Today is doomsday for a young Venezuelan Indian boy s beloved rain forest and its animal life--unless he and a visiting naturalist can save it. George makes drama large and small out of the minute-by-minute events in an ecosystem . . . gripping ecological theater. --C. An example of nonfiction writing at its best. --SLJ. Notable 1990 Children s Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1990 (NSTA/CBC)