| Record Number |
657405 |
| ISBN |
9781781129463 (paperback) |
| Author |
Cole, Stephen |
| Title |
World burn down / by Steve Cole |
| Publication details |
Edinburgh : Barrington Stoke Ltd, 2020. |
| Pagination etc. |
115 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
Dyslexia friendly |
| Summary Note |
Carlos's mother works for IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her role is to protect the Amazon from the farmers, loggers and miners who are illegally destroying the precious rainforest. It's a dangerous role and when she upsets some of these land grabbers, they decide to teach her a lesson by kidnapping her son, Carlos. Taken deep into the Amazon, Carlos manages to escape his captors only to find himself trapped by the fast-moving fires. Will he be able to outrun the flames as the world around him burns down? |
| Target audience note |
9-11 years old. |
| Subject |
High interest-low vocabulary books |
| Action and adventure fiction |
| Thriller fiction |
| Survival -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction |
| Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction |
| Wildfires -- Juvenile fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Added Entry |
Vidal, Oriol illustrator. |
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