The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree

A mythic fantasy about the world's most beloved food.

When the jaguar roars, sacred trees listen...

Overview

What do you get when you smash The Chronicles of Narnia and The Golden Compass together and dipped them in chocolate?

The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree! This is one of my most popular books—with kids and adults alike. Check out the synopsis and the reviews. To read the entire book in serial format right here on Substack, subscribe to The Cacao Muse.

Features: Includes 32 chapter illustrations and an appreciation by Dr. Allen Young, curator emeritus at the Milwaukee Public Museum and author of The Chocolate Tree.

Language: English, with brief Spanish and Itzà Maya dialogue (all with English translations).

Age: Written originally for readers aged 9–13, but all of my adult readers have greatly enjoyed the story as well. Parents and grandparents have read the book together with their children and grandchildren.

Honors

Foreword Reviews magazine selected The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree as one of the best six YA summer reads for 2016.

Book info

Genre: Historical fiction & fantasy / juvenile fiction

Page count: 332 pages

Price: $14.95 or $16.95 (signed)

All print copies purchased directly from the publisher come with a free eBook.

Of course, if you’re an Amazon member and would prefer to get the book there, I won’t stop you. I’ll just send a horde of pygmy hippos to your house.

Well, ok. Here’s a pro tip to keep those hippos at bay: leave a review for the book on Amazon and they’ll go back home. Doesn’t have to be 5 stars. Whatever you sincerely think—the hippos can’t read.

Special gifts!

If you get the hard copy from my publisher—signed or not—you’ll also receive the eBook FREE, because I don’t see why you should pay twice for the same book. Amazon thinks you should, apparently.

Oh and if you buy the print copy, you also get an annual subscription to The Cacao Muse as a special thanks.

All that love for just one book!

See why it’s better to support authors??

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