The graphic format in which this biography is written gives all readers, especially struggling readers, access to significant historical facts about this prominent Spanish Conqueror. The layout of this series is well organized in that the reader is first given important historical background information about the time period and a graphic index describing all the key historical characters included in the biography. The actual biography is presented in comic-strip form and includes very vivid but non-offensive illustrations. Cortes’ biography concludes with a brief account of important events following his conquest of the Aztecs. Overall, I would highly recommend this biography to all history and language arts teachers due to its “reader friendly” format which all students will appreciate. ( )