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，被推崇為與J.K.羅琳比肩的耀眼文學之星。齣生於奧地利的維也納，後到英國北部定居，育有三個兒子及一個女兒。曾榮獲雀巢聰明豆文學奬金奬、衛報小說奬、卡耐基文學奬提名奬、惠特布雷德文學奬提名奬、 藍彼得圖書奬提名奬、學校圖書館雜誌最佳圖書奬等多項大奬。有多部作品被改編成電影、電視劇。

《蝴蝶•天堂•探險記》作為作者最經典的代錶作，每個角色各有特質，以緻形成強烈的對比與張力，也各有自己的故事，故事間又巧妙地互為牽連，構成《蝴蝶•天堂•探險記》這本具有豐富情節與深刻人性的冒險小說，同時攫獲瞭兒童與成人的心，並帶給讀者真誠的感動，為讀者提供一個廣闊而深沉的閱讀與思考空間。

毋庸置疑，擺在我們麵前的這本小說，堪稱史上最好的、最有趣的、也最激動人心的史詩般的冒險作品之一。這也是一個非凡的文學成就。不過，除瞭伊娃•伊博森，沒人能獲此殊榮。——麥剋•莫波格（《柑橘與檸檬啊》作者）

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