Eva Ibbotson
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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.
Publication Date 03 June 2011
Publisher Macmillan Children's Books
Book Type Paperback / softback
ISBN 9780330538817
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