{"product_id":"the-hero-twins-and-the-magic-of-song-tales-of-the-feathered-serpent-2-9781947627697","title":"The Hero Twins and the Magic of Song: (Tales of the Feathered Serpent #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the age when Maya demigods lived among us, two carefree brothers, One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu, are foolishly lured to Xibalba, the Land of the Dead, to play a game. Unfortunately, it was a one-way trip. Unable to return to the sea-ringed world above, One Hunahpu's firstborn sons must be raised by their grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet all hope is not lost. Down in Xibalba, One Hunahpu meets the rebellious Lady Blood, and their love leads to another set of twin sons, destined to save their father and uncle and restore balance to the cosmos. But won't be easy! Lady Blood is shunned in the world above, and the twins are taunted by their half-brothers' cruel pranks. If they choose to use a little trickster magic, maybe... just maybe... they might succeed. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdapted from author David Bowles's retellings and translations of essential pre-Columbian texts like the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e, the Tales of the Feathered Serpent series bring Indigenous Mesoamerican stories alive for young readers!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bowles\u003c\/b\u003eis a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas, where he teaches literature and Nahuatl at the University of Texas R?o Grande Valley. Among his forty published books are the multiple-award-winning \u003ci\u003eThey Call Me G?ero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Prince \u0026amp; the Coyote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFeathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico\u003ci\u003e, as well as the series Garza Twins, 13th Street, and Clockwork Curandera. He is the current president of the Texas Institute of Letters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cinco Puntos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874569523474,"sku":"9781947627697","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4d3aa12-66d8-46bb-ab92-733f47961146.jpg?v=1737999680","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hero-twins-and-the-magic-of-song-tales-of-the-feathered-serpent-2-9781947627697","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}