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Journey to the River Sea

Journey to the River Sea

by EvaIbbotson (Author)

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    Unabridged 2008

    $3.41

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at 13, 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 this highly colourful, joyous and award-winning adventure.

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More Information

Format: Unabridged
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Unabridged
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 02 May 2008
ISBN 10: 033039715X
ISBN 13: 9780330397155
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Promotion: Poster available. (Temporary)
 Prizes: Winner of Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 2001. Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2002 and LA Carnegie Medal 2002 and Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Book I Couldn't Put Down 2002 and Carnegie Medal 2002 and Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2001 and Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001.

Media Reviews
'A plot too exciting to put down. Sheer pleasure.' Sarah Johnson, The Times; 'A splendidly suspenseful, richly characterised drama.' Children's Book of the Week, Sunday Times
Author Bio
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but spent her early childhood travelling backwards and forwards across Europe between the homes of her father, a scientist, and her mother, a novelist, who separated when she was three. When the Nazis came to power, her family fled to England. She lives in Newcastle, where she brought up her four children and has written the best-selling novels for both adults and children that have been published all around the world.