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Journey to the River Sea

Eva Ibbotson

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      A gorgeous 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award-winning, bestselling classic adventure, with a beautiful cover by Katie Hickey and an introduction by award-winning author of Letters from the Lighthouse Emma Carroll. A joyous Amazon adventure set in the lush nature of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and extraordinary characters. Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon. She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of the rainforest more than make up for the hideous twins and their parents. And when Maia meets a mysterious boy who lives alone on the wild river shores, she begins a spectacular journey to the heart of an extraordinary and beautiful new world. Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal.Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award (now the Costa).'The most perfect children's book . . . captivatingly told, funny and moving' – Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
      CONTRIBUTORS: Eva Ibbotson EAN: 9781529066197 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 233 g HEIGHT: 197 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Classics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Brazil, Amazon river and tributaries, c 1910 to c 1919, Relating to childhood, Classic fiction: general and literary, Historical adventure fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
      A gorgeous 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award-winning, bestselling classic adventure, with a beautiful cover by Katie Hickey and an introduction by award-winning author of Letters from the Lighthouse Emma Carroll. A joyous Amazon adventure set in the lush nature of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and extraordinary characters. Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon. She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of the rainforest more than make up for the hideous twins and their parents. And when Maia meets a mysterious boy who lives alone on the wild river shores, she begins a spectacular journey to the heart of an extraordinary and beautiful new world. Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal.Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award (now the Costa).'The most perfect children's book . . . captivatingly told, funny and moving' – Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
      CONTRIBUTORS: Eva Ibbotson EAN: 9781529066197 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 233 g HEIGHT: 197 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Classics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Brazil, Amazon river and tributaries, c 1910 to c 1919, Relating to childhood, Classic fiction: general and literary, Historical adventure fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories

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      Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Gold Medal and was shortlisted for both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. Some of her other young fiction titles include The Secret of Platform 13, Which Witch? and The Great Ghost Rescue. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.

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