Books with title The Curse of the Jade Amulet

Can the mysterious jade amulet transport Nic Porter through time to the era of the classic Mayas? This is just one of the questions the twenty-year-old Mayan history major wants to answer in The Curse of the Jade Amulet. And why does the amulet only come alive when Nic, and no one else, touches it? Most importantly, why does his host family at Chichen Itzá, the ancient Mayan ceremonial site where Nic is living and studying, have one of these amulets—when all the others have been found at the bottom of the Sacred Well of Sacrifice along with the remains of the sacrificial victims they were intended for?For Nic these are more than just intriguing questions. For at least a thousand years, the women of his host family have suffered from an unexplained wasting condition which gradually undermines their health and strength, resulting in early death—and now beautiful Itzel, daughter of his host José and Nic’s true love—is showing symptoms as well. José thinks the fact that they have one of the amulets can only mean one thing, that centuries ago an ancestor intended for sacrifice somehow escaped her fate, angering the vindictive Mayan gods and causing them to place a curse for all time on the female line of the family. Nic doesn’t know what to think, but it’s becoming obvious that the amulet itself wants to use him to fulfill its long-dormant destiny. . . Thus begins an adventure that takes Nic from present-day Yucatán, Mexico to the era of the ancient Mayas and back on a magical quest to discover the secret of the jade amulet and save the life of the girl he loves.

Fourteen-year-old Suli must stop the most powerful witch her country has ever seen. If she fails, her country will starve, her animal friends could die, and wise women’s magic will be lost forever.Invited to fly to the Arctic with the wild geese, Suli jumps at the chance. But when she interrupts her journey to save a girl from being beaten, the leader of the wild geese advises her to return home to find the cause of a strange illness spreading among animals.If the cause is magical, only the wise women can stop it.Arta, the girl Suli rescued, insists on becoming Suli’s apprentice, even though the Prime Minister is rounding up wise women and putting them in camps. Reluctantly, Suli takes Arta with her. On the journey home, they stumble across the Prime Minister’s plans to take over the country. His use of witchcraft is draining all the magic from the land. Animals are dying. Wise women’s magic is being stolen, and Suli's teacher, Tala has mysteriously disappeared. It's up to Suli to decide what to do.Even with the help of her crow teacher and her animal allies, can Suli stop the Prime Minister and restore the magic to her land when her own magic has been stolen?The Cursed Amulet continues two years after the events in The Third Kind of Magic with Suli as the wise woman of Weatherstone. Praise for The Third Kind of Magic, Crow Magic Book One: The two things I dreamed of doing as a child were to fly and to talk to animals. This marvelous children’s book brought this reader back to that happiest of times when everything was possible and wishes could come true.—Ginny Rorby, winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award

Fourteen-year-old Suli must stop the most powerful witch her country has ever seen. If she fails, her country will starve, her animal friends may die, and wise women’s magic will be lost forever.Invited to fly to the Arctic with the wild geese, Suli jumps at the chance . But when she interrupts her journey to save a girl from being beaten, the leader of the wild geese advises her to return home because a strange illness is spreading among animals.If the cause is magical, only the wise women can stop it.Arta, the girl Suli rescued, insists on becoming Suli’s apprentice, even though the Prime Minister is rounding up wise women and putting them in camps. Reluctantly, Suli takes Arta with her. On the journey back to Weatherstone, they learn they may have stumbled across the Prime Minister's plans to take over the country. He's using powerful witchcraft that threatens to drain all the magic from the country.Animals are dying. Wise women’s magic is disappearing, and Suli's teacher, Tala has mysteriously disappeared. The animals are begging Suli to help them, as the wise women always have.But even with the help of her crow teacher, a former witch, and her animal allies, how can Suli stop the Prime Minister and restore the magic to her land when her own magic is gone? Praise for The Third Kind of Magic, Crow Magic Book One: The two things I dreamed of doing as a child were to fly and to talk to animals. This marvelous children’s book brought this reader back to that happiest of times when everything was possible and wishes could come true.—Ginny Rorby, winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book AwardThe Cursed Amulet continues Suli's adventures from where The Third Kind of Magic left off.

Can the mysterious jade amulet transport Nic Porter through time to the era of the classic Mayas? This is just one of the questions the twenty-year-old Mayan history major wants to answer in The Curse of the Jade Amulet. And why does the amulet only come alive when Nic, and no one else, touches it? Most importantly, why does his host family at Chichen Itzá, the ancient Mayan ceremonial site where Nic is living and studying, have one of these amulets—when all the others have been found at the bottom of the Sacred Well of Sacrifice along with the remains of the sacrificial victims they were intended for? For Nic these are more than just intriguing questions. For at least a thousand years, the women of his host family have suffered from an unexplained wasting condition which gradually undermines their health and strength, resulting in early death—and now beautiful Itzel, daughter of his host José and Nic’s true love—is showing symptoms as well. José thinks the fact that they have one of the amulets can only mean one thing, that centuries ago an ancestor intended for sacrifice somehow escaped her fate, angering the vindictive Mayan gods and causing them to place a curse for all time on the female line of the family. Nic doesn’t know what to think, but it’s becoming obvious that the amulet itself wants to use him to fulfill its long-dormant destiny. . . Thus begins an adventure that takes Nic from present-day Yucatán, Mexico to the era of the ancient Mayas and back on a magical quest to discover the secret of the jade amulet and save the life of the girl he loves.

Set in the islands and mountains of 18th century New England, this is a tale of wilderness adventure, murder, mystery, mysticism, and romance—of the power of the past, of dreams, and of a curse imposed by an ancient priest of Baal upon anyone who possesses the bronze amulet. The young minister Jonathan Tucker (Tuck), fisherman’s daughter Elizabeth Norton (Etsy), and mysterious recluse Matthew Randolph, discover that it often takes the remarkable and extra- ordinary to peal open the surface experiences, to plunge within to the cold, dark depths, to find what is true, to find the self.