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The Last Lobo

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Roland Smith writes about Jake Lansa in a 3 book set - Thunder Cave, Jaguar, and The Last Lobo. I have not yet read the first, but it is next on my list. Smith weaves suspense, intrigue, and cultures in his novel. Thunder Cave takes place in Africa, Jaguar in the Amazon, and Lobo in the American southwest. Readers will be so involved, you won't know your learning about cultures too, Reading out of order isn't a problem, but I wish I had read them in order, Great none the less.

I am very concerned about saving wild animals so this book was very enjoyable to read. Roland Smith does a good job with stories of putting the reader there sensing what is happening at the moment that is what makes the stories interesting. Jean Schweer

The Last Lobo is an interesting animal book about saving an endangered lobo, which is killing off cattle and livestock. The main character, Jacob, is taking a trip to visit his grandfather, who himself is on a visit to his Hopi homeland. On the plane, he meets a person named Buckley, who is interested in Indian carvings. He learns about the animal that is eating the livestock, and tries to find it.
The story is good and worth reading, but there are some plot holes. The disrupted narrative, however, is well hidden, and you won't mind at all. A good book for animal lovers, and for book reports (you can skim it and not miss much), but a character that only appears once was not properly introduced, and got me a little confused. You should read the prequels first, then this.

The Last Lobo is about a kid named Jacob Lansa. Jacob has come back from Brazil and his grandfather, Tawapu, but also called Taw.He was supposed to be at a retirement home, had left to Arizona where he had came from. Jacob flies out to Arizona to be with him. He meets a person named Buckley, who sits next to him on the plane. Buckley and Jacob find Taw at the canyon. Jacob sees a newspaper that says they are reintroducing the Mexican wolf, called lobos. The ranchers are getting their livestock killed and are planning on killing the wolf when they see it, even if they have to go to jail. Jacob finds Taw in the canyon. Jacob meets some of his cousins, Marie and Hannah. They also meet Marie's ex-husband Earl. Earl was in jail for manslaughter and they let him out early. Earl threatened Jacob if Jacob didn't stay away from Marie or Hannah. Jacob goes and meets with Uncle John, who was one of Taw's friends from when he lived on the reservation. Jacob tries to capture the wolf with help from Uncle John. The wolf is very smart and digs up some of the traps. Earl is also trying to shoot the wolf, but he wants to kill it. Jacob decides to try to hit the lobo with a tranquilizer dart from a stand near where Uncle John says he thinks the lobo's hideout is. Sure enough, the lobo comes and Jacob hits it with a tranquilizer dart but Earl is also there. Marie tackles him and breaks his leg. The group finds the lobo and also the lobo's den with 4 pups in it. They return the lobos to safety.

I loved this book. I have read both Thunder Cave and Jaguar before and this one was just as good. I thought it was strange how Buckley Johnson just happened to meet Jacob on the plane and ended up becoming good friends with everyone and was in the story up to the end. Buckley Johnson was also the name of a person in Sasquatch who was enigmatic in that story also. Some of my favorite parts are when Jacob meets Earl for the first time. It is exciting and it looks like there would be a fight, then it got broken up by the meeting starting. I didn't understand why Earl didn't shoot Jacob if he was going to shoot his horse because he had already killed someone before. I didn't like how they didn't bring all of the wolves to the government. It would have helped the wolf relocation efforts quite a bit. I liked how the wolf was so smart. It knew how to avoid traps, keep people off its tracks, and not to revisit a kill. Some of the characters I liked were Jacob, because he was the normal person and was very likable. I liked how he could stalk animals without them noticing him. Another character I liked was Taw because he was the one who came back to Arizona in the first place. He also helped his old friend John out by helping him be able to move his left side again. The only character I didn't like was Earl. There wasn't anything he did that was nice. He spent the entire time trying to hurt Jacob, Marie, or the lobo. This was an extremely good book and is one of my favorite books of all.

This book is aight because you can not really tell what is going to happen unlike other books I have read. I liked how the writer ded not jsut write one paragraph to explain why the main character is doing or why they are doing that. This is a good multi-cultural book because it teaches some history on the Native American tribes that are in this book. Other multi-cultural books I have read do not tell as much about the history of the culture. The book describes the main events very well and the characters reminded me of real life people I know. Some things that kind of bugged me about this book is that the book just kind of stops at the end so I was like that was it. I think they should of have a little more information about the Mexican Wolves it would of been more interesting. I would of liked to know how one of the characters afforded all of the things it seemed impossible to pay all those expenses off without a job. Like I said The Last Lobo just stop and doesn't tell what happened to the charcters.

The last lobo was one of the best books I have ever read. I just finshed it this morning. The thing I liked about it was the ending.And all of the problems he faces. Even though I was too old for this book It was very well done. Check this one out!

The Last Lobo. A great title to start a great book. A lobo is a Mexican wolf,
an endangered species. This book is a thriller right from the beginning when Jacob
Lansa has no idea where his grandfather, Tawupu, Taw for short, has left to. He
finds his grandfather at his native Hopi reservation and Jake stays for a while,
trying to coax him to leave. In the process, he hears about a "ghost" wolf and
so does the town. The people of the town are angered at the wolf for killing their
livestock and the whole Hopi reservation goes on the hunt. It's up to Jake, Uncle
John, Betty, Taw, and Buckley to save the wolf from danger. Jake needs to trap
the wolf and let it loose in a less dangerous place. Will he be able to catch the
lobo before the Hopi do? Read the rest of the book to find out!
I would give this book four stars because it is a suspenseful story. I had no
idea what was going to happen when I turned the page! Roland Smith writes this
story along with some others such as Thunder Cave, Jaguar, Sasquatch, and Zach's
Lie. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good read and can stand
the tension. After reading this book you may even want to read some of the
books above. Roland Smith writes some of the best books I have ever read. By
now, it's your decision if you want to read The Last Lobo. I would highly
recommend it.

The Last Lobo by Roland Smith is a cross between adventure (from the boy's perspective) and survival (from the lobo's). Here are the top three reasons why you should read this book. First, it has a good description of the terrain and people. In other words, it was easy for me to picture what I read in my head. Second, it has a fast pace and never lingers on one subject for very long. The author throws in twists when you are not expecting them. Third, the book ties together wolves, endangered species, Native American culture, Arizona and New Mexico. I can think of a lot of other reasons for you to read this book, but I would be 100 before I could list all of them, so I am not going to do that.

I rated the last lobo as a five because it is a wounderful and intersting story. It is about a kid how travels to arazon to find his grandfather. but he fond more than his grandfather if you want to now more read the book and don't forget to check out the other two books.