Ibbotson <br/><br/>
Journey to the River Sea. 

 - New York :  Puffin,  2001. 
<br/><br/> nominee for the 2005 Massachusetts Children's Book Award 
<br/><br/> Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-14-250184-0 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Amazon River--fiction<br/>Brazil--history--1889-1930--fiction<br/>Orphans--fiction<br/>Governesses--fiction<br/>Historical fiction<br/>Adventure Stories