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Historical FantasyTime TravelAdventure

Afternoon on the Amazon

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  • 1995 first published
  • 70 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (5 ratings)
  • 27 editions
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Afternoon on the Amazon is a 1995 historical fantasy and time-travel fiction novella by Mary Pope Osborne. The story is set in Amazon River Valley. Key subjects include rain forest animals, rain forests, tree houses and magic.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 19 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 27 editions across 7 languages.

It runs to roughly 70 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

About Afternoon on the Amazon

Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Amazon River Valley

Subjects

  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Rain forest animals
  • Rain forests
  • Tree houses
  • Magic
  • Time travel
  • Amazon River Valley
  • Casas en árboles
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Aventuras
  • Selvas tropicales
  • Animales de la selva tropical
  • Action & Adventure
  • Nature & the Natural World
  • Environment
  • Adventure fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Afternoon on the Amazon?

Afternoon on the Amazon was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 1995.

What genre is Afternoon on the Amazon?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Time Travel and Adventure.

How long is Afternoon on the Amazon?

The median edition has 70 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Afternoon on the Amazon?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Artemis Fowl and Outlander.

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