Journey to the river sea by eva ibbotson5/29/2023 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. 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's romantic vision of her new life is soon shattered. The story is ostensibly that of an orphaned girl, Maia, who travels from England to the Amazon in Brazil to begin a new life with the Carters - relatives she has never met before. 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. Journey to the River Sea is an enchanting adventure story from multiple award winning author, Eva Ibbitson. Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. You can read this before Journey to the River Sea PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Journey to the River Sea written by Eva Ibbotson which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
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