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| Journey to the River Sea | 
 enlarge | Author: Eva Ibbotson
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 3671
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 033039715X
EAN: 9780330397155
Publication Date: May 10, 2002
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Superb Adventure Story June 20, 2008
Based on customer's positive reviews, I bought Journey to the Riversea for a 12 year old girl. Making the unusual decision to read the book first, has turned out to be a compelling, riveting read. I thoroughly enjoyed and agonised, wondering what was going to happen next. I'm now an Eva Ibbotson fan. This superbly written adventure story, with its unexpected twists and turns, happily kept me awake for most a night. An avid reader since childhood, I loved this story and the characters, the exception being the ghastly Carter twins and their parents. I'm not only satisfied the 12 year old will be as thrilled as I am with the book, I now have The Dragonfly Pool. I see no reason why at my grandmother age, I should miss out on the best of children's literature. Especially those with a good moral story for young people.
An absorbing and charming book, with a wonderfully positive message April 9, 2008
We bought this for our 8 year old daughter, to expand her literary horizons beyond the typical Daisy Meadows/Enid Blyton fare that girls and boys of her age get so easily hooked on. It was recommended by a friend. I read it on a flight from Bombay to London and found it so absorbing that I barely noticed the time (or the plane) fly. It's a charming and inspiring read, transporting the young (and mature) reader to another time and place (thankfully free of computers, mobile phones and other scourges of the modern age). And beyond being a damn good read - with fine prose and a clever plot - it carries a wonderfully positive message for young readers about how to live their lives: to open their minds to new experience, to enjoy the adventure and discovery that is living, to trust people (within reason)and to treat them with respect and kindness, to behave with humility and dignity themselves. Youngsters need throw away their mobiles and their ipods, turn off their Play Stations and their TVs and read more books like this. If only.
 The sort of book that childhood was made for October 8, 2007
This was recommended to me by a friend as being suitable for a bright 10-13 year old child. Naturally, I read it as well, since I am old enough and with broad enough tastes not to be bothered about what people think about me reading a children's book.
It is another orphan's adventure. Here, the intelligent, life-loving Maia finds herself taken from London to be "cared" for by distant relatives in Manaus, Brazil, who are actually only interested in the money she has been left, and who do their best to make her life miserable. There are two other orphans, as well - Clovis and Finn. All three have to act beyond their years to find themselves the place in life that they are looking for.
The setting and the culture of Amazonia, and the extraordinary place that was Manaus at the turn of the century (a golden opera house a thousand miles up the Amazon river!) is captured beautifully, and Ibbotson sharply observes the cabin fever and eventual disintegration of Maia's new "family", who loathe their location, and treat it and the people around them with immense disrespect. The twist in the tail was a little too obvious for a mature reader, which is why I only gave the book four stars. However, this is an excellent book for a readerly child to lose himself or (more likely) herself in for a few days.
sle-reader July 3, 2007
this is a fabulous read, i have read more than once, a good read for you if you are about to embark on a great adventure like emigrating or going on a holiday of discovery, it will remind you why you wanted to go in ways you can't imagine, and if you don't really want to go but have no choice maybe it will entice you. i am thirty someting and my son is 12 and he loved it too, but wouldn't take it to school cos of the cover!!!!!!!!!
incredible - December 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I do not usually read, but for some reason decided to read this book. I gripped me quickly, and was easy to read. The magic of Mia was enchanting, I could not put it down. I have now read it many, many times, but the magic of the new places still remains sacred... a must read x
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