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Savage Journey: A Novel

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This book is truly a masterful work of adventure, terror, triumph, and travel. I have been reading this story to my classes of pre-teens for years and they all have begged me to continue when read aloud time is over. This story drops adolescence on it's wild behind smack dab in the middle of the savage and beautiful rainforest. I would highly suggest this read for any 5th to 8th grade student of yours.

This fascinating book is a great favorite with three generations of my family. The story takes you into the Amazon rainforest with Sarah, a young teen, as she navigates the huge rainforest alone after she is separated from her naturalist father and their group. It is easy to get lost in the rainforest, and she does, but she keeps her head and remembers her father's teachings and manages to survive, find shelter and food, and keep from getting injured. The reader shares her thoughts as she worries about all these important matters and shares in the wonder of her experiences in the rainforest. She meets a native boy named Juma who helps her learn even more while they slowly learn each other's language. This book is filled with real,dependable information from a great nature writer. As you enjoy the well-written story you learn much about the rainforest that you ordinarily could not learn unless you actually went there. This is a very rare experience in reading! I highly recommend it.

Book appropriate for young people. Really not a believable adventure, but filled with much description and information about the Amazon Jungle and the people who inhabit it.

I received this book as a gift from a teacher when I was in the 6th grade, and I've fondly remembered bits and pieces of it ever since then. After an internet search, I found the title again, and I'm ordering it to reread now, at age 40.

I'm really happy to have found books by authers I read way back in highschool. The condition of the books that I ordered was fantastic and shipping was really quick. THANK YOU.

I had read this book a number of years ago and always remembered how good it was. I received the book in a very short time and the book was new. I would highly recommend this book it is one of the most descriptive books about the Amazon Rain Forest.