Excerpts from Selected Reviews |
"Although full of anthropological information, what makes this book so intriguing and effective is the format. Presented as the diary of Alex Winters who is rescued by the Yanomami tribe after his plane crashes in the Amazon, the book depicts the struggles and behaviors of these people as they live today. Illustrated with Polaroid photos, paintings, and realia, the overall effect is of a scrapbook, complete with the scrawled handwriting and excited notes of a school-aged boy. Before his rescue, Alex experiences warrior raids, religious rites and very strange culianry habits. This adventure story will undoubtedly catch the eye of report writers looking for reference material on the Amazon."
". . . this book provides an excellent model for writing. Novice writers often do not see the truth in fiction. They make up everything for their creative writing, even when facts on their topic exist. Amazon Diary so cleverly combines the facts about the Amazon and the Yanomamis with the fictional storyline about Alex that the readers believe his adventure actually happened . . . . From endpage to endpage, readers will forget they are holding a picture book and be certain they are reading directly from Alex's diary."
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