City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende
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With his mother in hospital, fifteen-year-old Alex Cold is sent to his fierce, wonderful grandmother, Kate - a pipe-smoking, vodka-drinking old reporter with blue eyes "as sharp as daggers' points". Kate is about to embark on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon rainforest, but rather than change her plans, she simply takes Alex along with her. They set off with their team - including a local guide and his daughter, Nadia - in search of a fabled headhunting tribe and a legendary, marauding creature known to locals as 'the Beast', only to find out much, much more about the mysteries of the jungle and its inhabitants.
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Juvenile fiction, Indians of South America, Teenagers, Grandmothers, Fiction, Supernatural, Indios de América del Sur, Adventure and adventurers, Sobrenatural, Amazonas, Valle del Río, Ficción juvenil, Aventuras, Abuelas, Paranormal fiction, Adventure stories, Grossmutter, Jugendbuch, Enkel, Expedition, Amazon river, fiction, Indians of south america, fiction, Grandparents, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Fantasy fiction, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Supernatural, fiction, Amazon River Valley in fiction, Grandmothers in fiction, Supernatural in fiction, Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Indians of South America in fiction, Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction, Supernatural -- Fiction, Indians of South America -- Amazon River Valley -- Fiction, Grandmothers -- Fiction, Amazon River Valley -- Fiction, Exploration, Native Americans, Adventure fiction, Large type books, Fiction, action & adventure, Großmutter, Grandparent and child, Rain forests, Nature, Effect of human beings on, Roman d'aventures, Aventuriers, Romans, nouvelles, Nouvelles occultes, Indiens d'Amérique, Grands-mèresShowing 10 featured editions. View all 52 editions?
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Originally published: London : Flamingo, 2002.
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"ALEXANDER COLD AWAKENED at dawn, startled by a nightmare."
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When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
"Alexander Cold, un joven de quinces años, está a punto de embarcarse con su temeraria abuela, en el viaje de su vida."
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