Macmillan Childrens Books, UK, 2001. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 304 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan Childrens Books, UK, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name on sticker. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: It is 1910 - Maia, orphaned at 13, travels from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is very unhappy with her exceptionally bizarre new family but befriends Finn, a mysterious English boy who lives with the local Indians and shares her passion for the jungle. Then Finn's past life catches up with him and they are forced to flee far upriver in a canoe, pursued by an assortment of brilliantly eccentric characters that only Eva Ibbotson could invent. A richly colourful, romantic adventure on a sweepingly grand scale for readers of all ages. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; ISBN: 033039715X. ISBN/EAN: 9780330397155. Inventory No: 17100440.. 9780330397155

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With the memorable characters and plot twists she brings to her best-selling fantasies, Eva Ibbotson has written a hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil. Maia, an orphan, is sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation in South America. The brave, curious girl and her fierce but kind governess arrive in their new home, each with secret hopes of adventure. These are immediately quashed by the Carters, who hate their adopted land and its inhabitants. They are obsessed with re-creating England in the forest, right down to the watery puddings. It is only through friendship with a mysterious Indian boy (who just might be the heir to a large fortune) and a runaway child actor (who specializes in Little Lord Fauntleroy) that Maia and Miss Minton, her governess, find the excitement they longed for: an unexpected expedition into the heart of the Amazon, in search of a lost tribe and the legendary giant sloth.

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17100440
Title: Journey to the River Sea
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Format/Binding: Medium Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 033039715X
ISBN 13: 9780330397155
Publisher: Macmillan Childrens Books
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: BZDB5 Children & Young Adult; Journey to the River Sea
Bookseller catalogs: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read;

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