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Pub. Date
[2021]
Summary
Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on...
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Summary
The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights...
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Series
Magic tree house volume 6
Lexile Measure
290L
Summary
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
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Series
Choose your own adventure volume 9
Lexile Measure
620L
Summary
The Amazon River basin is home to the greatest biodiversity on planet earth. Will it yield up its potential cures, or sink you in its depths?
5) Jaguar
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Series
Lexile Measure
690L
Summary
While accompanying his father on an expedition up the Amazon River to a jaguar preserve in Brazil, fourteen-year-old Jacob must contend with dangerous animals and fortune hunters.
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Lexile Measure
1040L
Summary
"I did have a murderous trip down South, but it was mighty interesting." In October 1913, Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a tour of South America. The thrill-seeking adventurer had no idea that he would soon receive an offer he couldn't refuse: the chance to lead an expedition deep into the Amazon jungle to chart an unmapped river with his son Kermit and renowned Brazilian explorer Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon. Death on...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Summary
Follows the story of world famous wildlife expert and TV personality Dr. Emmet Cole, host of the beloved series The Undiscovered Country. After Cole goes missing deep in the Amazon, his family, friends, and crew set out on a haunting and treacherous adventure to find him. Led by his wife, Tess, and estranged son, Lincoln, the rescue mission will lead them deep into the unexplored regions on the Amazon River.
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Series
Lexile Measure
1010L
Summary
Alexander Cold va a vivir una aventura que jamás olvidará: debe acompañar al Amazonas a su excéẹntrica abuela Kate, quien tiene que escribir un artículo para una revista sobre una extraña y desconocida criatura, llamada la Bestia. Un nuevo mundo se abre ante los ojos de Alex: no solo el de la exuberante y desconocida selva con sus extraordinarios habitantes, sino tabién el del lado más oscuro del hombre.--
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks.
13) The risky rescue
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Series
Key hunters volume 6
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile Measure
620L
Summary
When Evan and Cleo sneak into the enchanted library at night they find that Locke has already forced his way into a book, and when they follow they find themselves in a plane that promptly crashes into the Amazon rainforest--and with the help of a boy named Gabriel, (and a friendly sloth) they have to survive the jungle and find the golden statue that is the next treasure in their quest before Locke gets his hands on it.
