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The
2004 Award
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City
of the Beasts by
Isabel Allende |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Fifteen-year-old
Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. Parting from
his family and ill mother, Alexander joins his fearless grandmother, a magazine
reporter for International Geographic, on an expedition to the dangerous,
remote world of the Amazon. Their mission, along with the others on their
team -including a celebrated anthropologist, a local guide and his young
daughter Nadia, and a doctor - is to document the legendary Yeti of the
Amazon known as the Beast. Under the dense canopy of the jungle, Alexander
is amazed to discover much more than he could have imagined about the hidden
worlds of the rain forest. Drawing on the strength of the jaguar, the totemic
animal Alexander finds within himself, and the eagle, Nadia's spirit guide,
both young people are led by the invisible People of the Mist on a thrilling
and unforgettable journey to the ultimate discovery.... In a stunning novel of high adventure, Isabel Allende leads readers through the intricacies of two personal quests, and on an epic voyage - teeming with magical realism -- into the wonder-filled heart of the Amazon. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Isabel Allende was born in Peru and raised in Chile. She is the acclaimed author of many popular novels, including The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, The Infinite Plan, Paula, Daughter of Fortune, and its sequel, Portrait In Sepia. |
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