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The quest for Z the true story of explorer Percy Fawcett and a lost city in the Amazon

"The true story of the British explorer Percy Fawcett, who set out on a doomed expedition to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pizzoli, Greg (Author, Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : Viking, 2017.
Subjects:	Fawcett, Percy Harrison, > 1867-1925 > Travel > Brazil > Juvenile nonfiction. Explorers > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Brazil > Description and travel > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:	"The true story of the British explorer Percy Fawcett, who set out on a doomed expedition to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle"--
Physical Description:	44 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 44).
ISBN:	9780670016532 0670016535
Author Notes:	Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator and screen printer from Philadelphia. His first picture book, The Watermelon Seed , was published by Disney*Hyperion Books and was the 2014 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Greg's work has been featured in The New York Times , Communication Arts , 3x3 Magazine and he's won two Portfolio Honor Awards from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. After college, Greg spent two years as a full-time volunteer in AmeriCORPS from 2005-2006. In 2009, he received his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he now teaches. Greg lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two unruly cats.