Two Great Eva Ibbotson Books
November 3, 2010 at 9:46 am Jon Page Leave a comment
Journey to the River Sea
100 years ago…..
Maia, an orphan travels to the city of Manuas in the Amazon rainforest.
There she will meet the Carters, her distant relatives and her twin cousins.
She can’t wait to share adventures with the twins.
Instead she finds two nasty girls who see the beautiful jungle as enemy.
Maia cannot resist venturing out, against the will of the horrible Carters.
There in the magical rainforest she has many adventures, befriends the
native tribes and meets a mysterious runaway.
Maia is in paradise when in the rainforest, a world of natural beauty.
Written by the late Eva Ibbotson, this book delivers everything expected
of a great book and is set to be a classic.
The Secret Countess
1917
A young Russian countess is forced to leave
her life of luxury, escape the revolution and
journey to distant England.
1919
Now a servant, Anna becomes a maid for the
young earl of Westerholmes.
But as she slowly falls in love with him, Anna’s
past becomes harder and harder to keep a secret.
A modern fairy tale, written by Eva Ibbotson, which
tells of the hard times faced by Russian aristocrats
during the revolution.
By Charlotte Reimer age 11
Entry filed under: Childrens' Books, multiple reviews. Tags: aristocrats, books, rainforest, revolution, runaway, russia.
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