The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD: Katherine Rundell: Bloomsbury Children's Books

The Explorer

WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

The Explorer

WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

Description

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ...
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Winner of the Children's Book Prize
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2017
Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year
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'I loved The Explorer' - Jacqueline Wilson
'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' - Philip Pullman
'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail
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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 …

Product details

Published	02 Jan 2018
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	416
ISBN	9781408882191
Imprint	Bloomsbury Children's Books
Dimensions	198 x 129 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

A wildly exciting adventure … One of our most talented writers for children

Observer, Children's Book of the Week
The tone is humorous and wise, the characterisation observant and true, and the story suspenseful … Reading this delicious book is like eating electricity

Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Year
Cracking … A kind of cross between Indiana Jones and the film Up … One of the most captivating books of the year

Spectator
Katherine Rundell just gets better and better. I loved The Explorer. On one level it's a very exciting adventure story of four children fighting for survival in the Amazon – but it's also saying profound things about human nature and love and loss

Jacqueline Wilson
There's a gritty solidity to the horrors and the beauties, and a completely convincing depth to the characters, all of whom I loved. Katherine Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK

Philip Pullman
An adventure story to die for … Rundell is a class act – her beautiful descriptions of the rainforest could turn the head of a Mayan statue. And scrap bedtime: her need-to-know next chapters just won't wait till the sun's up. What a discovery

The Times