num_pages: 208
description: Anna Kirwan, best-selling author of THE ROYAL DIARIES: VICTORIA, MAY BLOSSOM OF BRITANNIA, offers a riveting look at Mayan culture, A.D. 749, through the eyes of Princess Green Jay, Lady of Palenque.A political marriage is arranged between the thirty-three-year-old king of Xukpip and Princess Green Jay, the thirteen-year-old daughter of the king of Lakamha. The two are paired because of similar horoscopes -- and Green Jay possesses skills that will be valuable to her husband-to-be: She can read and write. Author Anna Kirwan relates fascinating aspects of ancient Mayan culture as she shares the young princess's physical and emotional state from the betrothal, with its distressing rituals, through her arduous journey to a foreign land and people, and a husband who is a complete stranger.
language: English
title: Lady of Palenque : Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749
titlecomplete: Lady of Palenque : Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diary, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Princesses
ratings_count: 1379
places: Mexico
series: The Royal Diaries
publisher: Scholastic