New Latina sleuth is a strong, smart, psychic teenager – Review of Chasing the Jaguar
Tagged: book, parents“As a child, Michele Greene was a fan of Nancy Drew mystery novels because of the young sleuths intelligence and independence.
The heroine of Greenes early reading is a lot like the lead character in Greenes first book, but with a modern twist.
In Greenes debut young-adult novel, “Chasing the Jaguar,” protagonist Martika Galvez is a Mexican-American teenager with psychic powers solving a mystery while planning her quincenera a 15-year-old girls coming-of-age ceremony, dealing with school and coping with her parents recent separation. “
Source: www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/books/story/65B0E0CB80F2F75C86257251005D57F1?OpenDocument
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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December 27th, 2006
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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