by Eva Ibbotson
A lovely story which transports you to the Amazon, and you can just visualize the sights and sounds of the river creatures and jungle animals. Maia's parents have died and she boards at a girls school in England. Distant cousins of her parents offer to look after her, and to Maia's delight she finds that they live in the Amazon right on the river. However, delight turns to dismay when she discovers just how awful they all are. Her only allies are Miss Minton her governess, Finn an aristocrat-born jungle boy, and Clovis a travelling young actor. Adventures and disasters befall Maia in this beautifully told book.
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