by Eva Ibbotson · Salamandra Infantil y Juvenil · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498384116
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«Maia se va al Amazonas» is the children's and young adult adventure novel by Eva Ibbotson, published in hardback by Salamandra Infantil y Juvenil in Spanish.
An orphan raised in England, Maia travels up the Amazon to Manaus accompanied by her governess, Miss Minton, to begin a new life with distant uncles she has never met. In the jungle she meets Finn, an English boy who lives with a tribe, and together they become embroiled in dangerous adventures on the banks of the great river.
Spanish translation of «Journey to the River Sea», originally published in 2001. It won the Nestlé Smarties Prize and was shortlisted for The Guardian Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Prize.
For children and young adult readers aged 9 and up, with a reading level of 3rd and 4th grade primary.
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The historical novel Journey to the River Sea won her the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was among four finalists for the same award in 2012.
