City of the Beasts
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take a trip of a lifetime. Leaving 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, internationally celebrated novelist Isabel Allende leads readers through the intricacies of two personal quests, and on an epic voyage -- teaming with magical realism -- into the wonder-filled heart of the Amazon.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende, born in Peru and raised in Chile, is a writer, feminist and philanthropist. She is one of the world's most widely read authors, with over 80 million copies of her books sold and translated into 42 languages. She is the author of a number of critically acclaimed bestsellers, including The Wind Knows My Name, Violeta, A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna and Paula. She devotes much of her time to human rights causes. She has 15 honorary doctorates, has been inducted into the California Writers Hall of Fame, and is the recipient of the PEN Club of America Lifetime Achievement Award and the Anisfield-Wolfe Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, she was named a Fellow of the National Book Awards. Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, and in 2018 she received the National Book Foundation's Medal for Outstanding Contribution to American Letters.
Isabel Allende lives in California with her husband and their dogs.
Official website of the writer: IsabelAllende.com
Social media pages: Instagram @AllendeIsabel, Facebook.com/IsabelAllende, X @IsabelAllende.
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