’s presence, but in a different way than before.