State of Wonder

From New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett comes State of Wonder, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles; science and sacrifice, set in the Amazon rainforest. Full of remarkable events—fights with anacondas; encounters with cannibals; deaths; re—births—and profound moral decisions come together in a novel that will enthrall your students.

“Patchett is a master storyteller who has an entertaining habit of dropping ordinary people into extraordinary and exotic circum...