This "fascinating" novel takes us into the jungles of Central America where we experience with a young boy the wonders of the natural world and encounter a host of wild creatures, including a black jaguar that the Maya regard as a spirit. Thanks to the boy's friendships with a local girl and an aging priest, he loses his fear of the jungle and instead comes to see it as a place of "discovery and celebration." The author's "description of the rainforest...is symphonic," says writer Brian Masters. This is a book to be ...
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This "fascinating" novel takes us into the jungles of Central America where we experience with a young boy the wonders of the natural world and encounter a host of wild creatures, including a black jaguar that the Maya regard as a spirit. Thanks to the boy's friendships with a local girl and an aging priest, he loses his fear of the jungle and instead comes to see it as a place of "discovery and celebration." The author's "description of the rainforest...is symphonic," says writer Brian Masters. This is a book to be cherished by young and older readers. Atkins is also the author of the novels "The Midnight Tapestries" and "The Bay Road," both available on Amazon.
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