Name: World Burn Down
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Author: Vidal, Oriol ; Cole, Steve
ISBN: 9781781129463

Type

Physical Book

Author

Steve Cole

Illustrated by

Oriol Vidal

Publisher

Barrington Stoke

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

120

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781781129463

Synopsis "World Burn Down"

A powerful and potent look at the destruction humans wreak upon the Amazon rainforest, by the bestselling author of Young Bond.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 to the ground? The terrifying reality of illegal deforestation and the destruction of the rainforest is revealed in this powerful and gripping Amazonian adventure from bestselling author Steve Cole. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+