Middleworld / J & P Voelkel / 415 pages

I listened to this thrilling children's adventure story on CD.  Scott Brick was the narrator and I don't believe he really did the book justice.  This is book one of the Jaguar Stones series.  Think Lightning Thief action but substitute Mayan mythology.  Max is a typical kid who ends up in Central America trying to find his archaeologist parents.  He meets up with a young Mayan girl, Lola, and together they must help to save the world by rescuing the Jaguar Stones.  Who cannot like a book when you have the Demon of Pus, Scab Stripper, and Lord Six Dog and his flatulent mother Queen Cocoa who are resurrected into the bodies of Howler Monkeys.  Great, fun book....recommended for grades 5-7.