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Eagle and Jaguar Trilogy

The Eagle and Jaguar Trilogy follows American teenager Alexander Cold and Brazilian guide Nadia Santos through three international expeditions. Their journeys move from the Amazon to a Himalayan kingdom and then to equatorial Africa, combining ecological adventure with magical identities represented by the jaguar and eagle.

Written for younger readers, the series focuses on friendship, Indigenous knowledge, exploitation and the protection of threatened communities. It is adventure fantasy rather than historical fiction, so the books are grouped correctly as a series but are not assigned invented historical-period relationships.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

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1. City of the Beasts

Isabel Allende

First published 2002

3.8(48,098)

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold joins his journalist grandmother Kate on an expedition into the Amazon in search of a legendary creature known as the Beast. With Nadia Santos, the daughter of their local guide, he enters a world threatened by outsiders who regard both the rainforest and…

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2. Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

Isabel Allende

First published 2004

2.5(5)

Alexander Cold and Nadia Santos travel with Kate Cold to a secluded Himalayan kingdom whose traditions are guarded from the outside world. The kingdom’s most important treasure is the Golden Dragon, a sacred statue believed to reveal the future and therefore a target for an international…

Forest of the Pygmies cover

3. Forest of the Pygmies

Isabel Allende

First published 2005

2.5(5)

Kate Cold’s assignment on African elephant safaris draws Alexander and Nadia into the search for missing missionaries. Their journey leads beyond the tourist route to a forest community dominated by armed men, forced labour and a ruler who maintains power through fear. Alexander and Nadia call…