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by David Bowles (Author), Charlene Bowles (Illustrator)
En esta novela gráfica que reinventa un cuento indígena mexicano, los gemelos semidioses usan la magia de las canción para rescatar a su padre ya su tío de la peligrosa Tierra de los Muertos. Una aventura suprema para los lectores preadolescentes!
In this graphic novel retelling of an Indigenous Mexican tale, demigod twins must use their magic of song to rescue their father and uncle from the perilous Land of the Dead. A supreme middle-grade adventure!
En la era en que los semidioses mayas prepararon el mundo para los humanos, dos de ellos, los gemelos Junajpú e Ixbalanké, reciben una misión de su madre: rescatar a su padre y a su tío de Xibalbá, la Tierra de los Muertos.
Los gemelos deben seguir el mismo camino mortal hacia Xibalbá, donde su padre y su tío son encarcelados por la realeza. Deben usar toda su inteligencia, incluyendo la magia de sus canciones y su conexión con los animales, para burlar a los habitantes del Reino del Temor: mosquitos, guacamayos, luciérnagas y más acuden en su ayuda mientras pasan noches aterrorizados y días jugando a la pelota con la realeza.
Pero a veces, ni siquiera el ingenio puede salvar a un semidiós. A veces, existe una Magia Primordial que tiene planes aún más ambiciosos para héroes como estos gemelos.
In the age when Maya demigods prepared the world for humans, two of those demigods, twins Hunahpu and Xbalanke, are given a mission by their mother: rescue their father and uncle from Xibalba, the Land of the Dead.
The twins must follow the same deadly path into Xibalba where their father and uncle are imprisoned by royalty. They must use all their cleverness, including their magic of song and connection to the animals, to outwit the denizens of the Realm of Fright: mosquitos, macaws, fireflies, and more come to the twins' aid as they spend nights in fright and days playing ball with royalty.
But sometimes, even wit cannot save a demigod. Sometimes, there is a Magic Primeval that has even bigger plans for heroes such as these twins.
Author Biography
David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas, where he teaches literature and Nahuatl at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. Among his forty published books are the multiple-award-winning They Call Me Güero, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico, and The Prince & the Coyote, as well as the series Garza Twins, 13th Street, and Clockwork Curandera. He is the current president of the Texas Institute of Letters.
Charlene Bowles is a Mexican American comic artist and illustrator from South Texas. In addition to the Tales of the Feathered Serpent series, she has illustrated several readers for educational programs and designed the covers of multiple comics and books, including the Garza Twins series. She is presently writing her first children's book and graphic novel.
