![]() ![]() Unfortunately, when they finally arrive in Manaus she doesn't get the warm welcome that she has been anticipating. She also gets to know Miss Minton who insists on teaching her some Portuguese to prepare her for living in Brazil. On the long sea voyage she meets Clovis, a boy actor with a travelling theatre troupe who are due to perform in the grand opera house in Manaus. Before she travels she spends a lot of time researching in the school library and imagining what her exotic new life will be like. The family have hired a governess called Miss Minton, who will accompany Maia on the long journey by boat to her new home.Īlthough Maia is looking forward to the adventures she is going to have, she is a little bit apprehensive. ![]() They live on the River Amazon on the outskirts of the city of Manaus. In the first chapter of the book, her guardian and lawyer, Mr Murray, arrives at the school to tell her that he has finally located some relatives who will take Maia in. She had been orphaned two years earlier when her parents died in a train crash in Egypt. The story begins with Maia living in London at a boarding school for girls. ![]()
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