Lost On The Amazon
Published on 1. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-933390-09-3 (ISBN)
Description
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? Strange tropical diseases can wipe out whole communities in days. And in this age of modern travel, they can morph into worldwide epidemics in mere weeks. You are a young doctor specializing in such threats. Now you face a journey into the heart of the Amazon jungle where your medical team has mysteriously disappeared in the search for a cure. For hours you travel with the light of stars. "Owaduga, could it be the Amazons who captured my friends?" The canoe twists in the current. "Be quiet!" You look into the darkness. Nothing! The dugout bumps against a submerged log. There on the bank is a tall, strong looking figure. It is a woman. There are others behind her. Owaduga speaks. "If you wish, why not ask her?" If you ask these women for help, turn to page 11. If you ask Owaduga to speak for you, turn to page 33. YOU choose what happens next!
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-933390-09-3 (9781933390093)
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Persons
R. A. MONTGOMERY attended Hopkins Grammar School, Williston-Northampton School and Williams College where he graduated in 1958. He pursued graduate studies in Religion and Economics at Yale and NYU. Montgomery was an adventurer all his life, climbing mountains in the Himalaya, skiing throughout Europe and scuba-diving wherever he could. His interests included education, macro-economics, geo-politics, mythology, history, mystery novels and music. He wrote his first interactive book, Journey Under the Sea, in 1976 and published it under the series name The Adventures of You. A few years later Bantam Books bought this book and gave Montgomery a contract for five more, to inaugurate their new children's publishing division. Bantam renamed the series Choose Your Own Adventure and a publishing phenomenon was born. The series has sold more than 260 million copies in over 40 languages. He was married to the writer Shannon Gilligan. Montgomery died in November 2014, only two months after his last book was published.