A captivating and incredible true story about a girl who fell out of a plane over the Amazon-and walked out of the jungle eleven days later, perfect for fans of Hatchet and graduates of the I Survived series.
On Christmas Eve 1971, seventeen-year-old Juliane Koepcke and her mother boarded a plane in Lima, Peru, bound for their home at the Panguana Research station deep in the Amazon. Twenty minutes from landing, the plane was struck by lightning, and Juliane hurtled two miles down through the rainforest canopy, crashing on the jungle floor.
She woke up the next day with a broken collarbone, missing her glasses and one shoe, but incredibly, miraculously, alive. Pulling on every bit of knowledge her rainforest-studying parents imparted to her, she journeyed through the danger-filled jungle for eleven days. She was the sole survivor.
Follow the Water is a powerful and unforgettable true story of survival against all odds.
A captivating and incredible true story about a girl who fell out of a plane over the Amazon-and walked out of the jungle eleven days later, perfect for fans of Hatchet and graduates of the I Survived series.
Ellen Cochrane writes immersive nonfiction for young readers that trusts their intelligence and their emotions. Her debut, Follow the Water, tells the true story of 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke's survival in the Amazon. It's an adventure that reads like a thriller and teaches how science lives in the world: weather, rivers, canopy, and the choices that keep us alive.
A longtime middle-school teacher of English, English learners, Spanish, and Russian, Ellen brings classroom clarity and compassion to complex topics. She studied science writing at Johns Hopkins, is a certified California Naturalist, and previously wrote a syndicated column exploring the natural world. As a teen exchange student she lived in Lima, Peru, and traveled the same route into the jungle that frames Juliane's story.
A portion of proceeds from Follow the Water supports the Panguana Foundation, Juliane Koepcke's Amazon research station.
