Eva Ibbotson
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.18 | 11785 Users | 846 Reviews
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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 |
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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.Identify Books In Pursuance Of Journey to the River Sea
| 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) |
Rating Of Books Journey to the River Sea
Ratings: 4.18 From 11785 Users | 846 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Journey to the River Sea
I loved this book. It is a fantastic adventure story that I think would appeal to most if not all children. I particularly loved that the protagonist is a girl of about 8/9 and is so brave and and a true wanderer :). It is also a great book to explore other cultures, the rain forest and a different time period. It also offers scope to discuss themes regarding friendship and how we decide or who decides what is morally 'right' or 'wrong'.A beautifully written, larger-than-life Amazonian adventure story thats filled with lovable heroes and heroines, some dastardly villains and a cleverly worked plot. Set a hundred years ago, the story follows the life and journey of Maia, a young orphan girl, who is sent from a boarding school in England to live with her distant relatives in the Amazon jungle. Maia has dreams of finding the loving family she has always longed for, but one by one her dreams are slowly extinguished. Undeterred by
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
Ive just had the adventure of a lifetime, traipsing about the Amazonian Jungle with Mrs Ibbotson as my official guide. All without a plane ticked or my passport.Now that Ive finished Journey to the River Sea, I want nothing more than to pack my bags and run away to Manaus. I want to see this vibrant, vivid world for myself. Just like our protagonist Maia, I want to see the Rio Negro and the Amazon River. I want to swim in that very point where these two rivers meet that borderline between the
Really enjoyed this book
A very fun read. Eva Ibbotson has become one of my favorite writers recently. She's a British author who was born in Vienna and emigrated to England as a child in the early 30s. I raced through her adult historical fiction/romances (which are currently being re-released as YA) and enjoyed all of them, even though I was familiar her plot pattern by the third book.This is the second children's/YA book of hers that I've read. (The first was The Star of Kazan, which I also liked a lot.) Following
I enjoyed this through and through, and somewhere in the second half it sailed from a 3-star rating to a 4-star one. I think its because, by the mid-point, almost all the events that an adult reader would predict have happened, and from then on its all about seeing how everything plays out and, most important, seeing Maia in her element:There were girls at school who wanted to ride, and others who wanted to go on the stage, and there was a girl who had made a terrible fuss till she was allowed
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