Summary
En este entretenido cuento tres amigos se prepararan para iniciar un safari en elefante a través del África ecuatorial. Los jóvenes exploradores - Nadia, Alexander y Kate- están muy entusiasmados con la aventura. Sin embargo, pronto descubrirán que la promisoria jornada no estará exenta de peligros. La primera advertencia surge a través de una sacerdotisa del ritual vudú. A medida que los protagonistas continúan su aventura, la autora realiza una notable descripción de los paisajes del continente africano y muestra de manera muy vívida las creencias, costumbres y el entorno que rodea a diferentes culturas y comunidades de esa región del mundo. Con un lenguaje ameno y una trama donde también abunda el suspenso, que también hará atractiva esta lectura para los adultos, la célebre escritora chilena confirma su talento en el ámbito de la narración juvenil, culminando con esta obra su trilogía del Águila y el Jaguar.
Isabel Allende was born in 1942 in Lima, Peru, the daughter of a Chilean diplomat. When her parents separated, young Isabel moved with her mother to Chile, where she spent the rest of her childhood. She married at the age of 19 and had two children, Paula and Nicolas. Her uncle was Salvador Allende, the president of Chile. When he was overthrown in the coup of 1973, she fled Chile, moving to Caracas, Venezuela.
While living in Venezuela, Allende began writing her novels, many of them exploring the close family bonds between women. Her first novel, The House of the Spirits, has been translated into 27 languages, and was later made into a film. She then wrote Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and The Stories of Eva Luna, all set in Latin America. The Infinite Plan was her first novel to take place in the United States. She explores the issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees in her novel, In The Midst of Winter. In Paula, Allende wrote her memoirs in connection with her daughter's illness and death. She delved into the erotic connections between food and love in Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses.
In addition to writing books, Allende has worked as a TV interviewer, magazine writer, school administrator, and a secretary at a U.N. office in Chile. She received the 1996 Harold Washington Literacy Award. She lives in California. Her title Maya's Notebook made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013.
(Bowker Author Biography)
