ALLENDE, Isabel. City of the beasts. HarperTrophy. 453p. c2002. 0-06-077645-5. $7.99. J
To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, March 2003: Fifteen-year-old Alex is sent to stay with his grandmother while his mother gets intensive cancer treatments. His grandmother is a writer for International Geographic and takes Alex along on a trip to the Amazon to track down "beasts" that have been spotted by a few explorers. The expedition includes soldiers, famous explorers, ...