Blue

Gold

The Secret of Old Mexico

Author: Jerry Stemach

 

In this story, Jeff and Ken are invited to the Yucatan jungle to help on the archeological dig of a Mayan temple. Someone on the dig team wants to steal valuable artifacts and smuggle them to the United States to sell on the black market.

Kris and Mandy join the boys in Mexico while Nick goes to San Francisco to help open a new Museum of Latin Culture. In their attempt to stop the crime, they encounter poisoned artifacts, poisonous snakes, and gold.

The story introduces the reader to Chac-Mool statues and other elements and facts of Mayan culture, the geography of Mexico, Day of the Dead, Spain’s conquest of Mexico, and the peso as a unit of monetary exchange.

Guided Reading Level: L

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