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Lost in the Amazon : a battle for survival in the heart of the rainforest / Tod Olson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Olson, Tod. Lost ; 3.Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 162 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780545928274
  • 0545928273
  • 9780545928229
  • 0545928222
  • 9781549002847
  • 1549002848
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: READALIKE: Historical Nonfiction (Chapter Books)
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 363.124 O52 Available 33111009326386
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this third installment in the Lost series, a teenager is the sole survivor of a plane crash that leaves her stranded deep in the dangerous Peruvian jungle -- what will it take to make it out alive?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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Accelerated Reader Level.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 4 194189.

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