Heart of a Jaguar

Marc Talbert. Aladdin Paperbacks, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81332-0

PW's starred review deemed this tale of a 13th-century Mayan youth willing to become a human sacrifice for his village ""a resonant coming-of-age story,"" adding that graphic descriptions reserve this novel for ""non-squeamish readers only."" Ages 12-up. (May)

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