num_pages: 40
description: “This sensitive treatment of La Noche Triste, or The Sad Night, the last battle the Aztecs won against the Spaniards, is a highly effective melding of graceful, lucid text and stylized art. Designed to resemble Aztec codices, the illustrations appear in double-page strips above the bordered text. Beginning with the Aztec migration to Tenochtitlán (now Mexico City), the history of this people is traced through their final conquest by Cortés’s forces. . . . This title has the distinction of combining myth with historical fact in a particularly successful manner. An engaging introduction to Mexican history.”—School Library Journal
language: English
title: The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss
titlecomplete: The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss
genres: Picture Books, Childrens, History
ratings_count: 65
publisher: Clarion Books