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    Happy: A Memoir

    Alex Lemon

Journey to the River Sea

by Eva Ibbotson

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

"Adventure lovers who enjoyed Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Orchard, 1990) and Sharon Creech's The Wanderer (HarperCollins, 2000) will devour this one and wish that it would continue." Jean Gaffney, School Library Journal

Review:

"Here is the stuff of a great story: An inheritance, bratty twin cousins, an aunt recreating English life while living on the Amazon, and a wonderful boy hiding in the jungle. Ibbotson again shows her storytelling mastery, and Hawkes' old-fashioned pen-and-ink illustrations add to the charm. A great yarn." Dara La Porte, Politics & Prose, Washington, DC

Synopsis:

This hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil, introduces Maia, an orphan, sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation. As Maia and her kind governess arrive in their new home, they each have secret hopes of adventure--which are immediately quashed by the Carters, who hate their adopted land are obsessed with re-creating England in the forest, right down to the watery puddings.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780525467397
ill.:
Hawkes, Kevin,
Author:
Hawkes, Kevin
Author:
Ibbotson, Eva
Publisher:
Dutton Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
History
Subject:
Adventure and adventurers
Subject:
Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical
Subject:
Orphans
Subject:
Governesses
Subject:
Brazil
Subject:
Historical - Exploration & Discoveries
Subject:
Amazon River Region
Subject:
Classics
Edition Number:
1st American ed.
Edition Description:
American
Series Volume:
5]
Publication Date:
January 2002
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.54x5.84x1.08 in. 1.01 lbs.
Age Level:
09-12
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