Journey to the River Sea

Enchanting and inspiring. Any reader presented with this book will be enriched for life – Anne Fine
My favourite children’s book – Lauren St John
The most perfect children’s book … captivatingly told, funny and moving – Nicolete Jones, Sunday Times
A bubbly and fantastical adventure … Driven by humour and warmth, Journey to the River Sea has an irresistible charm – Julia Eccleshare, Guardian
A plot too exciting to put down. Sheer pleasure – Sarah Johnson, The Times
This is a wonderful adventure story, told with energy and imagination * Mail on Sunday *
Wildly original and wholly satisfying – Amanda Craig * The Guardian *
You can’t help but be swept away by Ibbotsen’s vivid descriptions of the Amazon * Good Housekeeping: Top 50 Books Every Child Should Read *
Exciting, adventurous, exotic. A book for people who like stories with brilliant ideas and interesting places. The main character is brave, kind and loves reading! * The Week Junior *
The longtime children’s fiction critic says of this 2001 adventure story, already acknowledged as a modern classic: ‘I know people who have gone to Manaus just because they read this. About a girl in 1910 who finds freedom and love and the joy of nature and of different cultures after she is sent to stay with narrow-minded guardians in Brazil. – Sam Leith * The Guardian *

Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Gold Medal and was shortlisted for both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. Some of her other young fiction titles include The Secret of Platform 13, Which Witch? and The Great Ghost Rescue. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.

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