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| Jaguar | 
| Author: Roland Smith
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 92225
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0786813121
EAN: 9780786813124
ASIN: 0786813121
Publication Date: February 3, 1999
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Condition: Lots of visable wear from reading, spine and cover have creases, all pages in good shape, reading copy.
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Product Description
While accompanying his father on an expedition up the Amazon River to a jaguar preserve in Brazil, fourteen-year-old Jacob must contend with dangerous animals and fortune hunters.
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 Reviews by Ms. Ryan's students February 28, 2008
By Adina G.
Jaguar is a book of adventure, the main characters name is Jake and he goes to Brazil with his dad to work on a jaguar preserve. I wouldn't read the book again but it was pretty good. My favorite part of the book is when a bad guy named Tyler died by a bow and arrow. Flanna was my favorite character because she killed a bad guy named Tyler. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure.
I give this book three stars.
By Andrew
Jaguar is a story about a boy named Jake. He, his dad, and some friends have to set up a preserve while watching out for an evil man named Tyler. They also deal with all these other problems like mosquitoes, death, and a lot of confusion about what to do next.
This is a great story to read and I would recommend it to just about everybody. It was interesting and had a lot of details. The author has good writing and made the book sound amazing. The only things that where bad was how he rushed the ending and didn't use very many interesting words. But in the end it still turned out to be a great book. If I would have to grade this book I would give it four and a half stars.
By Josiah
Jaguar is a story about a boy named Jake and his father Doc/Bob who goes to a preserve in Manaus, Brazil. But a mysterious man is following him with a scar across his eye. An unexpected twist happens at the end of the book finds something he did not expect to find. On the way he meets some new friends Flanna, Buzz, Raul, and maybe Silver. Jake lost his mom in the divorce but maybe a new one apparently Doc/Bob is hanging around with Flanna... A lot!
Honestly I don't think it's not that good. But for people who love traveling and adventure. If I were a critic I'd give it a 3 star rating. The only reason I'd do that is because I don't like reading. But if I did it would be a great book.
By: Daniel
Jaguar is about a boy named Jake and his dad named Bob but people call him Doc. They go on a trip to a jaguar preserve and they confront secrets, dangers, and new people along the path.
The main characters are Jake and Doc. They have to go to help the jaguar preserve get more jaguars. Jake and Doc run into many problems and adventures too.
Personally I really liked the book. My favorite part in the book was when Jake has to take apart the morpho and rebuild it. The part when he's at the retirement home was kind of boring but it gets really exiting.
I really recommend for people to read this book it's a great book with secrets and mysteries. I think people that like adventure books should read this book. I would give this book 4 stars.
By: Justin Cl.
Jaguar is a story about a boy named Jake who is 14 years old and he follows his dad to Brazil. The main characters are a boy named Jake, his father Bob (Doc), and Taw. My favorite character is Jake because he is very adventurous and curious. I would recommend this book to any one who is older than 8 years old. I loved this book it was very adventurous and very good choice of words.
I give it 4.9999999999 stars
By. Kelly M.
Jaguar is an exciting book about a 14-year-old boy (Jake) who has a dad that is building a jaguar preserve. One day Jake goes to Brazil with his father. And faces danger, jaguars and guns.
This book is great and has a lot of intense moments. This book really makes you think something will happen. And it never does. This book may seem like it has a bunch of jaguars in it, but it only has a few, and the book only mentions them a little.
I warn you some people die in this book. I won't tell you who, how, or how many. There are only 2 girls in this book. Flanna and Scarlet. But Scarlet is a parrot.
FLANNA: a go lucky girl that hates violence and would cry if someone evil died. (Or someone good died.)
SILVER: A man who meets everyone a bit after the beginning. He seems nice, yet very suspicious...
BOB (a.k.a. Doc): The main characters father. He dates Flanna.
JAKE: The main character. He is 14 and lives in a retirement home. His dad made him live there.
