I Was There: The Lost Temple of the Aztecs
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1999
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780590124799
- Publish Date
- Oct 1999
- List Price
- $8.99
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Where to buy it
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Description
On February 21, 1978, in the heart of Mexico City, ditch diggers uncovered a large stone with ancient carvings. Their work stopped and archaeologists were called in. What treasures would the long-buried Temple of the Aztecs reveal?
About the authors
SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor. She has written more than twenty books for children and young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in Society Book Award and the Information Book Award, and she has twice been nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner-up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Her translation of Michel Noel’s Good for Nothing won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and was on the IBBY Honor List (Commended). Shelley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Awards
- Short-listed, Red Cedar Award for Non-fiction
Editorial Reviews
“Tanaka tells the tragic, brutal tale with authority and immediacy.? (The Globe and Mail) “Greg Ruhl's paintings are filled with light and colour and drama.? (Quill & Quire)
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