The Explorer Audiobook, by Katherine Rundell Play Audiobook Sample

The Explorer Audiobook

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Read By: Peter Noble Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781501991394

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

32

Longest Chapter Length:

31:26 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

24 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

12:36 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

5

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Publisher Description

From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes. Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they're on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

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“An exhilarating and sometimes harrowing old-fashioned adventure that comes beautifully, vibrantly alive on audio. Narrator Peter Noble is utterly convincing as Fred, Con, Lila, and, especially, five-year-old Max. With subtle variations, Noble gives them all distinctive voices that reflect their personalities and backgrounds, and he communicates their fear and excitement as they struggle to survive, learn to work together, and discover hidden wonders of the jungle…Listeners will be riveted, breathless, until the very end. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile 

Quotes

  • "Rundell brings wonderful gusto to her descriptions of the many discomforts of jungle life…With its fine balance of menace and cheer…it is a book to kindle imaginations. And though it emphasizes the fantastic otherness of the jungle in a way that feels almost antique, young readers will finish it with an impression of the grandeur of the natural world.”

    — New York Times Book Review
  • “The author’s knowledge of the flora and fauna of the Amazon lends authenticity to the setting…Elegant descriptive passages and lyrical writing enhance…the fast-paced, often gritty narrative…[a] jam-packed survival story.”

    — School Library Journal (starred review)

Awards

  • Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
  • A Parents Choice Recommended Read

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About Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her bestselling books for children have been translated into more than thirty languages and have won multiple awards. Rundell is also the author of a book for adults, Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise, and writes occasionally for the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, and the New York Times.

About Peter Noble

Peter Noble, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, grew up in South Africa and studied drama and music at the University of Cape Town. He has worked extensively as an actor, touring South Africa with a small repertory theater company, as well as working on radio, TV, and film.