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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-6 Grade

Genre/Category
History | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Age of Exploration/Discovery
Date
1500s
Topic
Aztec | Conquerors | Cortez | Graphic Novels | History making events
Geographic Region
Latin America | Mexico
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book

Hernan Cortes: The Life of a Spanish Conquistador (David West Children’s Books – Graphic Nonfiction)

Author: West, DavidPart of a Series: David West Children's Books - Graphic Nonfiction

Adventurous explorer or ruthless imperialist? In 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés led a daring expedition to the heart of the Aztec Empire, in what is now central and southern Mexico. Within two years, this highly advanced civilization had fallen to the might of Cortés’s Spanish conquerors, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Aztecs. This engaging title explores two cultures in conflict–and the personality of a man driven by both insatiable greed and service to his country.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 6-12 Grade

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Age of Exploration/Discovery
Date
1500s
Topic
Christian | Conquerors | Cortez | Culture and Traditions | Exploration | Military and Wars | Shipwreck
Geographic Region
Mexico
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
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By Right of Conquest

Author: Henty, G. A.

When Roger Hankshaw boards the merchant ship Swan for a perilous journey to the New World, little does the young Englishman know what adventure awaits him. After a shipwreck strands him in Pre-Columbian Mexico, Roger must find a way to avoid becoming one of the many human sacrifices offered to the Aztec gods. Proving himself to be honorable and trustworthy, Roger builds enduring friendships with many of the natives. Later, when the Spanish noble and explorer Hernando Cortez arrives, Roger is placed in a difficult position. How can an Englishman explain his presence in Mexico? Cortez, with a military force intent on converting the heathen Aztecs, will also plunder their riches. Can Roger help his native friends survive the turmoil of the Spanish conquest of Mexico?

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Lexile/Reading Level
980L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Age of Exploration/Discovery
Date
1500s
Topic
Cortez | Culture and Traditions | Gods & Goddesses | Mayan
Geographic Region
Latin America | Mexico
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
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Feathered Serpent (The Seven Serpents Trilogy #2)

Author: O'Dell, ScottPart of a Series: Seven Serpents Trilogy

A young Spanish seminarian who the Mayas believe is their powerful god, Kukulcan, witnesses the coming of Cortes and the capture of the magnificent Aztec city, Tenochtitlan.

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Lexile/Reading Level
980L

Genre/Category
Adventure | Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Age of Exploration/Discovery
Date
1500s
Topic
Cortez | Fall of an Empire | Gods & Goddesses | Incas | Mayan | Pizarro
Geographic Region
Latin America
Format
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Amethyst Ring, The (The Seven Serpents Trilogy #3)

Author: O'Dell, ScottPart of a Series: Seven Serpents Trilogy

Book Amethyst RignSpanish seminarian Juliaan Escobar, known to the Mayas as Lord Kukulcaan and worshipped as a god, witnesses the fall of the Mayan and Incan civilizations with the coming of Cort’s and Pizarro.

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