Awa and the Guardians of Amazon

The river is gray.The fish are dead. The children are sick. And Awa's grandmother has been shaking for far too long.There is a cure-a white and purple orchid that grows forty meters high in the Tree of Ancestors, at the heart of the Amazon rainforest. But the Tree is far away. The forest is dense. And the solstice-the only time the flower can be picked-is in seven days.Awa is eleven years old, barefoot, and has a letter from her grandmother in her pocket.She sets off.With her: a jaguar who never reveals his feelings, a seventy-year-old sloth who knows everything but takes his time, a capybara convinced that diplomacy solves everything, a blue macaw who thinks he's the most impressive member of the group, and an eight-meter anaconda who'd rather be alone.Together, they will cross a forest that speaks-if you know how to listen.Awa and the Guardians of the Amazon is an adventure and coming-of-age novel about the Amazon rainforest, the passing of knowledge between generations, and how one becomes a guardian of what one loves.For readers ages 9 to 13-and for all those who still know how to listen to the forest.

Pagina's: 320, Paperback, Phil MORRISON