The explorer
Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn
Readers rate it 3.9 (17 on Hardcover)
324 pages · Released 2017
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A note for parents
The Explorer is an adventure survival story featuring four resourceful children navigating the Amazon after a plane crash. While there is some peril and mild danger inherent to survival scenarios, the book emphasizes ingenuity, courage, and cooperation rather than graphic content. The story celebrates curiosity, resilience, and kindness, making it well-suited for upper elementary and middle-grade readers with strong thematic rewards.
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Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines. Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.
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- Survival
- Juvenile fiction
- Rain forests
- Explorers
- Aircraft accidents
- Fiction
- Children's fiction
- Survival, fiction
- Amazon river, fiction
- Explorers, fiction
- Rain forests, fiction
- Brazil, fiction
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ISBN 9781481419451