Name: City of the beasts
ISBN: 9780060535032

Isabel Allende

When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.

City of the beasts

Aditi

Interesting, but this is not a fantasy fiction book. I found it too slow and had to coax myself to read further at times, while at other times I forgot about it entirely. I'm sure there are many who would enjoy it, and it is well written. It is also very well translated. At no point did I feel like I was reading a translation or missing parts of the story due to translation losses. I picked it up because my favourite tennis player spoke positively about it and... I suppose this was not meant for me.

Aditi Verma

Bec Taylor

I usually find Allende's work so luscious, such page turners, but this just didn't grab me. There were flashes of her usual brilliance but in general I found this foray into YA disappointing.

Alexander Cold, un joven de quince años está a punto de embarcarse con su temeraria abuela, en el viaje de su vida. Una expedición de la International Geographic se dirige hacia la remotas y peligrosas tierras salvajes de Suramérica para documentar al legendario Yeti del Amazonas, más conocido como "La Bestia." Alex y su amiga Nadia descubrirán que el impenetrable mundo de la selva tropical esconde mucho más de lo que jamás hubieran imaginado. Con la fuerza de sus dos animales totémicos -- el jaguar para Alexander, y el águila para Nadia -- ambos jóvenes se embarcan en una apasionante e inolvidable aventura que los lleva al descubrimiento de . . .

La Ciudad de las Bestias

Emir Andrés Ibañez

Una historia cargada de aventuras y magia en lo más profundo de la selva amazónica! De algún modo me lo terminé creyendo. Para mí, todo lo que pasó aquí es real! No le puse 5 estrellas nomas porque en teoría es un libro juvenil pero la prosa de Allende no lo es. Ya me explicaré mejor en el canal.

City of the Beasts

Laura 

Kept me on edge. I felt like I was Indiana Jones reading this, such an adventure and the way they describe everything I could clearly imagine the details of every scene. Definitely recommend if you like adventurous stories in the wild and beasts.

Carolina Santos

2 edit: Nevermind just 3
3.5 actually Edit: [ I thought it through and I'll just give it 3 stars]
I really like the beginning, it was easy to read and some part even funny. But it got bored and some parts were very "predictable". 
Although, I really like the characters. Especially Nadia.

Sara Vasilescu

Júlia Dinis

Itzel

Martha F.

Adriana Rojas

Carmen Maria

Adriana Gómez 

La ciudad de las bestias

Fernando Bolaños

Homar A. Mauras

Jacqueline Jordan 

Micah

Francesca 

Sofia echavarria

Andrew Ireland

Paloma

Sara Godoy Higueras

When Alexander Cold's mother falls ill, the fifteen-year-old is sent to stay with his eccentric grandmother in New York. A tough and prickly magazine reporter, Kate Cold takes Alex along with her on an expedition to the Amazon to verify the existence of the fierce, gigantic, legendary creature known as the Beast. Joining them on their adventure are a celebrated anthropologist; a local guide and his daughter, Nadia; a doctor; and a local entrepreneur. But not everyone's intentions are pure—and dangerous discoveries await Alex and Nadia as they embark, with the aid of a jungle shaman, on an epic journey into the realm of the mythical Beasts of the Amazon. City of the Beasts is the first book in an extraordinary trilogy by Isabel Allende, one of the world's most acclaimed authors.

City of the beasts

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