Journey to the River Sea (2001) by Eva Ibbotson, follows thirteen-year-old Maia, an orphan who travels from England to Brazil with her governess, Miss Minton. In Manaus, she is sent to live with distant relatives, the Carters, who treat her poorly and dislike life in the Amazon. Maia finds friendship and adventure with Finn, a boy who lives freely in the forest, and Clovis, a homesick young actor, discovering a world far removed from the one she has known.