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From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes.

Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they're on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

©2017 Katherine Rundell (P)2018 Recorded Books Action & Adventure Fiction Geography & Cultures Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Survival Stories Survival Aviation Sports

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"An exhilarating and sometimes harrowing old-fashioned adventure that comes beautifully, vibrantly alive on audio. Narrator Peter Noble is utterly convincing as Fred, Con, Lila, and, especially, 5-year-old Max.... Listeners will be riveted, breathless, until the very end." (AudioFile)
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This is so good. the kids waking through the jungel. So I think that every one will injoy

This is one of my favourites that I'v listined to!

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WE LOVE IT 😊! I hope there will be another one, where they go and find him again!🧒🏼👩🏼👱🏼‍♂️👩🏻‍🦱🧔🏽‍♂️I like the Explores concern for the rainforest! I haven’t got the mark on my hand 🖐️ but I agree with what he said so here✖️🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🦗🪳🪲🪰🐢🐍🐝🐝🐝🪱🕷️🪰🦟🐊🐊🐊🐠🐟🦚🦩🌳🌴🌿🎋🐒

🌎can’t there be another?

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a great storyline and very well narrated. a pleasure to listen to and thought provoking.

courage

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I loved every single part but my favourite bit was con Lila max and Fred sailing down the Amazon river on the raft

The amazing adventures. it was incredible. words cannot describe how good it is !

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I really liked the storyline, but was especially interested in the information shared.
The individual characters were beautifully drawn and significantly different and interesting.
Although there were strong moral lessons being taught it was never heavy going, just genuinely introduced. The narrator was great.

Great stuff

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