This hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil, introduces Maia, an orphan, sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation. As Maia and her kind governess arrive in their new home, they each have secret hopes of adventure--which are immediately quashed by the Carters, who hate their adopted land are obsessed with re-creating England in the forest, right down to the watery puddings.
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This hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil, introduces Maia, an orphan, sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation. As Maia and her kind governess arrive in their new home, they each have secret hopes of adventure--which are immediately quashed by the Carters, who hate their adopted land are obsessed with re-creating England in the forest, right down to the watery puddings.
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Well written, g-rated & full of surprising info & events. A great read.
Elyn
May 9, 2008
Journey to the River Sea
"Journey to the River Sea", by Eva Ibbotson is a wonderful book and an exciting read. Without being preachy or simplistic, it shows the journey of one Maia, a young girl from Briton, who travels to the Amazon after her parents are killed in an accident. Supposedly, she is going to live with caring reletives who will raise her properly, but it turns out that the Carters (her father's second cousin and his wife and twin daughters) are more interested in the money they get paid for her upkeep than in Maia herself. Greedy, spiteful twins, a creepy collection of glass eyes, and a crazed bug-killer make up the Carter family, who live on a failing rubber plantation in the jungle while all the while pretending they still live in England. A home-sick, British boy acter, a reluctant hier, and a stern-but-fascination governess all combine to make this story of Maia's Amazon a beautiful read, and the ending is positively sterling. A must-have for all would-be adventurers, Amazon enthusiests, or just those who love a good book.
