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Journey to the River Sea, Page 25

Eva Ibbotson


  I have written books for children about wizards, witches, harpies and ghosts, and books for adults about all sorts of things, but my interest in the exotic world of the Amazon has never left me. Journey to the River Sea is my attempt to share this world with you.

  Books by Eva Ibbotson

  Let Sleeping Sea-Monsters Lie . . .

  and Other Cautionary Tales

  Dial A Ghost

  Monster Mission

  Not Just a Witch

  The Beasts of Clawstone Castle

  The Great Ghost Rescue

  The Haunting of Hiram

  The Ogre of Oglefort

  The Secret of Platform 13

  Which Witch?

  Journey to the River Sea

  The Dragonfly Pool

  The Star of Kazan

  For older readers

  A Company of Swans

  A Song for Summer

  Magic Flutes

  The Morning Gift

  The Secret Countess

  First published 2001 by Macmillan Children’s Books

  This electronic edition published 2014 by Macmillan Children’s Books

  a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

  20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR

  Basingstoke and Oxford

  Associated companies throughout the world

  www.panmacmillan.com

  ISBN 978-0-330-47744-4

  Text copyright © Eva Ibbotson 2001

  Foreword copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2011

  The right of Eva Ibbotson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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