by Eva Ibbotson · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478887910
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«Maia se va al Amazonas» is Eva Ibbotson's young adult adventure novel, published by Salamandra in hardcover (256 pages, in Spanish).
Maia, an orphaned English girl, travels along the Amazon River to Manaus accompanied by her governess, Miss Minton, to live with distant uncles she has never met. As she adapts to the jungle and the immense nature around her, she meets Finn, an English boy who lives with the indigenous people, and together they become caught up in adventures as exciting as they are dangerous.
The work was originally published in English as «Journey to the River Sea»; it won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2001.
Aimed at children and young adults, especially those looking for adventure and nature novels.
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The historical novel Journey to the River Sea won her the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was among four finalists for the same award in 2012.
