- Title:
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The Explorer
- Written by:
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Katherine Rundell
- Read by:
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Peter Noble
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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5
- Duration:
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6 hours 14 minutes
- Published:
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January 28 2019
- Available Date:
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January 28 2019
- Age Category:
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Children (8+)
- ISBN:
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9781489483102
- Genres:
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Fiction; Adventure; Children's Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Winner Costa Book Award / Children's Book 2017
Award-winning author Katherine Rundell's modern classic of adventure, survival and friendship.
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.
'Cracking. A kind of cross between Indiana Jones and the film Up. One of the most captivating books of the year.'
The Spectator
'As extravagantly beautiful as the rainforest it so lovingly describes, I cannot imagine the child who wouldn't be delighted by it.'
The Independent
'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK.'
Philip Pullman, award winning author of His Dark Materials series