FRANK: A mysterious man you meet later in the book...
TYLER: It's a secret...
SCARLET: Silver's pet bird.
BETH: Jake's mom who died before the book.
BILL: The man who starts the idea of making a preserve.
I give this book 5 stars.
By KY
Jaguar is about a boy and his dad who goes on a trip and face many dangers.
The author wrote this book very good there is a bunch of really good sentence fluency and they're a bunch of twist and turns. You would love this book. There are lots of different emotions. People die, hidden treasure, etc. overall 4 out of 5.
By: Liz M.
Jaguar is a book about a boy named Jake who follows his dad to Manaus. One problem they ran into was they were in Manaus and a boat exploded and Bill Bruster died. Doc had to continue building the jaguar preserve. I liked the book but it was kind of hard to follow because it had too many twists and turns. I recommend reading it because it is interesting but hard to follow.
I'd give it three stars.
BY PELE I-J
Jaguar is a story about a 14-year-old kid named Jake that follows his dad to Brazil.
The main characters of this story are Bob [Doc], Jake, Flanna, Silver, and Raul. My favorite character was Silver because he didn't turn out who you would think he would be.
I would recommend this book because it is very fun to follow and is intense. It has nice interesting words and is very descriptive. I would give this book 4 stars.
By: ShyanneB.
I think the Author did a really good job writing the book Jaguar. In my opinion Roland Smith should keep writing books, because I would LOVE reading more of his books. I also liked it because I felt like I was apart of the book.
The ending of the book was the greatest of all to me. Why? Because it all came clear to me. Who I thought was the bad guy turned out to be the good guy. That is why I recommend Jaguar.
4 out of 5 stars awarded.
 A Wonderous Adventure April 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jake is a very curios and adventurous kid and he has just come back from an adventure in Kenya when his father goes down to brazil. During his trip to Brazil Doc finds some things he wants to say to Jake about the preserve for Jaguars and other things, so Doc sends for Jake. When Jake arrives in Brazil he goes on a wild ride. From experiencing a death to learning how to ride a go-cart with wings? to tracking jaguars in the rainforest. On his adventure he meets an amazing indian man who can hunt and adapt to any enviroment. He also meets a man who might take all hope away plus his father and friends. This book knows how to keep you hooked. When you read it your like: Is he bad? or, will the preserve open. Theres just so many questions that only get answered if you read the book!!!! Read this book to find out how the journey ends.
Jaguar In A Nutshell April 3, 2007
Jacob Lansa is Dr. Robert Lansa's only child, but sometimes Jake thinks his dad (aka Doc) doesn't even notice him. While Doc sits and gawks at his laptop screen, Jake rummages through the fridge to find some food that isn't moldy, spoiled, or out of date. He grabs a half empty OJ jug and borrows a cup from the sink that is currently being mistaken for a drain board. Meanwhile, Dr. Lansa has been asked to join an expedition in Brazil, which means he'll have to leave Jake in a retirement home with his grandpa, Taw, who is a Hopi Indian that spent most of his life riveting steel grinders together high above the streets of New York City. After putting up with annoying inmates and tons of questions, Doc finally sent a fax saying that Jake could go "visit" for a while.
When Jake stepped off the plane the gust of heat nearly knocked him off his feet. He walked into the terminal expecting to find his father, but had no luck. Just as he was about to walk out the door into the scorching sun, when he spied a tall, slender, completely bald man I had never seen before, holding a sign that read LANSA. Jake cautiously sauntered over to the stranger.
"Are you Jake?" questioned the unfamiliar person.
Jake nodded. After some questions and answers, Jake was convinced and followed the man. "I'm Buzz" shouted the man over the rattling engine of the old beater truck which to him was a "limo".
When they arrived at the warehouse, Jake was surprised to see that Doc wasn't there. Buzz said that Doc and Bill would arrive some time tomorrow. After Buzz showed Jake around, Jake got a shower and went to bed.
