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You wouldn't want to be an Aztec sacrifice! : gruesome things you'd rather not know / written by Fiona Macdonald ; illustrated by David Antram.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: You wouldn't want to--Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2013Edition: Revised editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0531238555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0531271048 (library binding : alk. paper)
  • 9780531238554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780531271049 (library binding : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • You would not want to be an Aztec sacrifice!
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Great expectations -- Hand it over! Tribute payment -- Get ready- the Aztecs are coming! -- Disaster! Captured in battle -- A long desert walk -- Handpicked! Who will be chosen? -- A gift fit for the gods -- A special day -- How will you meet your end? -- Up the temple steps... -- What happens to your body? -- Will your spirit become a butterfly.
Summary: A humorous and gory look at the ancient Aztec tradition of sacrificing enemy warriors to the gods.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 972.018 M135 Available 33111005190463
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story.Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history. You are a young man of noble family in the Central Valley of Mexico. Your city is about to be visited by your overlords, the Aztecs: fearsome warriors who practice human sacrifice. Will you be one of their victims? This new extended edition includes a map and a timeline of the Aztec civilization, and a selection of chilling facts.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Great expectations -- Hand it over! Tribute payment -- Get ready- the Aztecs are coming! -- Disaster! Captured in battle -- A long desert walk -- Handpicked! Who will be chosen? -- A gift fit for the gods -- A special day -- How will you meet your end? -- Up the temple steps... -- What happens to your body? -- Will your spirit become a butterfly.

A humorous and gory look at the ancient Aztec tradition of sacrificing enemy warriors to the gods.

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