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Loading... Me Oh Maya #13 (Time Warp Trio) (edition 2003)by Jon Scieszka, Adam McCauley (Illustrator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A early chapter book with a lot of kid action and time travel. I read all the Magic Treehouse books so I struggled reading this book. Although there were fun character and interesting names this book didn’t sit right with me. The story is about two boys who time travel with a book. This time they travel to the Mayan world and we’re going to sacrificed. Basketball saves them and the two friends make new friends and beat the high priest. In the classroom I believe a teacher use it as a read aloud but may need to replace some of the words. Blood sacrifice could be softened by saying sacrifice only. The theme friendship and trust. ( ) Summary: Joe, Sam & Fred from the Time Warp Trio series get transported to the Ancient Civilization of the Mayans. Their special book takes them there and they have to find the book to get back to their own time. Meanwhile, they have to play an ancient mayan ballgame to not get killed. Personal Response: I like to read this book to my class when I'm teaching Ancient Civilizations. I'd like it to be a little more informative because it mostly revolves around the ball game. Curriculum Connection: Maya, Ancient Civilizations Summary: In true Jon Scieszka style, this is the slightly quirky story of Joe, Sam, and Fred who find themselves moved from a Brooklyn basketball court to a Mayan ball court. They find the rules a little different than what they're used to and have to get home before they get killed losing. Genre: Fantasy The book sends the trio back in time 1,000 years to Chichén Itzá, where the boys make friends with fallen Maya Royals who they help restore to there rightful place in society. I like the books and they are very popular with series readers, especially boys. The Maya are a living breathing people still unlike neanderthals or european pirates and it is not awful, good for beginers to read . In particular spot in the book, Scieszka ridicules the evil Maya rulers name as "Kakapupahed". i mention this to whoever takes the book out. Still, the series is clever and popular with for people my age to read.
...humor encourages mockery of other[s]. Reviews of the book say that kids can learn a lot about Mayan culture by reading this book. I don't think so. What they really learn is that it is perfectly fine to denigrate Mayan names and hence, the people who carry them. They learn that the Mayan's are fools who can be easily tricked ("primitive Indians" you know). Belongs to SeriesTime Warp Trio (13)
Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats. No library descriptions found. |
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