Journey to the River Sea
No. of pages 320
Published: 2016
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An Amazon adventure set in the wilderness of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and memorable characters.
It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson's highly colourful, joyous adventure.
Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal.
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.
This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Nestle Smarties Book Award. It was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award. It also was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Pan Macmillan .
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, in Austria, and now lives in England. She has a daughter and three sons.
Whitbread Children's Book Award: 1971-2005
Exploration And Discovery in fiction
Latin America in fiction
Orphans And Foster Homes in fiction
Caribbean in fiction
Adventures in fiction
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Whitbread Book Award.
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.
Virginia Readers Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Elementary category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.
Nestle Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised by the Nestle Smarties Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.
Sasquatch Award
This book was recognised by the Sasquatch Award.
Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised by the Smarties Book Award.
