Journey to the River Sea
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2014
Lexile Score
860
Reading Level
4-5
نویسنده
Penelope Rawlinsناشر
W F Howesشابک
9781471266119
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
November 26, 2001
Ibbotson (Island of the Aunts) offers another larger-than-life adventure featuring lovable heroes and heroines, nasty villains, much hilarity and a deliciously gnarled plot. In 1910, Maia, an English orphan, accompanied by her newly appointed governess, Miss Minton, sets off to Brazil to live with distant cousins. She dreams of exploring the banks of the Amazon and viewing exotic wildlife, but her self-serving cousins and their spoiled twin daughters despise the outdoors—almost as much as they despise Maia. The heroine feels like a prisoner, forced to live inside the "dark clinical green" walls of her relatives' bungalow. Her life would be dismal indeed, if she didn't sneak out every once in a while to meet up with two other orphans with whom she has crossed paths: Clovis, a traveling actor, who longs to return to England, and Finn, a rich heir, who would rather live with the "Indians" than be sent to the British estate where his grandfather eagerly awaits his arrival. Suspense steadily rises as all three of the children attempt to escape their undesired fates. Thanks to a series of surprising coincidences and strokes of good luck, the orphans manage to change their destinies. Although the book's dénouement drags on a bit long, readers will come away with the satisfaction of knowing that the good guys are amply rewarded with bright futures and the bad guys get their just deserts. Ages 10-up.
What a treat! Narrator Patricia Conolly adeptly establishes a tone of excitement and reinforces each character with wit and gentle irony. Our hero, Maia, is a wealthy orphan taken in by distant relatives she's never heard of in Brazil. The lush rainforest is a long way from the boarding schools of 1910 London. The Amazon River is what the people living there call the River Sea, and Maia is looking forward to exploring its exotic beauty, but first she's got to ditch her two evil cousins who want to get their hands on her money. An old-fashioned yarn full of lovable (and detestable) characters is brought vividly to life by Conolly. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
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