It is 1910 and Maia tragically orphaned at 13 has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in this highly colourful joyous and award-winning adventure.

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