The Explorer

Name: The Explorer
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Katherine Rundell
ISBN: 9781501991394

Author: Katherine Rundell

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/06/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Sports Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they're on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

About Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner), The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, The Good Thieves, and The Zebra’s Great Escape. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scottsdale Public Library on May 31, 2024

Two great stories are at work here. The first is the story in the book, followed closely by the story about how this book came to be. Let’s start with the story in the book. Katherine Rundell told Booktrust.org, “I wanted … to try to help children imagine the beauty of the world just a little more sh......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on July 28, 2020

A very enjoyable middle grade with survival at its core. I haven't read anything that puts children in quite a dangerous position, and it was nice to see how realistic it came across for the most part. The realness of the situation was helped by the realness of the characters. I really enjoyed them,......more

Goodreads review by Claude's on April 24, 2021

Well I can absolutely see why this has been so popular. It's a great lost in the jungle adventure story. I just couldn't warm to some of the characters. In fact a couple got on my nerves. I know I know! They are kids lost in the jungle and they are scared and upset so they are bound to get a bit whin......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 16, 2024

Because I read her award-winning novel, “The Rooftopper,” Review here: [URL not allowed] I thought I would also enjoy reading this one. This children’s book was quite the adventure. Four children crash-land when their pilot suffers a heart attack. They are alone and in peril i......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on February 22, 2020

This is one beautiful book about an English boy Fred,an English girl Con and a Brazilian girl Lila and her little brother Max who find themselves lost in the Amazon rainforest after a plane crash. Each one is a complex character Fred is a wannabe explorer who has read a few books and is desperate to......more