Notes

Miss Minton and Maia sail to Manaus, a thousand miles up the Amazon River in exotic Brazil in 1910. Maia, a lonely orphan, is sent with her governess to start a new life with the dreadful Mr and Mrs Carter and their twin daughters, relatives she’s never met. Mysterious Miss Minto has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. But Maia could never have imagined the adventures that await her on the shores of the River Sea. She has to endure many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.