A beautiful 10th Anniversay edition of this much-loved Ibbotson classic - with added bonus material!
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.
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but spent her early childhood travelling backwards and forwards across Europe between the homes of her father, a scientist, and her mother, a novelist, who separated when she was three. When the Nazis came to power, her family fled to England. She lives in Newcastle, where she brought up her four children and has written the bestselling novels for both adults and children that have been published all around the world.
ISBN:
9780330538817
Binding:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
01/08/2011
Category:
Children's: General Fiction
Imprint:
Macmillan
Pages:
400 page/s
Stock:
In print
Price:
$14.99 AUD