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1) Guatemala
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Guatemala. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
"Guatemala is a nation filled with diversity! People with Maya and Spanish roots as well as other ethnicities bring a rich culture. The land houses black beaches, volcanoes, and highlands as well as a wide array of wildlife. Take a trip through the pages of this title and explore...
2) Guatemala
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A land of extremes, from active volcanic peaks to dense rain forests, Guatemala has sustained great civilizations and attracted foreign conquerors. While shadows of its vicious, decades-long civil war still linger, Guatemala's people work toward peace and stability. Illuminating photographs and insightful facts help the reader discover what it's like to live in Guatemala
Author
Series
Publisher
Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Whether you want to dive the Blue Hole, explore Mayan ruins, or go cave tubing, the local Fodor's travel experts in Belize are here to help! Fodor's Belize guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos."--Publisher...
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"They are "the disappeared," twenty-three massacre victims buried in a well in the Guatemalan village of Chupan Ya two decades ago. Leading a team of experts on a meticulous, heartbreaking dig, Tempe Brennan pieces together the violence of the past. But a fresh wave of terror begins when the horrific sounds of a fatal attack on two colleagues come in on a blood-chilling satellite call. Teaming up with Special Crimes Investigator Bartolome Galiano...
6) Guatemala
Author
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's Guatemala is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Vistsit Tika's monumental restored temples, admire picture-postcard vistas in Antigua or hike Lago de Atitlan's lake shore trails; all with your trusted travel companion
7) Borderless
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Caught in the cross hairs of gang violence, seventeen-year-old fashion designer, Maya, and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US-Mexico border
8) Blood moon
Author
Series
Rising volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been deciphered, until Alex finds himself able to translate the words...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 35
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1972]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In solving the mystery of two medallions missing from an inherited curio collection, the Hardys wind up in a desolate area of Guatemala at the mercy of dangerous thugs
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This book tells the real-life stories of six courageous children and their families who live and work on the streets in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Guatemala. These stories show resilience and hope for the future shining through the hardships these families face
11) The honey jar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and...
13) Tiempos recios
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
Guatemala, 1954. El golpe militar perpetrado por Carlos Castillo Armas y auspiciado por Estados Unidos a travaes de la CIA derroca el gobierno de Jacobo aArbenz. Detraas de este acto violento se encuentra una mentira que pasao por verdad y que cambiao el devenir de Amaerica Latina: la acusaciaon por parte del gobierno de Eisenhower de que aArbenz alentaba la entrada del comunismo soviaetico en el continente. Tiempos recios es una historia de conspiraciones...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala...
Publisher
Buque de letras
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
"En los ojos con que leo las descripciones del Popol Vuh flotan claramente las pirámides mayas, que se yerguen en la selva candente con el cúmulo de figuras en relieve, los jaguares y las culebras, y aun me parece sentir que fue esa ardientie luz del sol lo que convertió a la civilización maya en las piedras en que ha quedado hasta este día."--Yukio Mishima
18) El norte
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants
The...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
"Isabel Allende parte de la célebre cita de Albert Camus -"en medio del invierno aprendí por fin que había en mí un verano invencible"- para urdir una trama que presenta la geografía humana de unos personajes propios de la América de hoy que se hallan "en el más profundo invierno de sus vidas": una chilena, una joven guatemalteca indocumentada y un maduro norteamericano. Los tres sobreviven a un terrible temporal de nieve que cae en pleno invierno...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"From a mother whose children were taken from her at the U.S. border by the American government in 2018 and another mother who helped reunite the family, a crucial, searing story about the immigration odyssey, family separation and reunification, and the power of individuals to band together to overcome even the most cruel and unjust circumstances"--
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