Lost in the Amazon : a battle for survival in the heart of the rainforest /
Olson, Tod,
Lost in the Amazon : a battle for survival in the heart of the rainforest / Tod Olson. - First edition. - 162 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm - Lost ; 3 . - Olson, Tod. Lost ; 3. .
Includes bibliographical references.
December 24, 1971 -- The green hell -- Alone -- Follow the water -- No shortcuts -- The river -- Swarm -- Losing hope -- "My name is Juliane" -- Survivor -- The story -- Epilogue: payback.
"Peru, Christmas Eve, 1970. It was supposed to be a routine flight, carrying 86 passengers across the Andes Mountains and home for the holiday. But high above the Amazon rainforest, a roiling storm engulfs the plane. Lightning strikes. A deafening whoosh sweeps through the cabin. And suddenly, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke is alone. The plane has vanished. She is strapped to her seat and plunging 3,500 feet to the forest floor. On Christmas Day, she wakes. She is injured, covered in mud, but strangely--miraculously--alive. And now, in a remote corner of the largest rainforest on Earth, the real battle for survival begins"--
Ages 8-12.
9780545928274 0545928273 9780545928229 0545928222 9781549002847 1549002848
2017032548
Koepcke, Juliane--Juvenile literature.
Airplane crash survival--Peru--Juvenile literature.
Aircraft accidents--Peru--Juvenile literature.
Lost in the Amazon : a battle for survival in the heart of the rainforest / Tod Olson. - First edition. - 162 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm - Lost ; 3 . - Olson, Tod. Lost ; 3. .
Includes bibliographical references.
December 24, 1971 -- The green hell -- Alone -- Follow the water -- No shortcuts -- The river -- Swarm -- Losing hope -- "My name is Juliane" -- Survivor -- The story -- Epilogue: payback.
"Peru, Christmas Eve, 1970. It was supposed to be a routine flight, carrying 86 passengers across the Andes Mountains and home for the holiday. But high above the Amazon rainforest, a roiling storm engulfs the plane. Lightning strikes. A deafening whoosh sweeps through the cabin. And suddenly, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke is alone. The plane has vanished. She is strapped to her seat and plunging 3,500 feet to the forest floor. On Christmas Day, she wakes. She is injured, covered in mud, but strangely--miraculously--alive. And now, in a remote corner of the largest rainforest on Earth, the real battle for survival begins"--
Ages 8-12.
9780545928274 0545928273 9780545928229 0545928222 9781549002847 1549002848
2017032548
Koepcke, Juliane--Juvenile literature.
Airplane crash survival--Peru--Juvenile literature.
Aircraft accidents--Peru--Juvenile literature.