JAGUAR

//Jaguar//, by Roland Smith, follows the adventures of Jake as he moves in temporarily with his grandfather in a retirement home, and then as he leaves his home in New York to find his father in the rain forests of Brazil. Learn about the blue morpho, the ultralight, and the mysterious waters of the Rio Negro as you read this novel.

Look here to read about the author: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2681 http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1691/Smith-Roland-1951.html

Look here to find a rain forest nation in South or Central America to research for your Rain Forest Journal Project: http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/rainforests/maps/maps.html