Jambo! to the third of Martine's magical-realism - laced South
African adventures. When a friend of her grandmother's who runs a
tourist lodge in Zimbabwe calls for help because she's broken her
leg, Martine, her friend Ben and her grandmother immediately trek
to the remote location and find themselves in the center of a plot
to trap and kill the last leopard and find an age-old, hidden
treasure belonging to the indigenous Ndebele people. It's Martine's
ability to communicate with animals that both endangers and rescues
the leopard, as the compelling action-driven plot romps through the
jungle setting. This skillful twining of exotic flora and fauna
with Martine's innate affinity for animals will gratify fans of the
first two (The White Giraffe, 2007; Dolphin Song, 2008) and ready
them for number four. An author's note provides the background plus
a conservation plea. (Fiction. 10-14) (Kirkus Reviews)
The third of Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series, in
which Martine and Ben must save the world's rarest leopard. Martine
is looking forward to the holidays and riding Jemmy, her white
giraffe, until an accident sends her and Ben on a journey to the
Matobo Hills wilderness in Zimbabwe. It is a lawless land, where
nothing is as it seems. When they uncover a plot in which the fate
of a magnificent leopard and the lost treasure of an African King
are mysteriously linked, their friendship faces its greatest test.
Far from home and the help of Grace and Tendai, and with Gwyn
Thomas languishing, under false accusations, in jail, Martine and
Ben must use every survival skill they possess. They'll come face
to face with Griffin, Mercy, Mr Ratcliffe (known as Rat), Magnus
the hornbill, and a witch doctor, not to mention Khan, the last
leopard. They must decide who their friends and enemies really are
as they race against time to save the world's rarest leopard and
each other. This third African adventure is written with all the
zest and skill that have endeared so many readers to THE WHITE
GIRAFFE and DOLPHIN SONG.
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