When Doc and Bill pulled up, Jake and his dad went to go pick up Flanna Brenna, a botanist who decided to join us since her grant from a pharmaceutical company ran out about 3 weeks ago. When they got to where they suppose to pick her up at, she wasn't there so they had to go looking for her. After trudging through the Amazon Rain Forest a few minutes, Doc and Jake stopped to rest on a decaying log. While Doc dangled his feet in a nearby creek, Jake asked about staying there longer than a week, and Doc replied,
"No, you have school."
"What about the summer?" Jake proposed
"There's plenty of summer camps and boarding schools," Doc replied
Jake stormed off as far away from Doc as he could. Moments later he bumped into Flanna. Doc caught up to Jake and properly introduced them. After gathering up Flanna's equipment from 150 feet up in the canopy, they traveled back to the warehouse to go to bed.
In the morning, Bill and Buzz went out to do some work on the boat engine. Just moments later, a gargantuan explosion came booming from the boat. Doc high tailed it to the boat. Someone was lying on the ground, but as for the other person, it was too late. Later that day, we found out that it was Bill Brewster. Doc had minor burns from saving Buzz. Buzz had burns and a broken leg which meant he couldn't fly.
Buzz and Flanna eventually talked Doc into letting Jake stay so he could fly the ultralight until Buzz got better.
Monkey Boy As Jaguar March 22, 2007
Jake is a 14 year old boy who lives in a retirement home with his grandfather and other old people. His mother died. Jake made friends in the retirement home. He had a friend Peter. Jakes father doesn't like Jake to call him dad. He prefers him to call him Doc instead. His dad is a wildlife biologist and doesn't see Jake very often.
Jake doesn't enjoy not having his father around. He doesn't like living in a retirement home with old people but he likes to be there with his grandfather. He likes to go outside and play and to get some fresh air.
One day Jake decides to visit his dad in Brasil. When he arrives at the airport there is someone waiting there for him. Jake met up with his father. His father wants to collar jaguars and track them. He wants to set up a jaguar preserve.
Jake ends up going on the expedition with his dad and his dad's friends Bill Brewster, Buzz, and Flanna, who is a botanist. She wants to see all the plants and animals that are in the Amazon.
The boat they were using exploded. Doc's arm was all burned and Buzz's leg broke and Bill died. Jake and Flanna were untouched. Now Jake has to fly the Morpho, an ultalight used to track the jaguars.
I can relate to Jake because he likes to be outside, and he likes to fly the Morpho. I would like to fly a plane but I don't know how. I also like to be outdoors. I've never been to the Amazon rainforest on an expedition before, but I sure would like to.
I liked the book because it was adventurous and exciting. It was also a little mysterious. I recommend this book to others. It would be a good book for children and would be exciting for adults as well.
Jaguar December 14, 2006
Jaguar is a story of a boy named Jake. Jake went on a trip to the Amazon Forest to visit his dad, Doc, but then he ended up staying there for a very long time. Jake and his father were having the happiest time of their lives searching the Amazon for jaguars and other animals.
Later in the trip Jake and his dad's girlfriend Flanna went up into the canopy. They looked at the birds and bugs. There were huge spiders that could eat a bat or bird and there were a bunch of trees with snakes. Flanna had a platform that you can stand on and look at all the animals in the canopy. One time she stayed up there for 3 days. There are so many interesting trees, animals, and plants in the Amazon.
In the evening Jake would go into the forest to a place with a waterfall and a rock right near it. He would look at the waterfall and the view and have a great time. Some people do live in the forest and those people are Indians. They have been there for a very long time and no one has ever seen them before except for Jake and the crew.
One of Jake's favorite things to do was to go in the Morpho, which is a plane, and the Zodiac, which is a boat. Buzz is the one who taught Jake how to fly the Morpho.
In this world of mysteries there is a lake and under that lake Jake thinks is the lost city of Muribeca. In the lost city of Muribeca there is gold. The crew is trying to find it.
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