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Heart of a Jaguar

3.4/5 ( ratings)

-- "Gripping... a resonant, coming-of-age story". -- Publisher's Weekly, starred reviewWhen famine threatens his drought-stricken Mayan village, Balam kills a jaguar and hopes its heart is the offering the gods desire. His courage, he thinks, proves his manhood. His gift, he prays, will bring on the rains. But the elders say the gods demand more -- a human sacrifice.... "Unusual and arresting... Talbert takes the reader deep into the heart of a Mayan village". -- Booklist, boxed review. "Superb . . . A breakthrough novel". -- Patty Campbell in The Horn Book

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

Release: May 01, 1997

ISBN: 0689813325

ISBN 13: 9780689813320

Heart of a Jaguar

3.4/5 ( ratings)

-- "Gripping... a resonant, coming-of-age story". -- Publisher's Weekly, starred reviewWhen famine threatens his drought-stricken Mayan village, Balam kills a jaguar and hopes its heart is the offering the gods desire. His courage, he thinks, proves his manhood. His gift, he prays, will bring on the rains. But the elders say the gods demand more -- a human sacrifice.... "Unusual and arresting... Talbert takes the reader deep into the heart of a Mayan village". -- Booklist, boxed review. "Superb . . . A breakthrough novel". -- Patty Campbell in The Horn Book

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

Release: May 01, 1997

ISBN: 0689813325

ISBN 13: 9780689813320

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