Journey to the River Sea
By Author / Illustrator
Eva Ibbotson
Genre
Adventure
Age range(s)
9+
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN
9780330397155
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
02-05-2008
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.