City of the Beasts · Book 1
City of the Beasts
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 321
- ISBN-13
- 9798217041220
- Type
- novel
About this book
City of the Beasts opens Isabel Allende's trilogy in 2002 at 321 pages, Allende's first foray into YA adventure fantasy, sending fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold deep into the Amazon with his grandmother in search of a legendary beast.
Its place in City of the Beasts
City of the Beasts is book 1 in the City of the Beasts series. It is followed by Kingdom of the Golden Dragon. See the full City of the Beasts reading order.
When his mother is diagnosed with cancer, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is sent to spend the year with his eccentric, larger-than-life grandmother Kate, a magazine writer who promptly drags him along on an assignment deep into the Amazon in search of a legendary, possibly mythical beast. Alongside Nadia Santos, the daughter of their expedition guide, Alex is pulled into a world of indigenous mysticism, ecological threat, and genuine magic that his rational, science-minded upbringing never prepared him for. The…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9798217041220