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The Explorer

by Katherine Rundell
Hannah Horn
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Winner of the Children's Book Prize
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award
Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award, Children's category
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 ...
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9781408854884
  • File size: 20145 KB
  • Release date: August 10, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9781408854884
  • File size: 20145 KB
  • Release date: August 10, 2017
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Young Adult Fiction

Languages

English

Winner of the Children's Book Prize
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award
Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award, Children's category
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 ...
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Young Adult Fiction