The Explorer
Descriere
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award
Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year
Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal
'I loved The Explorer' Jacqueline Wilson
'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' Philip Pullman
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.
As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small.
Except, it seems, someone has been there before them …
Despre autor
Katherine Rundell este o autoare și academică engleză. Este autoarea cărții „Impossible Creatures”, numită „Cartea Anului” de Waterstones pentru 2023. Este, de asemenea, autoarea cărții „Rooftoppers”, care în 2015 a câștigat atât Premiul General al Cărților pentru Copii al Waterstones, cât și Premiul Blue Peter pentru Cea Mai Bună Poveste, și a fost nominalizată pentru Medalia Carnegie.
