{"id":978,"date":"2022-02-08T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/?post_type=books&#038;p=978"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:52:16","slug":"the-explorer","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/the-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block_61f9034d419b1\" class=\"wp-block-acf-book-intro \">\n    <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 book-intro__image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Katherine-Rundell-The-Explorer-Book-Cover.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 book-intro__content\">\n                            <div class=\"quote\">\n                    <div class=\"quote__quote\">A wildly exciting adventure of four children&#8217;s fight for survival in the Amazon. My grandchildren could not put it down.<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"quote__author\">~  Her Majesty Queen Camilla <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"book-intro__interact\">\n                \n                <div class=\"book-intro__socials\">\n                    <p>Share the book<\/p>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/the-explorer\/\" class=\"twitter\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/the-explorer\/\" class=\"facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Reading Room Book Share&#038;body=Book: https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/the-explorer\/\" class=\"mail\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <section class=\"article-content\">\n                <div class=\"article-body\">\n                                        <div class=\"book-intro__bookinfo\"><p><strong>Publish Date:<\/strong>\u00a02017\u00a0<strong>Awards:<\/strong> 2017 Costa Book Awards Children&#8217;s Award<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"book-intro__synopsis\"><p><em>Children&#8217;s book.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fred has always dreamed of becoming an explorer. As he crosses the Amazon forest on a tiny plane, he wishes he could be there making great discoveries. When the plane crashes, he finds himself, alongside three other children, in a vast and untamed jungle. 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