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| Title | : | Journey to the River Sea |
| Author | : | Eva Ibbotson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | October 13th 2003 by Puffin Books (first published May 4th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure. Young Adult. Childrens. Fiction |
Eva Ibbotson
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.18 | 11785 Users | 846 Reviews
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Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. She believes she is in for brightly colored macaws, enormous butterflies, and "curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from the trees." Her British classmates warn her of man-eating alligators and wild, murderous Indians. Unfortunately, no one cautions Maia about her nasty, xenophobic cousins, who douse the house in bug spray and forbid her from venturing beyond their coiffed compound. Maia, however, is resourceful enough to find herself smack in the middle of more excitement than she ever imagined, from a mysterious "Indian" with an inheritance, to an itinerant actor dreading his impending adolescence, to a remarkable journey down the Amazon in search of the legendary giant sloth.
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| Original Title: | Journey to the River Sea |
| ISBN: | 0142501840 (ISBN13: 9780142501849) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Amazon Rainforest |
| Literary Awards: | Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for 9–11 years (2001), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2006) |
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"Those who think of the Amazon as a Green Hell bring only their own fears and prejudices to this amazing land. For whether a place is a hell or a heaven rests in yourself, and those who go with courage and an open mind may find themselves in Paradise" ~ Journey To the River SeaThis is the kind of book that demands an atmosphere.....a stack of sandwiches, a tall cold glass of lemonade ;topped at regular intervalsa wooden Easy-Chair (the kind your grandpa sat on and smiled genially from) placed in
Maia is an orphan in London, in the early 1900s. She is in a boarding school where she has many friends and is beloved by the teachers and staff. Her familys solicitor has finally found some distant relatives who have agreed to take Maia in however, shell have to leave her school and go to Brazil where the Carters have a rubber plantation. It so happens they have just hired a new governess for their twin daughters, so Maia and Miss Minton will make the long journey together. While she is sad to
At first, this looks like a fairly predictable orphaned-English-girl-gets-shipped-off-to-live-with-distant-relatives story. Predictably, the family Maia is to live with in Brazil is horrid, and only allowed her to come at all so that they could get the allowance that comes with her. Fortunately, Maia has a very sympathetic, if somewhat mysterious governess who accompanies her to Brazil and in her adventures. It isn't until Maia's been in Brazil for a while that the story begins to come out of
What a little stunner of a story! I came across this book in a charity shop. I liked the fact it was a hardback ( I know, a little quirk I have!) I was taken with the gorgeous cover and the unusual title.This was written in a way that reminded me of the books I read in junior school. It relit my ten year old self's yen for adventure and for things completely different to all I've known. The main character, Maia, sadly lost her parents to an accident and we find her receiving some news of her
Pretty interesting... It reminds me of like CInderella with da evil sisters except they r in da amazon and there is a nice maid lady
Journey to the River Sea is just the kind of book I loved reading as a child. It is set in the late 19th century (I've always enjoyed those books more than the ones set in more recent times) and is an adventure story with strong female characters and intelligent kids. Maia has lost both her parents in an accident. She lives in a boarding school in London until her guardian finds distant relatives who are willing to let her live with them. Maia is very excited to have a new family again with
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