Book description
An ecological romance with a pulsing heart, equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque - one of the world's greatest and most beloved storytellers broadens her style and reach with a Amazonian adventure story that will appeal to all ages.
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip…
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2 authors picked City of the Beasts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is the kind of book that sweeps you away on an adventure so vivid that you can almost feel the humidity of the Amazon rainforest and hear the distant calls of unseen creatures. It’s not just a story—it’s an expedition full of breathtaking landscapes, mystical animals, and the kind of danger that keeps us turning pages late into the night.
Following Alex and Nadia through the heart of the jungle, discovering lost civilizations and legendary beasts, makes us feel like explorers ourselves. Isabel Allende brings the Amazon to life in a way that’s both magical and deeply real, making…
From A.V.'s list on teens who dream of magical worlds.
In a tale involving entrepreneurial ruffians who exploit native Amazonian tribes, and corrupt officials, Alex and Nadia discover the ‘People of the Mist’ and the mystical sloth-like beasts of the title who are trying to protect their forest. The first, and for me the best book of this supremely gifted writer’s explorative trilogy, it deals, compellingly, with the self-seeking greed behind White Man’s destruction of the lungs of our planet, the Amazon. If we lose the Amazon Rainforest, we lose our planet. As simple as that. Mr. Bolsonaro, please read this book!
From Oliver's list on thinking more deeply about real-life issues.
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