MACMILLAN Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson | Paperback | Main Market Edition

Discover the 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award-winning, bestselling classic, Journey to the River Sea. This edition features beautiful cover art by Katie Hickey and an introduction by Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse.

Set against the lush, mysterious backdrop of the Amazon rainforest, this novel tells the story of Maia, an orphan who travels thousands of miles up the Amazon to live with distant relatives. While she hopes for adventure, she instead finds two spiteful cousins and their parents who fear the jungle. Maia's true journey begins when she encounters a mysterious boy living on the wild river shores, leading her into the heart of an extraordinary new world.

• Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal
• Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
• Shortlisted for the Whitbread Award (now the Nero Book Awards)

• Author: Eva Ibbotson
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Print Length: 320 pages
• Recommended Reading Age: 9 - 12 years

This Main Market edition was published on 13 May 2021 by Macmillan Children's Books.

• ISBN 10: 1529066190
• ISBN 13: 978-1529066197
• Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 22mm
• Weight: 230g
• EAN: 9781529066197
• Data di uscita: 13.05.2021

Experience this captivating, funny, and moving children's classic, celebrated as 'the most perfect children's book' by Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times.