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Title	Tree Girl / Ben Mikaelsen.
Author	Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952-
Publisher	New York : Rayo : HarperTempest, c2004.
Paging	225 p. ; 19 cm.
Summary	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 traumatise d 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.
Subject(s)	Indians of Central America Guatemala Fiction.
	Mayas Fiction.
	Refugees Fiction.
	Sisters Fiction.
	Guatemala Fiction.

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Title	Your travel guide to ancient Maya civilization / Nancy Day.
Author	Day, Nancy.
Publisher	Minneapolis, Mn. : Runestone Press, c2001.
Paging	96 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Title	Passport to history
Summary	Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life during the Maya civilization, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Subject(s)	Mayas Juvenile literature.
	Indians of Central America Social life and customs.
	Indians of Mexico Social life and customs.
	Mayas Social life and customs.

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Title	Song of the Quail; the wondrous world of the Maya [by] Ruth Karen.
Author	Karen, Ruth.
Publisher	New York, Four Winds Press [1973, c1972]
Paging	222 p. illus. 27 cm.
Summary	Discusses the development and achievements of the Mayan civilization that flourished for 3000 years from the Yucatan peninsula through the Central American isthmus.
Subject(s)	Mayas Juvenile literature.
	Mayas.

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Title	Aztecs and Spaniards : Cortes and the conquest of Mexico / by Albert Marrin.
Author	Marrin, Albert.
Publisher	New York : Atheneum, 1986.
Paging	212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Summary	Describes the history and culture of the Aztec Indians in the Valley of Mexico and discusses how the arrival of the conquistador Hernando Cortes brought about the fall of their mighty empire.
Subject(s)	Cortes, Hernan, 1485-1547 Juvenile literature.
	Cortes, Hernan, 1485-1547.
	Aztecs History Juvenile literature.
	Indians of Mexico History Juvenile literature.
	Aztecs History.
	Indians of Mexico History.
	Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540 Juvenile literature.
	Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540.

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