amazon river region

As teenagers P.C. and Mackenzie, amateur detectives, escort a mummy down the Amazon river in Peru on behalf of P.C.'s archeologist father, they investigate whether the murder of a fellow passenger is related to an ancient curse.

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest and is genetically engineered to be immortal and be the future of the human race, but on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest and is genetically engineered to be immortal and be the future of the human race, but on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.

As part of a group of young adventurers traveling the length of the Amazon River, the reader will encounter dangers and must make the choices that will ensure survival and the success of the expedition.

"Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants to talk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador, where Coco hopes to find the rare ceiba tree, and where the plight of the native people and their jungle gives her a new perspective and purpose in life"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the food web and ecology of the Amazon Rainforest.

Introduces the climate, plants, and animals of the rain forest biome. Includes color photographs, a food web diagram, a glossary, and further resources.

Explores the Amazon rainforest, from the forest floor to the top of the canopy, including some of the plants and animals that live there. Written in Spanish.

Explore the Amazon rain forest and learn all about what it's like to live in this biome, from what knids of plants and animals live there to what kinds of weather it receives.

"Deep in the Amazon rain forest danger lurks from the tops of the canopy to the depths of the forest floor. Will you survive ferocious jaguars, hungry black caiman, and deadly dehydration?"--Provided by publisher.