Greene, Michele, 1962-

Chasing the jaguar / Michele Dominguez Greene. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2006. - x, 227 p. ; 22 cm.

After having unsettling dreams about the kidnapped daughter of her mother's employer, fifteen-year-old Martika learns that she is a descendant of a long line of curanderas--Mayan medicine women with special powers. Includes glossary of Spanish words.

ISBN: 9780060763534 (trade bdg.) 0060763531 (trade bdg.) 9780060763541 (lib. bdg.) 006076354X (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2005022735

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mayas--Fiction.
Indians of Central America--Fiction.
Self-realization--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Quinceañera (Social custom)--Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.G84243 / Cha 2006

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]