Winner of the Costa Children\'s Book Award Winner of the London Book Fair Children\'s Travel Book of the YearLonglisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal\'I loved The Explorer\' Jacqueline Wilson \'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK\' Philip PullmanFrom his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him.
With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small.
Except, it seems, someone has been there before them ….
He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place.
If only he could land and look about him.
As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice.
He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries.
Winner of the Costa Children\'s Book Award Winner of the London Book Fair Children\'s Travel Book of the YearLonglisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal\'I loved The Explorer\' Jacqueline Wilson \'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK\' Philip PullmanFrom his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him
