Isabel Allende tags: children, unconditional-love 637 likes Like There is no death, daughter. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are. Isabel Allende, quote from City of the Beasts Words are not that important when you recognize intentions. Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts 1315 likes Like Accept the children the way we accept treeswith gratitude, because they are a blessingbut do not have expectations or desires. Only the young have an explanation for everything. Drawing on the strength of the jaguar, the totemic animal Alexander finds within himself, and the eagle, Nadia's spirit guide, both young people are led by the invisible People of the Mist on a thrilling and unforgettable journey to the ultimate discovery. 408 pages Rating: (23.6K votes) Get the book The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel.Under the dense canopy of the jungle, Alexander is amazed to discover much more than he could have imagined about the hidden worlds of the rain forest. Their mission, along with the others on their team-including a celebrated anthropologist, a local guide and his young daughter Nadia, and a doctor-is to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. Parting from his family and ill mother, Alexander joins his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon. A search for the Beast, a Yeti-like creature within the heart of the Amazon, becomes a quest for self-discovery in this young adult coming-of-age story filled with international adventure, rich mythology, and magical realism from globally celebrated novelist Isabel Allende.įifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime.
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