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JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA
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| By: |
Eva Ibbotson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
033039715X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780330397155 |
| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
10 May, 2002 |
| Edition: |
Unabridged edition |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
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. |
| 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. |
| Key Stage: |
UK School Key Stage 2 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Macmillan Children's Books |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Smarties Book Prize Gold Award 2001
Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2002
Short-listed for LA Carnegie Medal 2002
Short-listed for Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Book I Couldn't Put
Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2002
Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2001
Short-listed for Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001 |
| Returns: |
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