The Explorer: From the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon Impossible Creatures

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‘Katherine Rundell just gets better and better. I loved The Explorer’ – Jacqueline Wilson
WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2017
A thrilling story of adventure, friendship and survival in the Amazon, The Explorer is an unmissable, Costa Award-winning modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine Rundell
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 .
‘Utterly splendid. Katherine Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK’ – Philip Pullman
Get ready to go on an unforgettable adventure with Katherine Rundell .

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From unrivalled storyteller Katherine Rundell
Dance the rooftops of Paris with Sophie in Rooftoppers Run with wolves through Russia with Feodora in The Wolf Wilder Explore the depths of the Amazon with Fred in The Explorer Somersault through 1920s New York with Vita in The Good Thieves As magical as Narnia. As epic as His Dark Materials The next epic adventure in the award-winning Impossible Creatures series

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 2 Jan. 2018
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1408882191
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408882191
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 – 10 years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.8 x 2.8 x 19.4 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 2 in Children’s Books on Travel 2 in Children’s Books on Forests & Trees 6 in Travel Fiction for Children
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