Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. She believes she is in for brightly colored macaws, enormous butterflies, and "curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from the trees." Her British classmates warn her of man-eating alligators and wild, murderous Indians. Unfortunately, no one cautions Maia about her nasty, xenophobic cousins, who douse the house in bug spray and forbid her from venturing beyond their coiffed compound. Maia, however, is resourceful enough to find herself smack in the middle of more excitement than she ever imagined, from a mysterious "Indian" with an inheritance, to an itinerant actor dreading his impending adolescence, to a remarkable journey down the Amazon in search of the legendary giant sloth.

Eva Ibbotson, author of Dial-A- Ghost, Island of the Aunts, and other positively delightful and droll fantasies, won a Gold Award for this book in the 2001 Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes. Likable heroines, loathsome villains, and splendid adventures—-along with Kevin Hawkes's appealing ink illustrations--make Ibbotson's novels a must for every bookshelf. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

伊娃•伊博森Eva Ibbotson （1925~2010）

伊娃•伊博森，被推崇为与J.K.罗琳比肩的耀眼文学之星。出生于奥地利的维也纳，后到英国北部定居，育有三个儿子及一个女儿。曾荣获雀巢聪明豆文学奖金奖、卫报小说奖、卡耐基文学奖提名奖、惠特布雷德文学奖提名奖、 蓝彼得图书奖提名奖、学校图书馆杂志最佳图书奖等多项大奖。有多部作品被改编成电影、电视剧。

《蝴蝶•天堂•探险记》作为作者最经典的代表作，每个角色各有特质，以致形成强烈的对比与张力，也各有自己的故事，故事间又巧妙地互为牵连，构成《蝴蝶•天堂•探险记》这本具有丰富情节与深刻人性的冒险小说，同时攫获了儿童与成人的心，并带给读者真诚的感动，为读者提供一个广阔而深沉的阅读与思考空间。

毋庸置疑，摆在我们面前的这本小说，堪称史上最好的、最有趣的、也最激动人心的史诗般的冒险作品之一。这也是一个非凡的文学成就。不过，除了伊娃•伊博森，没人能获此殊荣。——麦克•莫波格（《柑橘与柠檬啊》作者）

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