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The prince & the coyote

Bowles, David (David O.), author, Mijangos, Amanda, 1986- illustrator, Levine Querido, publisher

2023

Overview

\"Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire life - after his father risked the wrath of the Tepanec emperor to win his mother's love. When a power struggle leaves his father dead and his mother and siblings in exile, Acolmiztli must run for his life, seeking refuge in the wilderness. After a coyote helps him find his way in the wild, he takes on a new name - Nezahualcoyotl, or \"fasting coyote\" (\"Neza\" for short). Biding his time until he can form new alliances and reconnect with his family, Neza goes undercover, and falls in love with a commoner girl, Sekalli. Can Neza survive his plotting uncles' scheme to wipe out his line for good? Will the empire he dreams of in Tetzcoco ever come to life? And is he willing to risk the lives of those he loves in the process? This action-packed tale blends prose and poetry - including translations of surviving poems by Nezahualcoyotl himself, translated from classical Nahuatl by the author. And the book is packed with queer rep - queer love stories, and a thoughtful depiction of pre-Columbian understandings of gender that defy the contemporary Western gender binary.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Levine Querido
• Subject: Nezahualcóyotl, King of Texcoco, 1402-1472 Juvenile fiction. / Nezahualcóyotl, King of Texcoco, 1402-1472 Fiction. / Nezahualcóyotl, King of Texcoco, 1402-1472 / Princes Juvenile fiction. / Indians of Mexico Juvenile fiction. / Aztecs Juvenile fiction. / Young adult fiction. / Princes Fiction. / Indians of Mexico Fiction. / Aztecs Fiction. / Princes Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Peuples autochtones Mexique Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Aztèques Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Princes Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. / Peuples autochtones Mexique Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. / Aztèques Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. / Roman pour jeunes adultes. / JUVENILE FICTION / General. / Aztecs / Indians of Mexico / Princes / LGBTQ+ people. / Texcoco de Mora (Mexico) Juvenile fiction. / Texcoco de Mora (Mexico) Fiction. / Mexico Texcoco de Mora
• ISBN: 9781646141777, 1646141776

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PZ7.1.B69 BOW	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE