Journey
to the River Sea was picked as Number 3 on the UK
BookTrust's list of books for 9-11 year olds.
It was a goodie.
The author also writes books for adults. I remember reading one years ago. I think it was called The Morning Gift – it was
good too. The author was a refugee from
Nazi Germany – but you would never think that English was her second
language. How wonderful it must be to be
able to be truly fluent in more than one language.
The book has a plucky heroine, Maia, who is an
orphan. She is sent to live with some
distant relatives in Brazil – who are true villains (and duly come to a
somewhat sticky end).
There is a voyage down the Amazon river and lots of
interesting wildlife.
It sounds like something that might really intrigue a 9-11 year-old.
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