Nezahuakcoyolt was born in the city of Tezcoco, and the people from his village predicted that he was going to be a great man. When he was small, he attended school, and when he was older his father was killed in an ambush. Once his father was dead the prince was haunted by the king who ordered his father’s killing. Nezahuakcoyolt hid from place to place, but eventually he gained his kingdom back. Once he ruled his kingdom, he establishes rules, builds palaces, and helps the poor. He tries to convince the Aztec priest that human sacrifice is not the way that the Gods want to be worshiped, but the Aztec priest does not listen to him. He also wrote beautiful poems that expressed his feelings about Gods, his life, and his culture. His poems is what I enjoyed the most because they express the beliefs of a culture that has died. The book helped me learn a lot about the Aztec culture, and how sophisticated their culture was. For an activity for kids I would want students to write poems about Nezahuakcoyoly, and about the Aztec culture. I would try to make some of the handmade head crown that Nezahuakcoyolt has in the book, so that students can envision Nezahuakcoyolt. ( )