City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende Summary
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Step into Allende's Amazon adventure where a teenager discovers mystical beasts and ancient wisdom. Obama Medal of Freedom recipient's YA debut captivated Hollywood and 35 languages worldwide. What secret power awaits in the rainforest that transformed 70 million readers' imaginations?
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A Journey Beyond Imagination
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold's world is crumbling. His mother lies bedridden with cancer, his family is falling apart, and now he's being shipped off to New York to stay with his eccentric grandmother Kate-a tough-as-nails reporter for International Geographic magazine. But Alex won't even be staying in New York. Instead, he'll be accompanying his grandmother on an expedition to the Amazon rainforest to search for a mysterious creature called "the Beast." For a boy already grappling with his mother's illness, this forced adventure feels like abandonment. The image of his mother-small, vulnerable, with her newly shaved head-waving goodbye through tears will haunt him throughout his journey. Little does Alex know that this expedition will transform him in ways he never imagined, challenging everything he believes about reality and himself.
Into the Heart of Darkness
The People of the Mist
The Sacred Mountain's Secrets
Trials of Courage and Sacrifice
Betrayal and Truth
Transformation Complete
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