| ID | 012149 |
| Call Number | 863.64/ALL |
| Title Proper | La ciudad de las bestias |
| Other Title Information | City of the beasts |
| Language | SPA |
| Author | Allende, Isabel |
| Publication | Barcelona, Debolsillo, 2009. |
| Description | 295p Black spine |
| Note | City of the Beasts , a magical fantasy, is the first young adult novel of Isabel Allende. It is the story of Alexander Cold, who is 15 years old and going through a family crisis. While his parents leave for Texas to try to treat his mother's cancer, Alex and his sisters are sent to live with their grandmothers. Despite his desperate pleading, Alex is sent off to New York City to stay with his eccentric grandmother Kate Cold,a reporter for International Geographic Magazine. His sisters, however are sent to live with their Grandmother Carla. Meanwhile, Kate announces that she will be taking Alex with her to the Amazon rainforest during his visit, and that forms the crux of the novel. |
| Standard Number | 9788497935692 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.1098(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 863.64 |
| Key Words | Grandparents - Fiction ; IBDP ; Spanish literature ; Rain forests - Amazon river region - Fiction ; Nature - effect of human beings on - Amazon river basin - fiction |