New Latina sleuth is a strong, smart, psychic teenager - Review of Chasing the Jaguar

“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. “

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