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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and descriptive text provide information on the people, cities, culture, food and drink, trade, gods and goddesses, clothes, sports and games, and other aspects of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations.
3) Bel Canto
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people thrown together, including American opera star Roxane Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan. From the bestselling author of "The Magician's Assistant" comes a marvelous novel of love, opera, and terrorism set in South America. Two couples, complete opposites, fall in love; sexual identities become confused; and a horrific imprisonment is transformed...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
c1965, 1991
Language
English
Description
The timely story of how the forces of change converge on a small tribe of Niaruna Indians living in the heart of the Amazon rain forest. In addition to being a prophetic commentary on emerging threats to the environment, and the troublesome encroachment of the modern world on traditional cultures, the novel is a suspenseful adventure story about two men striving to find meaning in a world not their own.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
How many countries are in South America? Where is the world's tallest waterfall? How long is the Amazon River? This book answers these questions and more as it introduces young readers to the continent of South America through age-appropriate maps, engaging photographs, and simple text. Topics covered within the book include where the continent is, climate, geography, animals and plants, countries, people and languages, natural resources, cities,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Living out her days in a remote part of her South American homeland, Violeta finds her life shaped by some of the most important events of history as she tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others.
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For twenty thousand miles, Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed the South American wilderness, traveling from the Amazonian rain forests to Machu Picchu high in the Andes, down to the edge of the world at Tierra del Fuego and back. In the course of his journey he followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and the evidence of ancient ruins, and discovered a fossilized snout of a giant unknown crocodilian hidden in the...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories.
13) South America
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn about South America's history, culture and entertainment.
15) Green mansions
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero to seek refuge in the primeval forests of south-western Venezuela.
16) South America
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book is an introduction to the unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, cultures, and today's tourism of South America.
17) South America
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An incredible variety of climates and biomes span the territory of South America. As a result, the continent contains some of the greatest biodiversity on Earth. Readers will explore all that South America has to offer as they journey across its incredible landscapes, stopping along the way to discover more about its history and visit with its many diverse peoples. Features include engaging sidebars that highlight unique animals, landmarks and more;...
18) Untamed Americas
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The wildest frontiers of North, Central, and South America are explored.
19) South America
Series
Language
English
Description
This book provides an overview of a continent whose rich culture has so far survived the impact of tourism better than most places in the world. Tips on travel, excursions, accommodation and restaurants are given along with easy to decipher maps.