Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, the boys are very similar at heart.
Explains how Mexican families celebrate the lives of their deceased loved ones, including sharing pictures and stories, preparing feasts, and lighting candles in the graveyard on November 1, The Day of the Dead.
the legend of Lucia Zenteno = La mujer que brillaba au?n ma?s que el sol : la leyenda de Lucia Zenteno
Zubizarreta-Ada, Rosalma
Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment.
inside the hunt for El Chapo, the world's most wanted drug lord
Beith, Malcolm
2010
A courageous young journalist takes his readers deep inside the hunt for the most powerful, feared, and charismatic drug lord in the world---Mexico's Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman---and tells the full story of the drug trade over the past thirty years.
Traces the history of the Aztec people, covering a wide range of topics including their engineering skills, wars, forced alliances, trade practices, religion, government, and social structure.