The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

by Katherine Rundell

Hannah Horn (Illustrator)

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Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ...

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

'I loved The Explorer' Jacqueline Wilson
'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' Philip Pullman
'Read everything she writes' Daily Mail

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 …
  • ISBN10 1408854872
  • ISBN13 9781408854877
  • Publish Date 10 August 2017
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 9 February 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 416
  • Language English