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The Explorer by Katherine Rundell5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() She was determinedly not looking out the window. Her blouse had a neck ruffle that came up to her chin, and she kept tugging it down and grimacing. ![]() In the next row, on her own, sat a pale girl with blond hair down to her waist. Her brother was trying to eat his seat belt. The girl had been shy, hugging her parents until the last possible moment at the airfield now she was staring down at the water, singing under her breath. ![]() They had the same slanted eyebrows and the same brown skin, the same long eyelashes. He brushed his hair out of his eyes and pressed his forehead against the window.īehind Fred sat a girl and her little brother. Fred could see the reflection of the six-seater plane, a spot of black on the vast sweep of blue as it sped toward Manaus, the city on the water. ![]() The airplane vibrated as it flew faster, following the swerve of the Amazon River below them. Fred’s jaw was set with concentration, and his fingers followed the movements of the pilot beside him: fuel gauge, throttle, joystick. The boy sitting in the cockpit gripped his seat and held his breath as the plane roared and climbed into the arms of the sky. LIKE A MAN-MADE MAGIC wish, the Airplane began to rise. ![]()
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