

The Explorer
Author: Katherine Rundell
Narrator: Peter Noble
Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/06/2018
Author: Katherine Rundell
Narrator: Peter Noble
Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/06/2018
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.
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
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
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
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
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