Fred awoke to find that a snake was watching him and that there was an aeroplane in the trees. It was on fire. Being on fire was a quality it shared with much of the surrounding jungle.

After crashing hundreds of miles from civilisation in the Amazon rainforest, Fred, Con, Lila and Max are utterly alone and in grave danger. They have no food, no water and no chance of being rescued. But they are alive, and they have hope.

As they negotiate the wild jungle, they begin to find signs that something - someone - has been there before them. Could there possibly be a way out after all?

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Listening Length	6 hours and 13 minutes
Author	Katherine Rundell
Narrator	Peter Noble
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	29 August 2017
Publisher	Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B073VW3QWH
Best Sellers Rank	17,219 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,009 in Literature & Fiction for Children (Audible Books & Originals) 1,494 in Literature & Fiction for Children (Books)

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Picks up speed and takes flight!

Reviewed in Australia on 9 December 2019

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Four children stuck in the Amazon, one of the most fascinating places in the world. Slow at parts but has an ending you can’t put down! Great segue for Upper Primary into learning about explorers, plight of Maya peoples or protecting our natural environments. I would read the acknowledgements at the end of the book when introducing it to my students.
I use this book has a new addition to our Book Chat listings and it was a hit!

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The explorer

Reviewed in Australia on 9 March 2020

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I read “The explorer” in 6 days and I loved it. I would say it should be Amed for about 10 year olds but really I think it would probably work for any age above 9. I like how it’s story moves along so quickly but yet so naturally, I also enjoyed the way the children where so much like real children, not too cleaver or brave.
I don’t think I disliked any aspects of “The explorer”. I don’t know how Katherine does it.

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Dan the reader

Okay

Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2019

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It started out well but got a bit boring. I did finish it but skipped over quite a lot in the second half.

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lisa mifsud

Good book

Reviewed in Australia on 10 May 2019

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this book is good and has a twist to it the characters are intresting and is very entertaining hgjd jfkcm jddjdjddj jxxj

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I think this is is a very good book for all ages

Reviewed in Australia on 16 April 2020

this book is a very gripping book abd i loved all the characters max, fred, lila and con and of course the explorer himself. its a book that inspires and teaches how nothing is simple. i kinda hoped at the end that fred and lila would fall in love but it was a great overall book.

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The Explorer Will Touch Your Heart

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2019

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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 impress his father, Con has lived a prim and proper life where you sit still and everything is clean, and Lila is filled with the most powerful protective love towards her brother, whilst Max is a lovely young boy with so much to live for. Watching these characters grow and come together is amazing. To see them grow emotionally is incredible. Each character is lovable in their own way.

The story has several unexpected twists and turns. It builds and builds, and gets better and better. I made a lot of highlights during the second half of the book. There are several unexpected moments.

The writing in incredible. The description of the location puts you in the amazon rainforest and you see it for the beauty and the danger its offers. But, you see it as something to love as something worth protecting.
There are many messages in this book and its hard to say what they are without spoiling the book, but there is the message of love being important, the important of caring for people, and the message that you are perfect just the way you are - never let anyone change you.
There are many, many quotes I love from this book. My favourite though is this

"You don't have to be in a jungle to be an explorer"

For me this book touched my heart. It made me think about things, and it changed my way of thinking about things. This is a very beautiful story

Having previously read Rooftoppers and Wolf Wilder by the same author as I have to say I love how different each of her books are and yet they are all brilliant..

28 people found this helpful

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This book is funny, adventurous, scary, sad and worth reading!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2018

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I have just finished reading this book to my KS2 class. The class have decided it is the best book we have read so far! We enjoyed reading about how the four characters bonded. Katherine Rundell makes you feel what the characters are feeling. The children thought Fred was very brave and Max was funny - especially all his snot and kicking! t=The book leaves you with a mystery. Does Fred love Lila or Con? It made us all want to be outside more, being explorers. Katherine Rundell made us all think we should take risks and be brave. Also we learnt lots of interesting information about The Amazon that we didn't know before. The class feel this book appeals to all ages. I have to admit I wept as we read the ending! Enjoy this book with your class.

23 people found this helpful

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Read it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2018

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Love it. Exciting, different, well written - great for all ages from 8 upwards.

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Danny

Inspiring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2018

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This book makes me want to head straight to the Amazon and search for a lost settlement.
Katherine Rundell is simply a brilliant writer. Her descriptions of the Amazon flora and fauna are magical and I really felt like I knew the characters of the 4 children and the explorer.

You have to suspend your disbelief slightly at the end of the book (no spoilers). I would have preferred a longer adventure - the last couple of chapters felt rushed. However, this really doesn’t spoil an excellent adventure story.

I stumbled across this book accidentally, but I’m now going to read her others straight away - one of the best, thought provoking, horizon expanding children’s books I’ve ever read. This book deserves to read by people of all ages.

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RARA

A 2017 Favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2017

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Another beautiful, inspiring tour de force from this wonderful author. Atmospheric Amazonian adventure. Katherine Rundell is my current favourite children's author by a country mile.

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