Journey to the River Sea

AvEva Ibbotson

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Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

An Amazon adventure set in the wilderness of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and memorable characters.It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson's highly colourful, joyous adventure.This 15th anniversary edition includes a forward by Lauren St John, author of The White Giraffe.Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal.Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-09-04
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780330477444
Förlag:Pan Macmillan
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2001 (UK)

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Klassiska romaner/Klassiker inom Skönlitteratur
Klassiker inom Barn och ungdom
Klassiska barnböcker inom Barn och ungdom

Mer om författaren

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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Exciting, adventurous, exotic. A book for people who like stories with brilliant ideas and interesting places. The main character is brave, kind and loves reading!